Literfy vs Paperguide vs Elicit vs Consensus

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

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Literfy
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Paperguide
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Elicit
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Consensus
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
6.3Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 44.6%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 37.4%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-70.3%
+44.6%
+0.1%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#3,073,342
#182,104
#2,562,886
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
11.1K
266.5K
12.3K
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
44%
37%
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Pages / visit
1.9
2.3
1.5
4.1
Visit duration
6s
1m 32s
4s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
LiterfyPaperguideElicitConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M101001K10K100K1M10MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Academic research
Scientific literature exploration
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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Medical research
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Research papers drafting
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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BibTeX conversion
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Writing outlines
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Academic citation
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Academic writing
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