Papers vs Consensus vs Sourcely vs Scholarcy
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
Your tool
Papers
vs Papers
Competitor 1
Consensus
Consensus
Competitor 2
Sourcely
Sourcely
Competitor 3
Scholarcy
ScholarcyCompare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
159Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 17.1%
6-month growth
0.0%
+14.4%
-27.7%
-44.5%
Global rank web
#616,043
#9,859
#330,988
#200,412
Avg. last 3 months
65K
5.5M
143.2K
183.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
43%
39%
38%
Pages / visit
1.7
4.1
2.2
3.3
Visit duration
42s
3m 56s
33s
54s
Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
PapersConsensusSourcelyScholarcy
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free Free
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
DocumentsWeb pages
Output
Text
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
3
8
3
3
Research papers
Citations
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Research
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Search engine
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Academic research
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Document summarization
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Literature reviews
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Medical research
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Summarizing
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Citation formatting
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.