Citely vs Continue vs GitHub Copilot 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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Continue
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GitHub Copilot
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Scite
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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 Continue
continue.dev
Continue is an open-source AI coding agent that was built by a community of developers and has since been acquired by Cursor.
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Competitor GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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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
410.4Kvisits/mo
637.9Mvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▼ 16.6%
▲ 3.7%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-24.4%
+19.3%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#561,691
#106,338
#49
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
539.2K
629.7M
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
48%
36%
47%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.4
5.9
2.9
Visit duration
24s
1m 44s
6m 26s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
CitelyContinueGitHub CopilotScite
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K10K100K1M10M100M1BCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KContinue · 391.5KContinue · 458.8KContinue · 453.4KContinue · 422.2KContinue · 543.1KContinue · 655.7KContinue · 775.3KContinue · 715.2KContinue · 492KContinue · 410.4KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
Free
$4per 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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Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
CodeText
CodeText
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Output
Text
Code
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Citation verification
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Literature reviews
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