SciSpace vs Connected Papers vs ScholarAI 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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Connected Papers
Competitor 2
ScholarAI
Competitor 3
Literfy
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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 ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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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
600.7Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 98.8%
▼ 18.7%
▼ 21.7%
▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
-99.2%
-34.0%
-22.5%
-70.3%
Global rank web
#17,447
#76,429
#323,702
#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
2.7M
709.4K
124.1K
11.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
56%
44%
37%
40%
Pages / visit
2.5
2.7
1.9
1.9
Visit duration
2m 13s
2m 05s
28s
6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
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SciSpaceConnected PapersScholarAILiterfy
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 · 600.7KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KLiterfy · 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 · 44.2KConnected 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 · 600.7KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
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Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
TextWeb pages
DocumentsText
Text
Output
DataText
Data
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Literature reviews
Citations
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Research papers drafting
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Academic citation
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Research papers analysis
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Research assistance
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research navigation
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BibTeX conversion
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Citation formatting
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research recommendations
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Scientific writing
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Academic research gaps
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PDF analysis
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