Citely vs Scite 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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Scite
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CiteTrue
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Citely: ScholarAI85% Sourcely84% Sider Deep Research82% Papers82% ResearchRabbit79% Literfy78% Seaml.es77% Paperguide77%
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3 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 Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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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
700.2Kvisits/mo
57.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 1.8%
▲ 19.2%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-27.6%
+93.9%
Global rank web
#561,691
#75,906
#698,839
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
716.7K
51.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
47%
42%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.9
2.0
Visit duration
24s
2m 09s
32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 55% · ● Referral 42%
CitelySciteCiteTrue
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9K1K10K100K1M10MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$20per month · free tier available
$5.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreePlus $5.99/moPro $11.99/moExpert $47.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
Output
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
AI Detection & SafetyResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
10
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Citation verification
Citations
Academic citation
Academic paper evaluation
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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Research
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Research papers
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Research papers analysis
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Research trends tracking
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