Citely vs Consensus vs ScholarAI vs Seaml.es

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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Consensus
Competitor 2
ScholarAI
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Seaml.es
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4 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 Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor Seaml.es
seaml.es
Students writing literature reviews usually face a brutal choice: spend days hunting through academic databases or let an AI hallucinate references that don't exist
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
705visits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 21.7%
▼ 19.3%
6-month growth
+26.5%
+14.4%
-22.5%
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Global rank web
#561,691
#9,859
#323,702
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Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
5.5M
124.1K
526
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
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35%
Pages / visit
2.2
4.1
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Visit duration
24s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
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CitelyConsensusScholarAISeaml.es
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KSeaml.es · 1.1KSeaml.es · 34Seaml.es · 874Seaml.es · 705101001K10K100K1M10MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KSeaml.es · 1.1KSeaml.es · 34Seaml.es · 874Seaml.es · 705Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
10 credits $9.99Unlimited Monthly $29.99/moUnlimited Yearly $214.99/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Output
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Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
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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Research papers
Literature reviews
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Research
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Academic research
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Academic citation
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Citations
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Research papers summaries
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Citation verification
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Scholarship essays
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Scholarship search
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Scholarships
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Citation formatting
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Essay writing
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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Scholarship guidance
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Research papers drafting
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