SciSpace vs Consensus vs Literfy vs Paperguide

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

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SciSpace
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Consensus
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Literfy
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Paperguide
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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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 Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
44.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 98.8%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 44.6%
▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
-99.2%
+14.4%
-70.3%
+44.6%
Global rank web
#17,447
#9,859
#3,073,342
#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
2.7M
5.5M
11.1K
266.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
56%
43%
40%
44%
Pages / visit
2.5
4.1
1.9
2.3
Visit duration
2m 13s
3m 56s
6s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
SciSpaceConsensusLiterfyPaperguide
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6K101001K10K100K1M10MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
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Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Text
Text
DataDocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
Research
Research papers
Academic research
Citations
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Research papers drafting
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research papers analysis
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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BibTeX conversion
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Medical research
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Scientific writing
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Writing outlines
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Academic citation
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Academic research gaps
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Academic writing
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PDF analysis
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Writing
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