CiteTrue vs Citely vs Sourcely vs Consensus

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

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CiteTrue
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Citely
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Sourcely
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Consensus
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool CiteTrue
citetrue.com
This service cross-references citations against millions of academic papers, journals, and books in leading databases
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
57.9Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 19.2%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 17.6%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+93.9%
+26.5%
-27.7%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#698,839
#561,691
#330,988
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
51.5K
59.2K
143.2K
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
37%
39%
43%
Pages / visit
2.0
2.2
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4.1
Visit duration
32s
24s
33s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 55% · ● Referral 42%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
CiteTrueCitelySourcelyConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M1K10K100K1M10MCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$5.99per month · free tier available
$9per month
$19per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePlus $5.99/moPro $11.99/moExpert $47.99/mo
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
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Output
Text
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
AI Detection & SafetyResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Citations
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Academic research
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Research papers
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Citation verification
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Research papers summaries
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