Keenious vs Sourcely vs Citely vs Semantic Scholar

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

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Keenious
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Semantic Scholar
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Your tool Keenious
keenious.com
Keenious is a research companion that finds published academic literature related to the text you are working on.
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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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 Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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121.3Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 17.6%
▲ 3.3%
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6-month growth
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-27.7%
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Global rank web
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#330,988
#561,691
#10,569
Avg. last 3 months
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143.2K
59.2K
6.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
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39%
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Pages / visit
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2.2
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Visit duration
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33s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
KeeniousSourcelyCitelySemantic Scholar
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSemantic 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 · 6.6M10K100K1M10MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSemantic 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 · 6.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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€10per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
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Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsText
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Output
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
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 · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research papers
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Academic citation
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic paper interpretations
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Citation verification
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Academic papers decoding
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Literature analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Scientific research navigation
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Academic papers simplification
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Academic q a
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