Scholarcy vs Citely vs Paperguide

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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Citely
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Paperguide
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3 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 Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
159Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.1%
▲ 3.3%
▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
-44.5%
+26.5%
+44.6%
Global rank web
#200,412
#561,691
#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
183.7K
59.2K
266.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
37%
44%
Pages / visit
3.3
2.2
2.3
Visit duration
54s
24s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
ScholarcyCitelyPaperguide
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 · 62.9KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6K10K100K1MScholarcy · 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 · 62.9KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$9per month
$12per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free Free
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pages
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
DataDocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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10
Research papers
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Citations
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Citation verification
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Literature reviews
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Research
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Academic citation
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Academic research
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Document summarization
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Summarizing
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Academic writing
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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