Connected Papers vs Scite vs Literfy

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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Literfy
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Suggested competitors for Connected Papers: ResearchRabbit90% Semantic Scholar72% Elicit66% SciSpace62% Consensus60% FFindsight60% Paperguide59% Scholarcy59%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
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 Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
600.7Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.7%
▲ 1.8%
▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
-34.0%
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-70.3%
Global rank web
#76,429
#75,906
#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
709.4K
716.7K
11.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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Pages / visit
2.7
2.9
1.9
Visit duration
2m 05s
2m 09s
6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
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Connected PapersSciteLiterfy
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 · 700.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3K101001K10K100K1M10MConnected 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 · 700.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
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Output
Data
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
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 · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Literature reviews
Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Citations
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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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