ScholarAI vs Citely vs Consensus vs Paperguide

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

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ScholarAI
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Paperguide
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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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 Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
106.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 21.7%
▲ 3.3%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
-22.5%
+26.5%
+14.4%
+44.6%
Global rank web
#323,702
#561,691
#9,859
#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
124.1K
59.2K
5.5M
266.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
37%
43%
44%
Pages / visit
1.9
2.2
4.1
2.3
Visit duration
28s
24s
3m 56s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
ScholarAICitelyConsensusPaperguide
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6K10K100K1M10MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9.99per month · free tier available
$9per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
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Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
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DataDocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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Research papers summaries
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Research papers drafting
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Citation verification
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Search engine
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Citation formatting
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Medical research
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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