Paperguide vs Perplexity AI vs Elicit vs Sourcely

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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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▼ 8.2%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
+44.6%
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+0.1%
-27.7%
Global rank web
#182,104
#446
#2,562,886
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
104.9M
12.3K
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
33%
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39%
Pages / visit
2.3
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Visit duration
1m 32s
4m 18s
4s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
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● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
PaperguidePerplexity AIElicitSourcely
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K1K10K100K1M10M100M1BPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KSourcely · 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
$12per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsImagesTextCode
TextDocuments
Text
Output
DataDocumentsText
CodeText
DataText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Academic research
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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Citation formatting
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Document summarization
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Medical research
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Research papers drafting
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