Scholarcy vs Sourcely vs CiteTrue 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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Sourcely
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CiteTrue
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Keenious
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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 Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor CiteTrue
citetrue.com
This service cross-references citations against millions of academic papers, journals, and books in leading databases
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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
121.3Kvisits/mo
57.9Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 17.1%
▼ 17.6%
▲ 19.2%
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6-month growth
-44.5%
-27.7%
+93.9%
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Global rank web
#200,412
#330,988
#698,839
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Avg. last 3 months
183.7K
143.2K
51.5K
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Bounce rate lower is better
38%
39%
42%
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Pages / visit
3.3
2.2
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Visit duration
54s
33s
32s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 55% · ● Referral 42%
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ScholarcySourcelyCiteTrueKeenious
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 · 121.3KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9K1K10K100K1MScholarcy · 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 · 121.3KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$5.99per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreePlus $5.99/moPro $11.99/moExpert $47.99/mo
Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsWeb pages
Text
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DocumentsText
Output
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
AI Detection & SafetyResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Academic research
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Research papers
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Academic citation
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Research papers summaries
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Citations
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Literature reviews
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Citation verification
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Scientific literature exploration
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Summaries
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Academic paper interpretations
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Citation formatting
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Literature analysis
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Academic papers simplification
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