Citely vs Scite vs Paperguide vs Papers

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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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 Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Papers
papersapp.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 1.8%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 9.7%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-27.6%
+44.6%
0.0%
Global rank web
#561,691
#75,906
#182,104
#616,043
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
716.7K
266.5K
65K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
47%
44%
40%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.9
2.3
1.7
Visit duration
24s
2m 09s
1m 32s
42s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
CitelyScitePaperguidePapers
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 · 700.2KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3K10K100K1M10MCitely · 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 · 700.2KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$9per month
$20per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
DataDocumentsText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
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
3
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Citations
Research papers analysis
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Research papers
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Citation verification
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Academic citation
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Literature reviews
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Research
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Academic paper evaluation
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic writing
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Research papers drafting
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Research trends tracking
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Writing
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