Papers vs Citely vs Sourcely

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Suggested competitors for Papers: SciSpace86% Literfy84% Paperguide84% ScholarAI84% ResearchRabbit84% Keenious82% Semantic Scholar81% Scite80%
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papersapp.com
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
0.0%
+26.5%
-27.7%
Global rank web
#616,043
#561,691
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
65K
59.2K
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
37%
39%
Pages / visit
1.7
2.2
2.2
Visit duration
42s
24s
33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
PapersCitelySourcely
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 · 62.9KSourcely · 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 · 62.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month
$9per month
$19per month · free tier available
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Plans
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
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 · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
6
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9
Citations
Academic citation
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Academic research
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Citation formatting
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Literature reviews
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Research
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Research papers
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Citation verification
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PDFs
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic q a
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Research papers analysis
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