Citely vs Scholantic vs fastwrite vs CiteTrue

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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Competitor 1
Scholantic
Competitor 2
fastwrite
Competitor 3
CiteTrue
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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 Scholantic
scholantic.com
Most AI writing tools won't learn how you write
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Competitor fastwrite
fastwrite.io
Academic writing means juggling sources while trying to sound original
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Competitor CiteTrue
citetrue.com
This service cross-references citations against millions of academic papers, journals, and books in leading databases
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
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2.2Kvisits/mo
57.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
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▲ 200.8%
▲ 19.2%
6-month growth
+26.5%
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-38.3%
+93.9%
Global rank web
#561,691
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#5,936,435
#698,839
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
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1.4K
51.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
0%
19%
42%
Pages / visit
2.2
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3.0
2.0
Visit duration
24s
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2m 40s
32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
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● Direct 55% · ● Referral 42%
CitelyScholanticfastwriteCiteTrue
015.7K31.4K47.1K62.9KCitely · 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 · 2.2KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9K1001K10K100KCitely · 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 · 2.2KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$18per month · free tier available
€22per month · free tier available
$5.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Basic FreePro $18/mo
Free FreePremium €22/moUltimate €35/mo
Free FreePlus $5.99/moPro $11.99/moExpert $47.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsTextWeb pages
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Essay Writer+3 more
AI Detection & SafetyResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
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Citations
Research
Academic citation
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Academic writing
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Citation verification
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Scientific writing
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Research papers
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Academic paper evaluation
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Academic papers feedback
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Essay feedback
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Grammar checking
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers analysis
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Writing outlines
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Academic research
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Harvard citations
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PDFs
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Papers translation
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.