Citely vs Consensus vs Scite

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
Consensus
Competitor 2
Scite
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Suggested competitors for Citely: CiteTrue90% Literfy90% Sourcely89% ScholarAI88% ResearchRabbit84% Keenious84% Semantic Scholar82% Connected Papers82%
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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 Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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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
62.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+26.5%
+14.4%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#561,691
#9,859
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
5.5M
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
43%
47%
Pages / visit
2.2
4.1
2.9
Visit duration
24s
3m 56s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
CitelyConsensusScite
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 · 5.8MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K10K100K1M10MCitely · 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 · 5.8MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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Text
Output
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & 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
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Research
Research papers
Academic research
Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Literature reviews
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Search engine
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Academic paper evaluation
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Medical research
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Research trends tracking
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