Citely vs Literfy vs Paperguide vs Semantic Scholar

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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Literfy
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Paperguide
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Semantic Scholar
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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 Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▼ 44.6%
▲ 4.7%
▲ 11.2%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-70.3%
+44.6%
-24.2%
Global rank web
#561,691
#3,073,342
#182,104
#10,569
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
11.1K
266.5K
6.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
40%
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48%
Pages / visit
2.2
1.9
2.3
2.7
Visit duration
24s
6s
1m 32s
1m 46s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
CitelyLiterfyPaperguideSemantic Scholar
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6M101001K10K100K1M10MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Free
Starting price
$9per month
$19per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
Text
DataDocumentsText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
Academic research
Scientific literature exploration
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Citations
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Citation verification
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BibTeX conversion
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Academic paper interpretations
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