SciSpace vs Citely vs Literfy

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

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SciSpace
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Competitor 1
Citely
Competitor 2
Literfy
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for SciSpace: Paperguide85% ScholarAI84% Elicit83% Undermind83% Consensus82% AI Writer82% Gatsbi AI82% Dankgpt82%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
44.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 98.8%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
-99.2%
+26.5%
-70.3%
Global rank web
#17,447
#561,691
#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
2.7M
59.2K
11.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
56%
37%
40%
Pages / visit
2.5
2.2
1.9
Visit duration
2m 13s
24s
6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
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SciSpaceCitelyLiterfy
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3K101001K10K100K1M10MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$9per month
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Output
DataText
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
12
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11
Citations
Academic research
Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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Research papers drafting
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Citation verification
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Research assistance
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Scientific literature exploration
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BibTeX conversion
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific writing
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Writing outlines
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Academic research gaps
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PDF analysis
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