Papers vs Citely vs ScienceOS vs Sourcely

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

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ScienceOS
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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 ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 6.2%
▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
0.0%
+26.5%
+1.2%
-27.7%
Global rank web
#616,043
#561,691
#464,304
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
65K
59.2K
68.2K
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
37%
39%
39%
Pages / visit
1.7
2.2
3.7
2.2
Visit duration
42s
24s
1m 37s
33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
PapersCitelyScienceOSSourcely
050.7K101.4K152K202.7KPapers · 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 · 62.9KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K10K100K1MPapers · 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 · 62.9KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month
$9per month
€7.25per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
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Plans
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
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DocumentsText
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Output
Text
Text
DataText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
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 PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Citations
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Literature reviews
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Scientific literature exploration
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Citation verification
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PDF analysis
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Research papers summaries
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