ScienceOS vs Sourcely vs Elicit vs Papers

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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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 Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor Papers
papersapp.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
64.9Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 6.2%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 9.7%
6-month growth
+1.2%
-27.7%
+0.1%
0.0%
Global rank web
#464,304
#330,988
#2,562,886
#616,043
Avg. last 3 months
68.2K
143.2K
12.3K
65K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
39%
37%
40%
Pages / visit
3.7
2.2
1.5
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Visit duration
1m 37s
33s
4s
42s
Traffic sources
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
ScienceOSSourcelyElicitPapers
050.7K101.4K152K202.7KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3K1K10K100K1MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
€7.25per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Text
DataText
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
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 · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Citations
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Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Citation formatting
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research papers analysis
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Research assistance
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Scientific q a
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PDF analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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