Scite vs Consensus vs Keenious

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

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Scite
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Consensus
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Keenious
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Suggested competitors for Scite: Elicit78% SciSpace76% ScholarAI72% Paperguide72% Semantic Scholar72% ScienceOS70% ResearchRabbit66% Citely66%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Keenious
keenious.com
Keenious is a research companion that finds published academic literature related to the text you are working on.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
700.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 1.8%
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6-month growth
-27.6%
+14.4%
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Global rank web
#75,906
#9,859
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Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
5.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
47%
43%
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Pages / visit
2.9
4.1
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Visit duration
2m 09s
3m 56s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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SciteConsensusKeenious
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M100K1M10MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
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Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
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Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Literature reviews
Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Scientific literature exploration
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Search engine
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Academic paper evaluation
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Academic paper interpretations
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Academic papers simplification
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Literature interaction
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Papers translation
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Research trends tracking
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