Paperguide vs Literfy vs Connected Papers 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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Literfy
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Consensus
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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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
6.3Kvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▼ 44.6%
▼ 18.7%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+44.6%
-70.3%
-34.0%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#182,104
#3,073,342
#76,429
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
11.1K
709.4K
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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Pages / visit
2.3
1.9
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Visit duration
1m 32s
6s
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3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
PaperguideLiterfyConnected PapersConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M101001K10K100K1M10MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KConsensus · 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
$19per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
TextWeb pages
Text
Output
DataDocumentsText
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Data
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
Literature reviews
Academic research
Scientific literature exploration
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Research papers analysis
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Search engine
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