Citely vs fastwrite vs ThesisAI

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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fastwrite
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ThesisAI
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Citely: CiteTrue97% Scite91% ScholarAI85% Sourcely84% Papers82% Sider Deep Research82% ResearchRabbit79% Literfy78%
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3 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 fastwrite
fastwrite.io
Academic writing means juggling sources while trying to sound original
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Competitor ThesisAI
thesisai.io
ThesisAI turns a single prompt and a set of source papers into a referenced academic draft.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
2.2Kvisits/mo
204.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 200.8%
▼ 6.8%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-38.3%
-4.1%
Global rank web
#561,691
#5,936,435
#212,645
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
1.4K
219.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
19%
41%
Pages / visit
2.2
3.0
2.2
Visit duration
24s
2m 40s
55s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
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● Direct 79% · ● Referral 12%
CitelyfastwriteThesisAI
058.6K117.2K175.9K234.5KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9Kfastwrite · 3.8Kfastwrite · 12.3Kfastwrite · 4.4Kfastwrite · 3.6Kfastwrite · 5.4Kfastwrite · 1.5Kfastwrite · 1.2Kfastwrite · 732fastwrite · 2.2KThesisAI · 182KThesisAI · 198.7KThesisAI · 183.2KThesisAI · 190.5KThesisAI · 213.5KThesisAI · 209.3KThesisAI · 188.9KThesisAI · 234.5KThesisAI · 219.8KThesisAI · 204.8K1001K10K100K1MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9Kfastwrite · 3.8Kfastwrite · 12.3Kfastwrite · 4.4Kfastwrite · 3.6Kfastwrite · 5.4Kfastwrite · 1.5Kfastwrite · 1.2Kfastwrite · 732fastwrite · 2.2KThesisAI · 182KThesisAI · 198.7KThesisAI · 183.2KThesisAI · 190.5KThesisAI · 213.5KThesisAI · 209.3KThesisAI · 188.9KThesisAI · 234.5KThesisAI · 219.8KThesisAI · 204.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$9per month
€22per month · free tier available
$12per month
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreePremium €22/moUltimate €35/mo
Basic $12/moPro $16/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Documents
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Essay Writer+3 more
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Essay WriterAI Research Papers
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
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11
Citations
Academic citation
Academic writing
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Citation verification
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Thesis drafts
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Research papers
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Scientific writing
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Thesis preparation
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Writing
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Academic research
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Essay writing
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