Elicit vs Sourcely vs ScienceOS 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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Sourcely
Competitor 2
ScienceOS
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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 Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different 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
121.3Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 6.2%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+0.1%
-27.7%
+1.2%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#330,988
#464,304
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
143.2K
68.2K
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
39%
39%
47%
Pages / visit
1.5
2.2
3.7
2.9
Visit duration
4s
33s
1m 37s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ElicitSourcelyScienceOSScite
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KScite · 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 · 9.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Output
DataText
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DataText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Academic research
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Citations
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Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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Research papers analysis
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Citation verification
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Research assistance
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Scientific q a
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Academic paper evaluation
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Citation formatting
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PDF analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic q a
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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Network diagrams
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Research trends tracking
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