Paperguide vs Sourcely vs Explainpaper

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Your tool Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Sourcely
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Competitor Explainpaper
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 12.5%
6-month growth
+44.6%
-27.7%
-63.9%
Global rank web
#182,104
#330,988
#806,701
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
143.2K
43.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
39%
42%
Pages / visit
2.3
2.2
2.0
Visit duration
1m 32s
33s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
PaperguideSourcelyExplainpaper
071.6K143.1K214.7K286.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2K10K100K1MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $16/moTeams Custom/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
Output
DataDocumentsText
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
Academic research
Citations
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Academic paper interpretations
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Scientific concept explanations
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Academic citation
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Math explanations
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Scientific literature exploration
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PDFs
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Research papers drafting
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