Citely vs Scite vs CiteTrue vs Seaml.es
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
Your tool
Citely
vs Citely
Competitor 1
Scite
Scite
Competitor 2
CiteTrue
CiteTrue
Competitor 3
Seaml.es
Seaml.esCompare
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
Competitor
Seaml.es
Seaml.es
seaml.es
Students writing literature reviews usually face a brutal choice: spend days hunting through academic databases or let an AI hallucinate references that don't exist
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
57.9Kvisits/mo
705visits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 1.8%
▲ 19.2%
▼ 19.3%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-27.6%
+93.9%
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Global rank web
#561,691
#75,906
#698,839
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Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
716.7K
51.5K
526
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
47%
42%
35%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.9
2.0
1.1
Visit duration
24s
2m 09s
32s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 55% · ● Referral 42%
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CitelySciteCiteTrueSeaml.es
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$20per month · free tier available
$5.99per month · free tier available
$9.99per month
Free tier
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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
10 credits $9.99Unlimited Monthly $29.99/moUnlimited Yearly $214.99/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
Text
Output
Text
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
6
10
4
9
Citation verification
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Academic citation
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Citations
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Research
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Research papers
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Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Scholarship essays
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Scholarship search
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Scholarships
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Academic paper evaluation
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Essay writing
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Literature analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Scholarship guidance
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research trends tracking
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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.