Keenious vs Sourcely vs Semantic Scholar vs Literfy

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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Sourcely
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Semantic Scholar
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Literfy
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
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 Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Competitor Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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121.3Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▼ 17.6%
▲ 11.2%
▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
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-27.7%
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-70.3%
Global rank web
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#330,988
#10,569
#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
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143.2K
6.4M
11.1K
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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6s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
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KeeniousSourcelySemantic ScholarLiterfy
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KSemantic 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 · 6.6MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3K101001K10K100K1M10MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KSemantic 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 · 6.6MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Starting price
€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
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Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsText
Text
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Output
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
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 · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research papers
Research
Literature reviews
Scientific literature exploration
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Academic citation
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Citations
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Academic paper interpretations
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Academic papers decoding
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BibTeX conversion
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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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Writing outlines
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Academic papers simplification
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Literature interaction
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Papers translation
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