Explainpaper vs Sourcely vs Paperguide vs Undermind

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

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Paperguide
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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 Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
35.2Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 12.5%
▼ 17.6%
▲ 4.7%
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6-month growth
-63.9%
-27.7%
+44.6%
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Global rank web
#806,701
#330,988
#182,104
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Avg. last 3 months
43.2K
143.2K
266.5K
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Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
23s
33s
1m 32s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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ExplainpaperSourcelyPaperguideUndermind
071.6K143.1K214.7K286.3KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6K10K100K1MExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Model
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$15per month · free tier available
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Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
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DataDocumentsText
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
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Research papers
Academic research
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Scientific literature exploration
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