Papers vs Consensus vs SciSpace vs Connected Papers

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Your tool Papers
papersapp.com
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 98.8%
▼ 18.7%
6-month growth
0.0%
+14.4%
-99.2%
-34.0%
Global rank web
#616,043
#9,859
#17,447
#76,429
Avg. last 3 months
65K
5.5M
2.7M
709.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
43%
56%
44%
Pages / visit
1.7
4.1
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Visit duration
42s
3m 56s
2m 13s
2m 05s
Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
PapersConsensusSciSpaceConnected Papers
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 · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KConnected 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 · 600.7K10K100K1M10MPapers · 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 · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KConnected 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 · 600.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Starting price
$10per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
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DataText
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Skill level
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Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
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Literature reviews
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