ScholarAI vs Scite vs Citely

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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Scite
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Citely
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
106.2Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 21.7%
▲ 1.8%
▲ 3.3%
6-month growth
-22.5%
-27.6%
+26.5%
Global rank web
#323,702
#75,906
#561,691
Avg. last 3 months
124.1K
716.7K
59.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
47%
37%
Pages / visit
1.9
2.9
2.2
Visit duration
28s
2m 09s
24s
Traffic sources
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
ScholarAISciteCitely
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9K10K100K1M10MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$9per month
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Plans
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Output
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 5 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic citation
Citations
Academic research
Research
Research papers
Citation verification
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Literature reviews
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Research papers summaries
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Academic paper evaluation
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Citation formatting
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers drafting
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Research trends tracking
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