Paperguide vs Scite vs Sider Deep Research vs Undermind

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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Scite
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Sider Deep Research
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Undermind
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Your tool Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor Sider Deep Research
sider.ai
Sider Deep Research tackles the gap between quick AI answers and proper citations
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
3.1Mvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▲ 1.8%
▲ 3.4%
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6-month growth
+44.6%
-27.6%
-26.1%
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Global rank web
#182,104
#75,906
#22,424
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Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
716.7K
3M
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Bounce rate lower is better
44%
47%
56%
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Pages / visit
2.3
2.9
2.3
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Visit duration
1m 32s
2m 09s
1m 32s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
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PaperguideSciteSider Deep ResearchUndermind
01M2.1M3.1M4.1MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.8MSider Deep Research · 3.7MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.9MSider Deep Research · 3.5MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3.1M100K1M10MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.8MSider Deep Research · 3.7MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.9MSider Deep Research · 3.5MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free
$15per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free Trial Free
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Text
Output
DataDocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
Research
Academic research
Research papers
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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Citation verification
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Academic citation
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research trends tracking
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Literature analysis
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Academic paper evaluation
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Internet research
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Multilingual research
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Research assistance
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Scientific research
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Academic writing
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