Undermind vs Papers vs ScholarAI vs Elicit

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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Papers
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ScholarAI
Competitor 3
Elicit
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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 Papers
papersapp.com
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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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
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61.3Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 9.7%
▼ 21.7%
▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
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0.0%
-22.5%
+0.1%
Global rank web
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#616,043
#323,702
#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
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65K
124.1K
12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
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40%
37%
37%
Pages / visit
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1.7
1.9
1.5
Visit duration
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42s
28s
4s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
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UndermindPapersScholarAIElicit
045.3K90.7K136K181.3KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2K1K10K100K1MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$15per month · free tier available
$10per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Text
Text
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
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 · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
Academic research
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Research papers
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Research
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Research papers analysis
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Citations
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Research assistance
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Academic citation
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Citation formatting
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Scientific literature exploration
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Literature analysis
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Research papers summaries
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PDFs
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Scientific research
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Medical research
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Research papers drafting
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Research trends tracking
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