SciSpace vs Explainpaper vs Gatsbi AI

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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Suggested competitors for SciSpace: Paperguide85% ScholarAI84% AI Writer83% Undermind83% Dankgpt82% Sourcely82% Literfy82% Scite81%
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Your tool SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research 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 Gatsbi AI
gatsbi.com
Most academic research tools just organize what you've already found
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
44.2Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
83.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 98.8%
▼ 12.5%
▲ 23.6%
6-month growth
-99.2%
-63.9%
+60.3%
Global rank web
#17,447
#806,701
#513,336
Avg. last 3 months
2.7M
43.2K
69.6K
Bounce rate lower is better
56%
42%
40%
Pages / visit
2.5
2.0
1.7
Visit duration
2m 13s
23s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 72% · ● Referral 21%
SciSpaceExplainpaperGatsbi AI
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KGatsbi AI · 29.1KGatsbi AI · 63.8KGatsbi AI · 73.9KGatsbi AI · 51.9KGatsbi AI · 67.7KGatsbi AI · 66.9KGatsbi AI · 58.3KGatsbi AI · 67.3KGatsbi AI · 83.2K10K100K1M10MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KGatsbi AI · 29.1KGatsbi AI · 63.8KGatsbi AI · 73.9KGatsbi AI · 51.9KGatsbi AI · 67.7KGatsbi AI · 66.9KGatsbi AI · 58.3KGatsbi AI · 67.3KGatsbi AI · 83.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
$15.99per month
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Plans
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $16/moTeams Custom/mo
Monthly Pro $19.99/moYearly Pro $15.99/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Text
Documents
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
12
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11
Research papers
Research
Academic research
Literature reviews
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Research papers drafting
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific writing
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PDFs
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Academic paper interpretations
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Academic research gaps
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Research assistance
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Scientific concept explanations
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Citations
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Literature analysis
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Math explanations
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Paraphrasing
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Patents
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Research papers summaries
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PDF analysis
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Patent analysis
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Patent drawings
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