Explainpaper vs Consensus vs SciSpace vs Elicit

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Explainpaper
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Consensus
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SciSpace
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Elicit
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Explainpaper
explainpaper.com
Explainpaper breaks down why that quantum mechanics paper uses "eigenvalues" in equation 12 when you highlight confusing text in research papers
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
35.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 12.5%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 98.8%
▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
-63.9%
+14.4%
-99.2%
+0.1%
Global rank web
#806,701
#9,859
#17,447
#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
43.2K
5.5M
2.7M
12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
43%
56%
37%
Pages / visit
2.0
4.1
2.5
1.5
Visit duration
23s
3m 56s
2m 13s
4s
Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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ExplainpaperConsensusSciSpaceElicit
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2K1K10K100K1M10MExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$16per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
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Output
Text
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DataText
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
Academic research
Literature reviews
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Research assistance
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Research papers summaries
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Medical research
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Search engine
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Citations
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Math explanations
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers drafting
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PDF analysis
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