Scholarcy vs Citely vs Sourcely vs Keenious

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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Sourcely
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Keenious
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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 Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Keenious
keenious.com
Keenious is a research companion that finds published academic literature related to the text you are working on.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
159Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 17.1%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 17.6%
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6-month growth
-44.5%
+26.5%
-27.7%
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Global rank web
#200,412
#561,691
#330,988
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Avg. last 3 months
183.7K
59.2K
143.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
38%
37%
39%
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Pages / visit
3.3
2.2
2.2
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Visit duration
54s
24s
33s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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ScholarcyCitelySourcelyKeenious
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 · 62.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K10K100K1MScholarcy · 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 · 62.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$9per month
$19per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pages
Text
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DocumentsText
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Text
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Citation verification
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Academic citation
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Academic research
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Document summarization
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