Paperguide vs Sourcely vs Scholarcy vs Wordtune Read

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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Sourcely
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Scholarcy
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Wordtune Read
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Your tool Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Competitor Wordtune Read
wordtune.com
Wordtune Read is the summarizing side of Wordtune, an AI product that condenses articles, documents and YouTube videos so you can grasp them faster.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
159Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 4.7%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 17.1%
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6-month growth
+44.6%
-27.7%
-44.5%
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Global rank web
#182,104
#330,988
#200,412
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Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
143.2K
183.7K
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Bounce rate lower is better
44%
39%
38%
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Pages / visit
2.3
2.2
3.3
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Visit duration
1m 32s
33s
54s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
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PaperguideSourcelyScholarcyWordtune Read
0102.8K205.7K308.5K411.4KPaperguide · 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 · 121.3KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159K100K1MPaperguide · 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 · 121.3KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$4.89per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Basic FreeAdvanced $4.89/moUnlimited $6.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsWeb pages
DocumentsTextWeb pages
Output
DataDocumentsText
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Video EditingWriting & ContentAI SummarizerAI Video Summarizer
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Summarizing
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Document summarization
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Video summaries
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Academic writing
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Citation formatting
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