Paperguide vs Undermind vs Literfy vs Sider Deep Research

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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Undermind
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Literfy
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Sider Deep Research
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Competitor Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
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6.3Kvisits/mo
3.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
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▼ 44.6%
▲ 3.4%
6-month growth
+44.6%
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-70.3%
-26.1%
Global rank web
#182,104
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#3,073,342
#22,424
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
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11.1K
3M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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40%
56%
Pages / visit
2.3
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1.9
2.3
Visit duration
1m 32s
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6s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
PaperguideUndermindLiterfySider Deep Research
01M2.1M3.1M4.1MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KSider 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 · 3.1M101001K10K100K1M10MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KSider 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
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Text
Output
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Text
DocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI 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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Scientific literature exploration
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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Academic citation
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Research papers drafting
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Literature analysis
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BibTeX conversion
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Citation verification
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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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Writing outlines
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Academic research gaps
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Academic writing
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Research trends tracking
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Writing
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