Scite vs Elicit vs Paperguide vs Consensus

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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Elicit
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Paperguide
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Consensus
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
700.2Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.8%
▼ 37.4%
▲ 4.7%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-27.6%
+0.1%
+44.6%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#75,906
#2,562,886
#182,104
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
12.3K
266.5K
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
47%
37%
44%
43%
Pages / visit
2.9
1.5
2.3
4.1
Visit duration
2m 09s
4s
1m 32s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
SciteElicitPaperguideConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M1K10K100K1M10MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
DataText
DataDocumentsText
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
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Academic research
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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Citation verification
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Search engine
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Academic paper evaluation
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Medical research
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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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Research trends tracking
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Writing
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