ScienceOS vs ScholarAI vs Scite vs Sourcely

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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ScienceOS
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ScholarAI
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Scite
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
64.9Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 6.2%
▼ 21.7%
▲ 1.8%
▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
+1.2%
-22.5%
-27.6%
-27.7%
Global rank web
#464,304
#323,702
#75,906
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
68.2K
124.1K
716.7K
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
37%
47%
39%
Pages / visit
3.7
1.9
2.9
2.2
Visit duration
1m 37s
28s
2m 09s
33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
ScienceOSScholarAISciteSourcely
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K10K100K1M10MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KSourcely · 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
€7.25per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Output
DataText
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Academic citation
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Literature reviews
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Citation verification
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Academic paper evaluation
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Academic research
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PDF analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Citation formatting
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Research trends tracking
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