Connected Papers vs Citely vs Sider Deep Research

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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connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Competitor Citely
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Sider Deep Research tackles the gap between quick AI answers and proper citations
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
600.7Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
3.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.7%
▲ 3.3%
▲ 3.4%
6-month growth
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Global rank web
#76,429
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Avg. last 3 months
709.4K
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3M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
2m 05s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
Connected PapersCitelySider Deep Research
01M2.1M3.1M4.1MConnected 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 · 62.9KSider 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 · 3.1M10K100K1M10MConnected 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 · 62.9KSider 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 · 3.1MNov '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
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Capabilities input → output
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TextWeb pages
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Output
Data
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DocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Academic research
Citation verification
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Citations
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Research papers
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Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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