Papers vs Literfy vs Consensus vs Keenious

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Literfy
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Keenious
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Your tool Papers
papersapp.com
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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 Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Keenious
keenious.com
Keenious is a research companion that finds published academic literature related to the text you are working on.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▼ 44.6%
▲ 3.5%
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6-month growth
0.0%
-70.3%
+14.4%
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Global rank web
#616,043
#3,073,342
#9,859
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Avg. last 3 months
65K
11.1K
5.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
40%
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43%
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Pages / visit
1.7
1.9
4.1
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Visit duration
42s
6s
3m 56s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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PapersLiterfyConsensusKeenious
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M101001K10K100K1M10MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month
$19per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
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Plans
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
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Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
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DocumentsText
Output
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
Research papers
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic research
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Research
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Citations
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Academic citation
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Search engine
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Academic paper interpretations
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BibTeX conversion
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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PDFs
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Writing outlines
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Academic papers simplification
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Academic research gaps
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Literature interaction
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Papers translation
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Research assistance
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Research papers analysis
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