Literfy vs Sourcely vs Explainpaper

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

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Literfy
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Explainpaper
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Suggested competitors for Literfy: Consensus94% Keenious94% ResearchRabbit92% Connected Papers91% Paperguide91% SciSpace90% Semantic Scholar90% Scite89%
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Your tool Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
6.3Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 44.6%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 12.5%
6-month growth
-70.3%
-27.7%
-63.9%
Global rank web
#3,073,342
#330,988
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Avg. last 3 months
11.1K
143.2K
43.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
39%
42%
Pages / visit
1.9
2.2
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Visit duration
6s
33s
23s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
LiterfySourcelyExplainpaper
050.7K101.4K152K202.7KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2K101001K10K100K1MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
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Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreePro $16/moTeams Custom/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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DocumentsText
Output
Text
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Literature reviews
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Academic research
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