Connected Papers vs Semantic Scholar 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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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 SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
600.7Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.7%
▲ 11.2%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
-34.0%
-24.2%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#76,429
#10,569
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
709.4K
6.4M
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
48%
56%
Pages / visit
2.7
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Visit duration
2m 05s
1m 46s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
Connected PapersSemantic ScholarSciSpace
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MConnected 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 · 6.6MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K10K100K1M10MConnected 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 · 6.6MSciSpace · 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
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$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Data
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
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 · 5 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Research papers analysis
Literature reviews
Scientific research navigation
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Research assistance
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic papers decoding
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Citations
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers drafting
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Research recommendations
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Scientific research
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Scientific writing
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Academic paper interpretations
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PDF analysis
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