Explainpaper vs Consensus vs Semantic Scholar vs Connected Papers

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

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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 Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
35.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 12.5%
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6-month growth
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Global rank web
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#9,859
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#76,429
Avg. last 3 months
43.2K
5.5M
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709.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
23s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
ExplainpaperConsensusSemantic ScholarConnected Papers
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MExplainpaper · 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 · 5.8MSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7K10K100K1M10MExplainpaper · 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 · 5.8MSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
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