Undermind vs Paperguide vs Elicit vs Scite

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

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Undermind
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Paperguide
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Elicit
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Scite
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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262.6Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 4.7%
▼ 37.4%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
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+44.6%
+0.1%
-27.6%
Global rank web
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#182,104
#2,562,886
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
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266.5K
12.3K
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
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44%
37%
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Pages / visit
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2.3
1.5
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Visit duration
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1m 32s
4s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
UndermindPaperguideElicitScite
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K1K10K100K1M10MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Freemium
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Starting price
$15per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
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Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
DataText
DataDocumentsText
DataText
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
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 5 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Literature reviews
Research
Research papers analysis
Citations
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Research assistance
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Academic citation
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research trends tracking
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Citation verification
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Literature analysis
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Academic paper evaluation
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Scientific research
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Academic writing
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Medical research
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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