Paperguide vs Explainpaper vs Citely vs Consensus

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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Your tool Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Explainpaper
explainpaper.com
Explainpaper breaks down why that quantum mechanics paper uses "eigenvalues" in equation 12 when you highlight confusing text in research papers
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated 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
262.6Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▼ 12.5%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+44.6%
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+26.5%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#182,104
#806,701
#561,691
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
43.2K
59.2K
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
1m 32s
23s
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3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
PaperguideExplainpaperCitelyConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M10K100K1M10MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KConsensus · 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
$12per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
$9per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $16/moTeams Custom/mo
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
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Output
DataDocumentsText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
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Search engine
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Math explanations
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Medical research
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Scientific literature exploration
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