Citely vs Explainpaper vs Keenious

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Citely
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Explainpaper
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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 Explainpaper
explainpaper.com
Explainpaper breaks down why that quantum mechanics paper uses "eigenvalues" in equation 12 when you highlight confusing text in research papers
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Competitor Keenious
keenious.com
Keenious is a research companion that finds published academic literature related to the text you are working on.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 3.3%
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6-month growth
+26.5%
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Global rank web
#561,691
#806,701
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Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
43.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
37%
42%
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Pages / visit
2.2
2.0
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Visit duration
24s
23s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
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CitelyExplainpaperKeenious
024.4K48.7K73.1K97.5KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2K10K100KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$9per month
$16per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Capabilities input → output
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Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Academic paper interpretations
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Scientific concept explanations
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Scientific literature exploration
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Literature analysis
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Literature reviews
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Math explanations
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Academic papers simplification
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Literature interaction
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