SciSpace vs Consensus vs Paperguide vs Elicit

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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Competitor 1
Consensus
Competitor 2
Paperguide
Competitor 3
Elicit
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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 Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
44.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 98.8%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
-99.2%
+14.4%
+44.6%
+0.1%
Global rank web
#17,447
#9,859
#182,104
#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
2.7M
5.5M
266.5K
12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
56%
43%
44%
37%
Pages / visit
2.5
4.1
2.3
1.5
Visit duration
2m 13s
3m 56s
1m 32s
4s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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SciSpaceConsensusPaperguideElicit
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 · 5.8MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2K1K10K100K1M10MSciSpace · 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 · 5.8MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$10per 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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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Text
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
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 · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
Literature reviews
Academic research
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Citations
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Medical research
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PDFs
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Academic writing
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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