ScienceOS vs Elicit vs ScholarAI vs AI Writer

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

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ScienceOS
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Elicit
Competitor 2
ScholarAI
Competitor 3
AI Writer
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor AI Writer
ai-writer.com
Long-form content that passes as human-written
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
64.9Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
24.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 6.2%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 21.7%
▲ 8.4%
6-month growth
+1.2%
+0.1%
-22.5%
+46.5%
Global rank web
#464,304
#2,562,886
#323,702
#1,194,734
Avg. last 3 months
68.2K
12.3K
124.1K
22.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
37%
37%
42%
Pages / visit
3.7
1.5
1.9
2.1
Visit duration
1m 37s
4s
28s
11s
Traffic sources
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
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● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
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ScienceOSElicitScholarAIAI Writer
045.3K90.7K136K181.3KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KAI Writer · 17.4KAI Writer · 25.1KAI Writer · 26KAI Writer · 18.9KAI Writer · 16.9KAI Writer · 16.3KAI Writer · 18.4KAI Writer · 20.6KAI Writer · 22.8KAI Writer · 24.7K1K10K100K1MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KAI Writer · 17.4KAI Writer · 25.1KAI Writer · 26KAI Writer · 18.9KAI Writer · 16.9KAI Writer · 16.3KAI Writer · 18.4KAI Writer · 20.6KAI Writer · 22.8KAI Writer · 24.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
€7.25per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$24per month
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Plans
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
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Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Ready $29/moFor $49/moFor Ph $375/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
DataText
DataText
Text
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Blog GeneratorAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Academic research
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Citations
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Literature reviews
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research papers drafting
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Research assistance
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific q a
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Citation formatting
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PDF analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Scientific writing
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Writing
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Academic writing
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Citation verification
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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Network diagrams
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