Citely vs ThesisAI 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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ThesisAI
Competitor 2
Scite
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Citely: CiteTrue92% Sourcely91% Literfy90% ScholarAI88% SciSpace84% Undermind84% AI Writer84% ResearchRabbit84%
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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 ThesisAI
thesisai.io
ThesisAI turns a single prompt and a set of source papers into a referenced academic draft.
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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
204.8Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▼ 6.8%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+26.5%
-4.1%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#561,691
#212,645
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
219.7K
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
41%
47%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.2
2.9
Visit duration
24s
55s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 79% · ● Referral 12%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
CitelyThesisAIScite
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KThesisAI · 182KThesisAI · 198.7KThesisAI · 183.2KThesisAI · 190.5KThesisAI · 213.5KThesisAI · 209.3KThesisAI · 188.9KThesisAI · 234.5KThesisAI · 219.8KThesisAI · 204.8KScite · 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 · 62.9KThesisAI · 182KThesisAI · 198.7KThesisAI · 183.2KThesisAI · 190.5KThesisAI · 213.5KThesisAI · 209.3KThesisAI · 188.9KThesisAI · 234.5KThesisAI · 219.8KThesisAI · 204.8KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
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Starting price
$9per month
$12per month
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Basic $12/moPro $16/mo
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
Documents
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Essay WriterAI Research Papers
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 5 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic citation
Citations
Research papers
Academic research
Research
Citation verification
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Academic writing
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Thesis drafts
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Academic paper evaluation
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific writing
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Thesis preparation
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Writing
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Essay writing
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Research trends tracking
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