Citely vs Sider Deep Research vs ScholarAI

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
Sider Deep Research
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ScholarAI
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Citely: CiteTrue97% Scite91% Sourcely84% 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 Sider Deep Research
sider.ai
Sider Deep Research tackles the gap between quick AI answers and proper citations
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
3.1Mvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 3.4%
▼ 21.7%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-26.1%
-22.5%
Global rank web
#561,691
#22,424
#323,702
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
3M
124.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
56%
37%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.3
1.9
Visit duration
24s
1m 32s
28s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
CitelySider Deep ResearchScholarAI
01M2.1M3.1M4.1MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.8MSider Deep Research · 3.7MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.9MSider Deep Research · 3.5MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3.1MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2K10K100K1M10MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.8MSider Deep Research · 3.7MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.9MSider Deep Research · 3.5MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3.1MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
Free
$9.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free Trial Free
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI 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
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Citation verification
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Academic citation
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Internet research
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Literature reviews
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Multilingual research
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