Citely vs ScholarAI vs Literfy vs Papers

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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ScholarAI
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Literfy
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Papers
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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 ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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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 Papers
papersapp.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▼ 21.7%
▼ 44.6%
▼ 9.7%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-22.5%
-70.3%
0.0%
Global rank web
#561,691
#323,702
#3,073,342
#616,043
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
124.1K
11.1K
65K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
37%
40%
40%
Pages / visit
2.2
1.9
1.9
1.7
Visit duration
24s
28s
6s
42s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
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● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
CitelyScholarAILiterfyPapers
045.3K90.7K136K181.3KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3K101001K10K100K1MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$9per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$10per month
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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 · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Citations
Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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Academic research
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Research
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Research papers
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Scientific literature exploration
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Citation formatting
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Research papers drafting
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Citation verification
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Research papers summaries
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BibTeX conversion
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PDFs
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Academic research gaps
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Research papers analysis
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