Scite vs Explainpaper vs Elicit

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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Suggested competitors for Scite: Consensus80% 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 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 Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
700.2Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.8%
▼ 12.5%
▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
-27.6%
-63.9%
+0.1%
Global rank web
#75,906
#806,701
#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
43.2K
12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
47%
42%
37%
Pages / visit
2.9
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Visit duration
2m 09s
23s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
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SciteExplainpaperElicit
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2K1K10K100K1M10MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
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Output
Text
Text
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 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
Research
Research papers analysis
Academic research
Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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Academic paper interpretations
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Research assistance
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Scientific concept explanations
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Academic paper evaluation
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Math explanations
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Research papers summaries
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Medical research
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PDFs
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Research trends tracking
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