Paperguide vs Consensus vs Sider Deep Research vs Scite

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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Sider Deep Research
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Scite
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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 Sider Deep Research
sider.ai
Sider Deep Research tackles the gap between quick AI answers and proper citations
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
3.1Mvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 3.4%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+44.6%
+14.4%
-26.1%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#182,104
#9,859
#22,424
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
5.5M
3M
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
43%
56%
47%
Pages / visit
2.3
4.1
2.3
2.9
Visit duration
1m 32s
3m 56s
1m 32s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
PaperguideConsensusSider Deep ResearchScite
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 · 5.8MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.8MSider Deep Research · 3.7MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.9MSider Deep Research · 3.5MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3.1MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K100K1M10MPaperguide · 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 · 5.8MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.8MSider Deep Research · 3.7MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.9MSider Deep Research · 3.5MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3.1MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Text
Output
DataDocumentsText
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DocumentsText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Literature reviews
Academic research
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Citation verification
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Research papers analysis
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Search engine
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Academic paper evaluation
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Internet research
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Multilingual research
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Academic writing
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Research papers drafting
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Research trends tracking
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