Citely vs Scholarcy vs Semantic Scholar vs Literfy

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
Scholarcy
Competitor 2
Semantic Scholar
Competitor 3
Literfy
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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 Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Competitor Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
159Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▼ 17.1%
▲ 11.2%
▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-44.5%
-24.2%
-70.3%
Global rank web
#561,691
#200,412
#10,569
#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
183.7K
6.4M
11.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
38%
48%
40%
Pages / visit
2.2
3.3
2.7
1.9
Visit duration
24s
54s
1m 46s
6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
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CitelyScholarcySemantic ScholarLiterfy
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KSemantic 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 · 6.6MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3K101001K10K100K1M10MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KSemantic 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 · 6.6MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free
$19per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsWeb pages
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Text
Output
Text
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
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
Academic research
Research
Scientific literature exploration
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Citations
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Academic citation
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Literature reviews
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Citation verification
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Research papers summaries
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Summaries
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Summarizing
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Academic papers decoding
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BibTeX conversion
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Document summarization
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Scientific research navigation
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Writing outlines
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Academic paper interpretations
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Academic research gaps
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Research papers drafting
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