Undermind vs ScholarAI vs Connected Papers vs SciSpace

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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ScholarAI
Competitor 2
Connected Papers
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SciSpace
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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 ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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106.2Kvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 21.7%
▼ 18.7%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
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-22.5%
-34.0%
-99.2%
Global rank web
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#323,702
#76,429
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
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124.1K
709.4K
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
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37%
44%
56%
Pages / visit
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1.9
2.7
2.5
Visit duration
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28s
2m 05s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
UndermindScholarAIConnected PapersSciSpace
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K10K100K1M10MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$15per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
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Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
TextWeb pages
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Text
Data
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
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Literature reviews
Research papers analysis
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Literature analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research navigation
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Citation formatting
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PDFs
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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PDF analysis
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