Paperguide vs Citely vs Scite vs ScienceOS
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
Your tool
Paperguide
vs Paperguide
Competitor 1
Citely
Citely
Competitor 2
Scite
Scite
Competitor 3
ScienceOS
ScienceOSCompare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Competitor
Citely
Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
Competitor
ScienceOS
ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▲ 3.3%
▲ 1.8%
▼ 6.2%
6-month growth
+44.6%
+26.5%
-27.6%
+1.2%
Global rank web
#182,104
#561,691
#75,906
#464,304
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
59.2K
716.7K
68.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
37%
47%
39%
Pages / visit
2.3
2.2
2.9
3.7
Visit duration
1m 32s
24s
2m 09s
1m 37s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
PaperguideCitelySciteScienceOS
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$9per month
$20per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
DataDocumentsText
Text
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
10
6
10
8
Citations
Research
Research papers
Academic research
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific q a
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Academic paper evaluation
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PDF analysis
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Academic writing
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Literature analysis
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Network diagrams
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Research papers drafting
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Research trends tracking
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Writing
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.