ScholarAI vs SciSpace vs Sourcely vs AI Writer

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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SciSpace
Competitor 2
Sourcely
Competitor 3
AI Writer
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
Make main Remove
Competitor AI Writer
ai-writer.com
Long-form content that passes as human-written
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
106.2Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
24.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 21.7%
▼ 98.8%
▼ 17.6%
▲ 8.4%
6-month growth
-22.5%
-99.2%
-27.7%
+46.5%
Global rank web
#323,702
#17,447
#330,988
#1,194,734
Avg. last 3 months
124.1K
2.7M
143.2K
22.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
56%
39%
42%
Pages / visit
1.9
2.5
2.2
2.1
Visit duration
28s
2m 13s
33s
11s
Traffic sources
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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ScholarAISciSpaceSourcelyAI Writer
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KAI Writer · 17.4KAI Writer · 25.1KAI Writer · 26KAI Writer · 18.9KAI Writer · 16.9KAI Writer · 16.3KAI Writer · 18.4KAI Writer · 20.6KAI Writer · 22.8KAI Writer · 24.7K10K100K1M10MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KAI Writer · 17.4KAI Writer · 25.1KAI Writer · 26KAI Writer · 18.9KAI Writer · 16.9KAI Writer · 16.3KAI Writer · 18.4KAI Writer · 20.6KAI Writer · 22.8KAI Writer · 24.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$9.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$24per month
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Ready $29/moFor $49/moFor Ph $375/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Output
Text
DataText
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Blog GeneratorAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 5 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research
Research papers
Citations
Literature reviews
Research papers drafting
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Research papers summaries
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Citation formatting
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Scientific writing
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Research assistance
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Scientific literature exploration
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Writing
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Academic q a
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Academic writing
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Citation verification
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PDF analysis
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