Papers vs Sourcely vs Scite vs ScholarAI

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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Sourcely
Competitor 2
Scite
Competitor 3
ScholarAI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Papers
papersapp.com
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▼ 17.6%
▲ 1.8%
▼ 21.7%
6-month growth
0.0%
-27.7%
-27.6%
-22.5%
Global rank web
#616,043
#330,988
#75,906
#323,702
Avg. last 3 months
65K
143.2K
716.7K
124.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
39%
47%
37%
Pages / visit
1.7
2.2
2.9
1.9
Visit duration
42s
33s
2m 09s
28s
Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
PapersSourcelySciteScholarAI
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MPapers · 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 · 121.3KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2K10K100K1M10MPapers · 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 · 121.3KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Text
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 · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Citations
Literature reviews
Academic citation
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Academic research
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Research
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Research papers
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Citation formatting
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Research papers summaries
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Research papers analysis
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Citation verification
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Academic paper evaluation
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PDFs
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic q a
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Research papers drafting
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Research trends tracking
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