Citely vs Consensus vs Scite vs Connected Papers

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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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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 3.5%
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▼ 18.7%
6-month growth
+26.5%
+14.4%
-27.6%
-34.0%
Global rank web
#561,691
#9,859
#75,906
#76,429
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
5.5M
716.7K
709.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
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Pages / visit
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4.1
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Visit duration
24s
3m 56s
2m 09s
2m 05s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
CitelyConsensusSciteConnected Papers
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 · 700.2KConnected 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 · 600.7K10K100K1M10MCitely · 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 · 700.2KConnected 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 · 600.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$9per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Capabilities input → output
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Text
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TextWeb pages
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
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 · 3 shared · core   partial
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Citation verification
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