Papers vs Citely vs Elicit

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Papers
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Citely
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Elicit
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Your tool Papers
papersapp.com
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
0.0%
+26.5%
+0.1%
Global rank web
#616,043
#561,691
#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
65K
59.2K
12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
37%
37%
Pages / visit
1.7
2.2
1.5
Visit duration
42s
24s
4s
Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
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PapersCitelyElicit
021.7K43.5K65.2K87KPapers · 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 · 62.9KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2K1K10K100KPapers · 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 · 62.9KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month
$9per month
$10per 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
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
DataText
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
6
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7
Citations
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Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Research
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Research papers
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Research papers analysis
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Research assistance
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Citation formatting
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PDFs
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Scientific literature exploration
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Medical research
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