ScholarAI vs Explainpaper vs Sourcely

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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Your tool ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor Explainpaper
explainpaper.com
Explainpaper breaks down why that quantum mechanics paper uses "eigenvalues" in equation 12 when you highlight confusing text in research papers
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
106.2Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 21.7%
▼ 12.5%
▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
-22.5%
-63.9%
-27.7%
Global rank web
#323,702
#806,701
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
124.1K
43.2K
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
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39%
Pages / visit
1.9
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Visit duration
28s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
ScholarAIExplainpaperSourcely
050.7K101.4K152K202.7KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K10K100K1MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9.99per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Free FreePro $16/moTeams Custom/mo
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Research papers summaries
Citations
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Academic citation
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Citation formatting
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Literature reviews
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Academic paper interpretations
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Scientific concept explanations
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Math explanations
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Research papers analysis
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Academic q a
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PDFs
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Research papers drafting
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