Papers vs Sourcely vs ScienceOS vs Keenious

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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ScienceOS
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Keenious
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Your tool Papers
papersapp.com
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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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 Keenious
keenious.com
Keenious is a research companion that finds published academic literature related to the text you are working on.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 6.2%
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6-month growth
0.0%
-27.7%
+1.2%
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Global rank web
#616,043
#330,988
#464,304
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Avg. last 3 months
65K
143.2K
68.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
40%
39%
39%
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Pages / visit
1.7
2.2
3.7
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Visit duration
42s
33s
1m 37s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
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PapersSourcelyScienceOSKeenious
050.7K101.4K152K202.7KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9K10K100K1MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month
$19per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
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Plans
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
DataText
Text
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 · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Citations
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Research
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Research papers
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Scientific literature exploration
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Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Citation formatting
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Academic citation
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Literature analysis
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Scientific q a
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Academic paper interpretations
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PDF analysis
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PDFs
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Research papers summaries
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Academic papers simplification
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Academic q a
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Literature interaction
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Network diagrams
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Papers translation
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Research assistance
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Research papers analysis
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