Paperguide vs Undermind vs ScholarAI vs Literfy

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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ScholarAI
Competitor 3
Literfy
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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 ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
262.6Kvisits/mo
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106.2Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 4.7%
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▼ 21.7%
▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
+44.6%
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-22.5%
-70.3%
Global rank web
#182,104
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#323,702
#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
266.5K
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124.1K
11.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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37%
40%
Pages / visit
2.3
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1.9
1.9
Visit duration
1m 32s
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28s
6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
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PaperguideUndermindScholarAILiterfy
071.6K143.1K214.7K286.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3K101001K10K100K1MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$12per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
Text
Output
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
Research papers
Academic research
Research
Citations
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic citation
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Research papers drafting
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Research papers analysis
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Literature analysis
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Research papers summaries
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BibTeX conversion
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Citation formatting
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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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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.