Perplexity AI vs Consensus vs Sourcely vs SciSpace

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

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Perplexity AI
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Consensus
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Sourcely
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SciSpace
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
-42.9%
+14.4%
-27.7%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#446
#9,859
#330,988
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
5.5M
143.2K
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
33%
43%
39%
56%
Pages / visit
3.6
4.1
2.2
2.5
Visit duration
4m 18s
3m 56s
33s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
Perplexity AIConsensusSourcelySciSpace
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K10K100K1M10M100M1BPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesText
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DocumentsText
Output
CodeText
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DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Academic research
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Search engine
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Citations
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Research papers summaries
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AI search
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Research assistance
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Academic citation
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Chatbots
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Citation formatting
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Document summarization
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Medical research
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers drafting
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Scientific research
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Scientific writing
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Summarizing
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Academic q a
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Homework assistance
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PDF analysis
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Writing
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