Paperguide vs Consensus vs ScienceOS vs Elicit

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

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Paperguide
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Consensus
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ScienceOS
Competitor 3
Elicit
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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 ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 6.2%
▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
+44.6%
+14.4%
+1.2%
+0.1%
Global rank web
#182,104
#9,859
#464,304
#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
5.5M
68.2K
12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
43%
39%
37%
Pages / visit
2.3
4.1
3.7
1.5
Visit duration
1m 32s
3m 56s
1m 37s
4s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
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PaperguideConsensusScienceOSElicit
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 · 5.8MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2K1K10K100K1M10MPaperguide · 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 · 5.8MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
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Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
DataDocumentsText
Text
DataText
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Medical research
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Research assistance
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Scientific q a
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Search engine
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PDF analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Academic writing
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Literature analysis
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Network diagrams
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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