Literfy vs Sourcely vs Paperguide vs Keenious

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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Sourcely
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Paperguide
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Keenious
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
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 Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
6.3Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 44.6%
▼ 17.6%
▲ 4.7%
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6-month growth
-70.3%
-27.7%
+44.6%
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Global rank web
#3,073,342
#330,988
#182,104
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Avg. last 3 months
11.1K
143.2K
266.5K
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Bounce rate lower is better
40%
39%
44%
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Pages / visit
1.9
2.2
2.3
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Visit duration
6s
33s
1m 32s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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LiterfySourcelyPaperguideKeenious
071.6K143.1K214.7K286.3KLiterfy · 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 · 121.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6K101001K10K100K1MLiterfy · 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 · 121.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
€10per 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 FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
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DataDocumentsText
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
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 · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Research
Scientific literature exploration
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Citations
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Academic citation
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Research papers drafting
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Academic paper interpretations
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BibTeX conversion
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Citation formatting
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Literature analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Writing outlines
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Academic papers simplification
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Academic q a
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Academic research gaps
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Academic writing
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Literature interaction
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