Explainpaper vs Undermind vs Consensus vs Sourcely

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 Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
35.2Kvisits/mo
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5.8Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 12.5%
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▲ 3.5%
▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
-63.9%
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+14.4%
-27.7%
Global rank web
#806,701
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#9,859
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
43.2K
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5.5M
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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43%
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Pages / visit
2.0
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Visit duration
23s
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3m 56s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
ExplainpaperUndermindConsensusSourcely
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 · 5.8MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K10K100K1M10MExplainpaper · 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 · 5.8MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Freemium
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Starting price
$16per month · free tier available
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$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsText
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Output
Text
DataText
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Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
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Research papers
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