Paperguide vs Consensus vs Continue vs Sourcely

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

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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
410.4Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 16.6%
▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
+44.6%
+14.4%
-24.4%
-27.7%
Global rank web
#182,104
#9,859
#106,338
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
5.5M
539.2K
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
43%
48%
39%
Pages / visit
2.3
4.1
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2.2
Visit duration
1m 32s
3m 56s
1m 44s
33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
PaperguideConsensusContinueSourcely
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K100K1M10MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free
$19per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
CodeText
Text
Output
DataDocumentsText
Text
Code
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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Research papers summaries
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Coding
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Search engine
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Academic citation
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Citation formatting
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Code reviews
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Medical research
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Academic q a
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Academic writing
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Development
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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