Sourcely vs Consensus vs Keenious vs Paperguide
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
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Sourcely
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Consensus
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Keenious
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Paperguide
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Keenious
Keenious
keenious.com
Keenious is a research companion that finds published academic literature related to the text you are working on.
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
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262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▲ 3.5%
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▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
-27.7%
+14.4%
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+44.6%
Global rank web
#330,988
#9,859
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#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
5.5M
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266.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
43%
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44%
Pages / visit
2.2
4.1
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2.3
Visit duration
33s
3m 56s
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1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
SourcelyConsensusKeeniousPaperguide
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
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Text
DataDocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Academic research
Research papers
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research papers summaries
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Academic citation
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Search engine
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Academic paper interpretations
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Citation formatting
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Academic papers simplification
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Academic q a
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Academic writing
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Literature interaction
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Papers translation
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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