Connected Papers vs Literfy vs ResearchRabbit vs SciSpace

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

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Connected Papers
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Literfy
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ResearchRabbit
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SciSpace
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Competitor Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Competitor ResearchRabbit
researchrabbit.ai
AI-powered literature mapping
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
600.7Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
907.4Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.7%
▼ 44.6%
▼ 17.3%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
-34.0%
-70.3%
-22.2%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#76,429
#3,073,342
#51,921
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
709.4K
11.1K
992.4K
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
40%
43%
56%
Pages / visit
2.7
1.9
3.1
2.5
Visit duration
2m 05s
6s
2m 02s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
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● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
Connected PapersLiterfyResearchRabbitSciSpace
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConnected 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 · 600.7KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 908.5KResearchRabbit · 939.4KResearchRabbit · 1MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 972.1KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 907.4KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K101001K10K100K1M10MConnected 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 · 600.7KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 908.5KResearchRabbit · 939.4KResearchRabbit · 1MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 972.1KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 907.4KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Plan $10/mo
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Data
Text
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DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Literature reviews
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Scientific research navigation
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research papers analysis
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