Perplexity AI vs ScienceOS vs Consensus vs Undermind

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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ScienceOS
Competitor 2
Consensus
Competitor 3
Undermind
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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 ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
95.2Mvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 8.2%
▼ 6.2%
▲ 3.5%
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6-month growth
-42.9%
+1.2%
+14.4%
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Global rank web
#446
#464,304
#9,859
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Avg. last 3 months
104.9M
68.2K
5.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
33%
39%
43%
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Pages / visit
3.6
3.7
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Visit duration
4m 18s
1m 37s
3m 56s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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Perplexity AIScienceOSConsensusUndermind
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 · 95.2MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M10K100K1M10M100M1BPerplexity 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 · 95.2MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
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Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsImagesText
DocumentsText
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Text
Output
CodeText
DataText
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DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
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 · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Literature analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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AI search
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Scientific q a
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Chatbots
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Citations
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Document summarization
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Research assistance
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Summarizing
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Academic citation
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Homework assistance
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Network diagrams
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Research trends tracking
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Writing
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