Scholarcy vs Citely vs Explainpaper vs Consensus

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

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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Competitor Explainpaper
explainpaper.com
Explainpaper breaks down why that quantum mechanics paper uses "eigenvalues" in equation 12 when you highlight confusing text in research papers
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
159Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.1%
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6-month growth
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Global rank web
#200,412
#561,691
#806,701
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Avg. last 3 months
183.7K
59.2K
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5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
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3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
ScholarcyCitelyExplainpaperConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M10K100K1M10MScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
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$16per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsWeb pages
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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Categories
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
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