Explainpaper vs ScholarAI vs SciSpace vs Scholarcy

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

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Explainpaper
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ScholarAI
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SciSpace
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Scholarcy
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Explainpaper
explainpaper.com
Explainpaper breaks down why that quantum mechanics paper uses "eigenvalues" in equation 12 when you highlight confusing text in research papers
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
35.2Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
159Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 12.5%
▼ 21.7%
▼ 98.8%
▼ 17.1%
6-month growth
-63.9%
-22.5%
-99.2%
-44.5%
Global rank web
#806,701
#323,702
#17,447
#200,412
Avg. last 3 months
43.2K
124.1K
2.7M
183.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
37%
56%
38%
Pages / visit
2.0
1.9
2.5
3.3
Visit duration
23s
28s
2m 13s
54s
Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
ExplainpaperScholarAISciSpaceScholarcy
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159K10K100K1M10MExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Freemium
Starting price
$16per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePro $16/moTeams Custom/mo
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsWeb pages
Output
Text
Text
DataText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Academic research
Research papers summaries
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers drafting
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Research assistance
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Summaries
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Citation formatting
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Math explanations
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Paraphrasing
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Scientific writing
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PDF analysis
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