ScienceOS vs Citely vs Scite vs Paperguide
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
Your tool
ScienceOS
vs ScienceOS
Competitor 1
Citely
Citely
Competitor 2
Scite
Scite
Competitor 3
Paperguide
PaperguideCompare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool
ScienceOS
ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
Competitor
Citely
Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
64.9Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 6.2%
▲ 3.3%
▲ 1.8%
▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
+1.2%
+26.5%
-27.6%
+44.6%
Global rank web
#464,304
#561,691
#75,906
#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
68.2K
59.2K
716.7K
266.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
37%
47%
44%
Pages / visit
3.7
2.2
2.9
2.3
Visit duration
1m 37s
24s
2m 09s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
ScienceOSCitelyScitePaperguide
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
€7.25per month · free tier available
$9per month
$20per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Text
Text
DataDocumentsText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
8
6
10
10
Citations
Research
Research papers
Academic research
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific q a
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Academic paper evaluation
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PDF analysis
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Academic writing
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Literature analysis
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Network diagrams
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Research papers drafting
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Research trends tracking
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Writing
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Prompts
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