Citely vs Elicit vs SciSpace vs ScholarAI

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Citely
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Competitor 1
Elicit
Competitor 2
SciSpace
Competitor 3
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 Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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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
9.2Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 98.8%
▼ 21.7%
6-month growth
+26.5%
+0.1%
-99.2%
-22.5%
Global rank web
#561,691
#2,562,886
#17,447
#323,702
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
12.3K
2.7M
124.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
37%
56%
37%
Pages / visit
2.2
1.5
2.5
1.9
Visit duration
24s
4s
2m 13s
28s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
CitelyElicitSciSpaceScholarAI
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2K1K10K100K1M10MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$10per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
DataText
DataText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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12
9
Academic research
Research
Research papers
Citations
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Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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Research assistance
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers drafting
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Citation verification
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Research papers summaries
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Citation formatting
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Scientific writing
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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