Elicit vs SciSpace vs Citely vs Scite

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

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Elicit
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SciSpace
Competitor 2
Citely
Competitor 3
Scite
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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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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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.2Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▼ 98.8%
▲ 3.3%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+0.1%
-99.2%
+26.5%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#17,447
#561,691
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
2.7M
59.2K
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
56%
37%
47%
Pages / visit
1.5
2.5
2.2
2.9
Visit duration
4s
2m 13s
24s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ElicitSciSpaceCitelyScite
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K1K10K100K1M10MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$9per month
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Output
DataText
DataText
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
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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Academic research
Research
Research papers
Citations
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Research assistance
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Academic paper evaluation
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers drafting
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Scientific writing
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Research trends tracking
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