NoteAI vs Scholarcy vs Citely vs Sourcely

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

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NoteAI
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Scholarcy
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Citely
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Sourcely
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool NoteAI
noteai.io
A graduate student records three-hour lecture videos and needs searchable transcripts in multiple languages
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Competitor Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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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 Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
309.1Kvisits/mo
159Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 7.8%
▼ 17.1%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
+11.4%
-44.5%
+26.5%
-27.7%
Global rank web
#167,266
#200,412
#561,691
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
315.5K
183.7K
59.2K
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
46%
38%
37%
39%
Pages / visit
1.6
3.3
2.2
2.2
Visit duration
21s
54s
24s
33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
NoteAIScholarcyCitelySourcely
0769.9K1.5M2.3M3.1MNoteAI · 64.5KNoteAI · 80.7KNoteAI · 57.4KNoteAI · 277.5KNoteAI · 3.1MNoteAI · 1.3MNoteAI · 302.1KNoteAI · 335.3KNoteAI · 309.1KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K10K100K1M10MNoteAI · 64.5KNoteAI · 80.7KNoteAI · 57.4KNoteAI · 277.5KNoteAI · 3.1MNoteAI · 1.3MNoteAI · 302.1KNoteAI · 335.3KNoteAI · 309.1KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$4.99per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$9per month
$19per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePro $4.99/moUnlimited $8.33/mo
Free Free
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioDocumentsImagesWeb pagesVideo
DocumentsWeb pages
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Text
Output
DocumentsImagesText
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Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeVideo EditingVoice & SpeechWriting & Content+5 more
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Research
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Citations
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Summarizing
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Academic citation
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Research papers summaries
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Document summarization
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Citation verification
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Summaries
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Transcription
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Video summaries
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Citation formatting
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Mind maps
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Academic q a
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Literature reviews
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Note taking
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PDF analysis
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