Paperguide vs Explainpaper vs Citely

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

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Paperguide
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Citely
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Suggested competitors for Paperguide: SciSpace88% Elicit86% Consensus82% ScienceOS76% ScholarAI76% Scite72% Literfy72% Undermind68%
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Your tool Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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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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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▼ 12.5%
▲ 3.3%
6-month growth
+44.6%
-63.9%
+26.5%
Global rank web
#182,104
#806,701
#561,691
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
43.2K
59.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
42%
37%
Pages / visit
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Visit duration
1m 32s
23s
24s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
PaperguideExplainpaperCitely
071.6K143.1K214.7K286.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9K10K100K1MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $16/moTeams Custom/mo
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
DataDocumentsText
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Citation verification
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Literature reviews
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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