Citely vs Semantic Scholar vs Sourcely vs Scite

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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Semantic Scholar
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Sourcely
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Scite
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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 Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 11.2%
▼ 17.6%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-24.2%
-27.7%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#561,691
#10,569
#330,988
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
6.4M
143.2K
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
48%
39%
47%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.7
2.2
2.9
Visit duration
24s
1m 46s
33s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
CitelySemantic ScholarSourcelyScite
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSemantic 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 · 6.6MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K10K100K1M10MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSemantic 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 · 6.6MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
Free
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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Output
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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 · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research papers
Research
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Academic citation
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Literature reviews
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Citation verification
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic papers decoding
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Citation formatting
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Scientific research navigation
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Academic paper interpretations
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Research trends tracking
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