Paperguide vs Elicit vs Consensus vs Undermind

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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Elicit
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Consensus
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Undermind
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool 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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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▼ 37.4%
▲ 3.5%
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6-month growth
+44.6%
+0.1%
+14.4%
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Global rank web
#182,104
#2,562,886
#9,859
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Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
12.3K
5.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
44%
37%
43%
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Pages / visit
2.3
1.5
4.1
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Visit duration
1m 32s
4s
3m 56s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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PaperguideElicitConsensusUndermind
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MPaperguide · 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 · 5.8M1K10K100K1M10MPaperguide · 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
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
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Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Output
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
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 · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
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Research papers
Research
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Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Search engine
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Citations
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Medical research
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic writing
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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