Citely vs CiteTrue vs ScholarAI

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

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Citely
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Competitor 1
CiteTrue
Competitor 2
ScholarAI
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Competitor CiteTrue
citetrue.com
This service cross-references citations against millions of academic papers, journals, and books in leading databases
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
57.9Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 19.2%
▼ 21.7%
6-month growth
+26.5%
+93.9%
-22.5%
Global rank web
#561,691
#698,839
#323,702
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
51.5K
124.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
42%
37%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.0
1.9
Visit duration
24s
32s
28s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 55% · ● Referral 42%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
CitelyCiteTrueScholarAI
045.3K90.7K136K181.3KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2K1K10K100K1MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$5.99per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreePlus $5.99/moPro $11.99/moExpert $47.99/mo
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
AI Detection & SafetyResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
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Academic citation
Citations
Research
Citation verification
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Academic research
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Research papers
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Research papers summaries
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Citation formatting
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Literature reviews
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Research papers drafting
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