Sourcely vs AI Summarizer vs Paperguide vs Consensus

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

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Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor AI Summarizer
articlesummarizer.com
When research papers pile up and deadlines loom, sifting through dense academic text eats hours that could go toward actual analysis
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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
121.3Kvisits/mo
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262.6Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
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▲ 4.7%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-27.7%
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+44.6%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#330,988
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#182,104
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
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266.5K
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
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Pages / visit
2.2
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Visit duration
33s
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1m 32s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
SourcelyAI SummarizerPaperguideConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KAI Summarizer · 101Paperguide · 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 · 5.8M1001K10K100K1M10MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KAI Summarizer · 101Paperguide · 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
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
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$12per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsWeb pages
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
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DataDocumentsText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Writing & ContentAI Summarizer
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Research papers summaries
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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Article summaries
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Document summarization
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Search engine
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Summaries
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Summarizing
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Academic citation
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Citation formatting
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Document summaries
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Medical research
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Academic q a
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Academic writing
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Multilingual summarization
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PDF analysis
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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