Connected Papers vs Semantic Scholar vs Scholarcy vs OpenAI Prism

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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Semantic Scholar
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Scholarcy
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OpenAI Prism
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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 Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Competitor Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Competitor OpenAI Prism
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
600.7Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
159Kvisits/mo
204.3Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.7%
▲ 11.2%
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▲ 3.6%
6-month growth
-34.0%
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Global rank web
#76,429
#10,569
#200,412
#212
Avg. last 3 months
709.4K
6.4M
183.7K
197.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
2m 05s
1m 46s
54s
2m 31s
Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
Connected PapersSemantic ScholarScholarcyOpenAI Prism
066.6M133.2M199.7M266.3MConnected 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 · 600.7KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KOpenAI Prism · 266.3MOpenAI Prism · 225MOpenAI Prism · 210.1MOpenAI Prism · 191.2MOpenAI Prism · 203.7MOpenAI Prism · 195.7MOpenAI Prism · 203.1MOpenAI Prism · 190.4MOpenAI Prism · 197.2MOpenAI Prism · 204.3M100K1M10M100M1BConnected 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 · 600.7KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KOpenAI Prism · 266.3MOpenAI Prism · 225MOpenAI Prism · 210.1MOpenAI Prism · 191.2MOpenAI Prism · 203.7MOpenAI Prism · 195.7MOpenAI Prism · 203.1MOpenAI Prism · 190.4MOpenAI Prism · 197.2MOpenAI Prism · 204.3MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
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Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
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$8.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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TextWeb pages
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DocumentsWeb pages
AudioDocumentsImagesText
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Data
Text
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Documents
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Writing Assistants
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
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Scientific research navigation
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Research papers analysis
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Literature reviews
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Flashcards
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LaTeX formatting
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Proofreading
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Research recommendations
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LaTeX diagrams
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