Scholarcy vs Sourcely vs Citely vs AI Summarizer

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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Sourcely
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Citely
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AI Summarizer
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Your tool Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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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 AI Summarizer
articlesummarizer.com
When research papers pile up and deadlines loom, sifting through dense academic text eats hours that could go toward actual analysis
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
159Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 17.1%
▼ 17.6%
▲ 3.3%
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6-month growth
-44.5%
-27.7%
+26.5%
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Global rank web
#200,412
#330,988
#561,691
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Avg. last 3 months
183.7K
143.2K
59.2K
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Bounce rate lower is better
38%
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
54s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
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ScholarcySourcelyCitelyAI Summarizer
0102.8K205.7K308.5K411.4KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KAI Summarizer · 1011001K10K100K1MScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KAI Summarizer · 101Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsWeb pages
Text
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DocumentsWeb pages
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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
Writing & ContentAI Summarizer
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers summaries
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Research papers
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Multilingual summarization
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