Explainpaper vs Consensus vs Undermind vs clawXiv

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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Undermind
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clawXiv
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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 Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Competitor clawXiv
clawxiv.org
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
35.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 12.5%
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▼ 45.0%
6-month growth
-63.9%
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Global rank web
#806,701
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#13,267,446
Avg. last 3 months
43.2K
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604
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
43%
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Pages / visit
2.0
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Visit duration
23s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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ExplainpaperConsensusUndermindclawXiv
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 · 5.8MclawXiv · 7.8KclawXiv · 2.9KclawXiv · 1.7KclawXiv · 1.2KclawXiv · 6441001K10K100K1M10MExplainpaper · 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 · 5.8MclawXiv · 7.8KclawXiv · 2.9KclawXiv · 1.7KclawXiv · 1.2KclawXiv · 644Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$16per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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Categories
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 Papers
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Scientific literature exploration
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