Citely vs GitHub Copilot vs OpenCode 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
GitHub Copilot
Competitor 2
OpenCode
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 GitHub Copilot
github.com
Your AI pair programmer that actually knows the codebase
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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
637.9Mvisits/mo
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106.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 3.7%
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▼ 21.7%
6-month growth
+26.5%
+19.3%
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-22.5%
Global rank web
#561,691
#49
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#323,702
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
629.7M
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124.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
36%
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37%
Pages / visit
2.2
5.9
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1.9
Visit duration
24s
6m 26s
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28s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
CitelyGitHub CopilotOpenCodeScholarAI
0159.5M318.9M478.4M637.9MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2K10K100K1M10M100M1BCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KGitHub Copilot · 484.3MGitHub Copilot · 504MGitHub Copilot · 542.6MGitHub Copilot · 534.8MGitHub Copilot · 634.3MGitHub Copilot · 631MGitHub Copilot · 636.1MGitHub Copilot · 615.2MGitHub Copilot · 637.9MScholarAI · 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
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$4per month · free tier available
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$9.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreeTeam $4/moEnterprise $21/mo
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Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
CodeText
CodeText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Code
Code
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
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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Citations
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Coding
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Academic research
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Agents
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Research
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Research papers
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Citation verification
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Code autocompletion
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Research papers summaries
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Citation formatting
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Code reviews
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Coding in VS Code
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Literature reviews
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Vs code
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Agent management
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Debugging
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Developer tools
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Development
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Local AI
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Research papers drafting
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Self hosted
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Terminal
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