Scholarcy vs Citely vs Explainpaper vs Scopus AI

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

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Scholarcy
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Explainpaper
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Scopus AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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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 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 Scopus AI
elsevier.com
Scopus AI is a research discovery assistant from Elsevier that combines generative AI with the curated, peer-reviewed content in the Scopus database.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
159Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 17.1%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 12.5%
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6-month growth
-44.5%
+26.5%
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Global rank web
#200,412
#561,691
#806,701
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Avg. last 3 months
183.7K
59.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
38%
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Pages / visit
3.3
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Visit duration
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Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
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ScholarcyCitelyExplainpaperScopus AI
0102.8K205.7K308.5K411.4KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2K10K100K1MScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreePro $16/moTeams Custom/mo
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Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsWeb pages
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DocumentsText
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DocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
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 · 3 shared · core   partial
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