Scholarcy vs Citely vs SciSpace vs SciSummary

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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SciSpace
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SciSummary
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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 SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor SciSummary
scisummary.com
SciSummary is an AI reading aid for scientific articles and research papers.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
159Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 17.1%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 98.8%
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6-month growth
-44.5%
+26.5%
-99.2%
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Global rank web
#200,412
#561,691
#17,447
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Avg. last 3 months
183.7K
59.2K
2.7M
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Bounce rate lower is better
38%
37%
56%
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Pages / visit
3.3
2.2
2.5
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Visit duration
54s
24s
2m 13s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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ScholarcyCitelySciSpaceSciSummary
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MScholarcy · 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 · 62.9KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K10K100K1M10MScholarcy · 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 · 62.9KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$9per month
$20per month · free tier available
$4per month
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Plans
Free Free
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Free Trial FreeStudent FreePro $4/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pages
Text
DocumentsText
Documents
Output
Text
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DataText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI PDF+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
Academic research
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Research papers summaries
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Summarizing
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Literature reviews
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Document summarization
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Research papers analysis
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Flashcards
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Research assistance
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Scientific research summaries
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Article summaries
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Paraphrasing
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Scientific writing
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Literature analysis
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PDF analysis
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