Citely vs ScholarAI vs CiteTrue vs Paperguide
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
Your tool
Citely
vs Citely
Competitor 1
ScholarAI
ScholarAI
Competitor 2
CiteTrue
CiteTrue
Competitor 3
Paperguide
PaperguideCompare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool
Citely
Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
Competitor
CiteTrue
CiteTrue
citetrue.com
This service cross-references citations against millions of academic papers, journals, and books in leading databases
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
57.9Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▼ 21.7%
▲ 19.2%
▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-22.5%
+93.9%
+44.6%
Global rank web
#561,691
#323,702
#698,839
#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
124.1K
51.5K
266.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
37%
42%
44%
Pages / visit
2.2
1.9
2.0
2.3
Visit duration
24s
28s
32s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 55% · ● Referral 42%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
CitelyScholarAICiteTruePaperguide
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
$5.99per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Free FreePlus $5.99/moPro $11.99/moExpert $47.99/mo
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Text
DataDocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
6
9
4
10
Citations
Research
Academic citation
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Citation verification
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Literature reviews
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Research papers drafting
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Research papers summaries
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Citation formatting
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic writing
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Writing
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Reviews
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Prompts
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