SciSpace vs Connected Papers vs Literfy vs Paperguide

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
Connected Papers
Competitor 2
Literfy
Competitor 3
Paperguide
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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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
44.2Kvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 98.8%
▼ 18.7%
▼ 44.6%
▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
-99.2%
-34.0%
-70.3%
+44.6%
Global rank web
#17,447
#76,429
#3,073,342
#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
2.7M
709.4K
11.1K
266.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
56%
44%
40%
44%
Pages / visit
2.5
2.7
1.9
2.3
Visit duration
2m 13s
2m 05s
6s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
SciSpaceConnected PapersLiterfyPaperguide
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KLiterfy · 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 · 262.6K101001K10K100K1M10MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KLiterfy · 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 '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
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Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
TextWeb pages
Text
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Data
Text
DataDocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research navigation
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic writing
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Research papers drafting
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