Citely vs Continue vs OpenCode 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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Continue
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OpenCode
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ScholarAI
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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 OpenCode
opencode.ai
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that helps developers write code in the terminal, an IDE or a desktop app.
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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
410.4Kvisits/mo
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106.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
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▼ 21.7%
6-month growth
+26.5%
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-22.5%
Global rank web
#561,691
#106,338
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#323,702
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
539.2K
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124.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
48%
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37%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.4
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1.9
Visit duration
24s
1m 44s
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28s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 6%
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● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
CitelyContinueOpenCodeScholarAI
0193.8K387.7K581.5K775.3KCitely · 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 · 410.4KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2K10K100K1MCitely · 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 · 410.4KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$9per month
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$9.99per month · free tier available
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
CodeText
CodeText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Code
Code
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeAI Code ReviewAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic citation
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Academic research
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Code reviews
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Literature reviews
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