Papers vs Consensus vs Elicit vs Literfy

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

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Papers
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Consensus
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Elicit
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Literfy
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Papers
papersapp.com
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
0.0%
+14.4%
+0.1%
-70.3%
Global rank web
#616,043
#9,859
#2,562,886
#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
65K
5.5M
12.3K
11.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
43%
37%
40%
Pages / visit
1.7
4.1
1.5
1.9
Visit duration
42s
3m 56s
4s
6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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PapersConsensusElicitLiterfy
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3K101001K10K100K1M10MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
$10per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
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Plans
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
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Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
Text
DataText
Text
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 PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research papers analysis
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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BibTeX conversion
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Citation formatting
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PDFs
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Research papers summaries
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Academic citation
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