Connected Papers vs Citely vs Papers

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connectedpapers.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
600.7Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.7%
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6-month growth
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Global rank web
#76,429
#561,691
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Avg. last 3 months
709.4K
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Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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Pages / visit
2.7
2.2
1.7
Visit duration
2m 05s
24s
42s
Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
Connected PapersCitelyPapers
0241.5K483K724.5K966KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3K10K100K1MConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
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DocumentsText
Output
Data
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Research
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Research papers analysis
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Scientific research navigation
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Citation formatting
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PDFs
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Research recommendations
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Scientific literature exploration
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