Papers vs Sourcely vs Undermind vs Connected Papers

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

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Your tool Papers
papersapp.com
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
61.3Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
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600.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 9.7%
▼ 17.6%
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▼ 18.7%
6-month growth
0.0%
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-34.0%
Global rank web
#616,043
#330,988
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#76,429
Avg. last 3 months
65K
143.2K
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709.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
40%
39%
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44%
Pages / visit
1.7
2.2
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2.7
Visit duration
42s
33s
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2m 05s
Traffic sources
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
PapersSourcelyUndermindConnected Papers
0241.5K483K724.5K966KPapers · 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 · 121.3KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7K10K100K1MPapers · 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 · 121.3KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month
$19per month · free tier available
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$6per month · free tier available
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Plans
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
TextWeb pages
Output
Text
Text
DataText
Data
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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Research papers
Research papers analysis
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