Connected Papers vs Scite vs Citely

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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Scite
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Citely
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Suggested competitors for Connected Papers: ResearchRabbit90% Semantic Scholar72% Literfy66% Elicit66% SciSpace62% Consensus60% FFindsight60% OpenAI Prism59%
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Your tool Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
600.7Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.7%
▲ 1.8%
▲ 3.3%
6-month growth
-34.0%
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+26.5%
Global rank web
#76,429
#75,906
#561,691
Avg. last 3 months
709.4K
716.7K
59.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
47%
37%
Pages / visit
2.7
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2.2
Visit duration
2m 05s
2m 09s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
Connected PapersSciteCitely
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MConnected 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 · 600.7KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9K10K100K1M10MConnected 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 · 600.7KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$9per month
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Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
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Output
Data
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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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Citation verification
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Citations
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Academic citation
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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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Literature reviews
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Scientific research navigation
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Academic paper evaluation
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Research recommendations
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Research trends tracking
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