Papers vs Citely vs Connected Papers

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Your tool Papers
papersapp.com
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Competitor Citely
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 18.7%
6-month growth
0.0%
+26.5%
-34.0%
Global rank web
#616,043
#561,691
#76,429
Avg. last 3 months
65K
59.2K
709.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
37%
44%
Pages / visit
1.7
2.2
2.7
Visit duration
42s
24s
2m 05s
Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
PapersCitelyConnected Papers
0241.5K483K724.5K966KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7K10K100K1MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month
$9per month
$6per month · free tier available
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Plans
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsText
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TextWeb pages
Output
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
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Research
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Research papers analysis
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Scientific research navigation
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Citation formatting
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PDFs
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Research recommendations
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Scientific literature exploration
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