ScienceOS vs Sourcely vs Literfy vs Paperguide

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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Sourcely
Competitor 2
Literfy
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Paperguide
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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 Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
64.9Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 6.2%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 44.6%
▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
+1.2%
-27.7%
-70.3%
+44.6%
Global rank web
#464,304
#330,988
#3,073,342
#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
68.2K
143.2K
11.1K
266.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
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44%
Pages / visit
3.7
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2.3
Visit duration
1m 37s
33s
6s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
ScienceOSSourcelyLiterfyPaperguide
071.6K143.1K214.7K286.3KScienceOS · 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 · 121.3KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6K101001K10K100K1MScienceOS · 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 · 121.3KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
€7.25per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
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
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 · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Citations
Research papers
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Literature reviews
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic citation
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Research papers drafting
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BibTeX conversion
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PDF analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Literature analysis
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