Citely vs Dankgpt vs Sourcely vs CiteTrue

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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Dankgpt
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Sourcely
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CiteTrue
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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 Dankgpt
dankgpt.com
Research papers pile up fast
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor CiteTrue
citetrue.com
This service cross-references citations against millions of academic papers, journals, and books in leading databases
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
344visits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
57.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▼ 53.8%
▼ 17.6%
▲ 19.2%
6-month growth
+26.5%
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-27.7%
+93.9%
Global rank web
#561,691
#15,277,235
#330,988
#698,839
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
705
143.2K
51.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
39%
39%
42%
Pages / visit
2.2
1.1
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Visit duration
24s
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33s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 43% · ● Search 32%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 55% · ● Referral 42%
CitelyDankgptSourcelyCiteTrue
050.7K101.4K152K202.7KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344Sourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9K1001K10K100K1MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344Sourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
Free
$19per month · free tier available
$5.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreePlus $5.99/moPro $11.99/moExpert $47.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Output
Text
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI FilesAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
AI Detection & SafetyResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Academic citation
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Citations
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Citation verification
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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