SciSpace vs Perplexity AI vs Sourcely vs Elicit

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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Perplexity AI
Competitor 2
Sourcely
Competitor 3
Elicit
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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 Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
44.2Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 98.8%
▼ 8.2%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
-99.2%
-42.9%
-27.7%
+0.1%
Global rank web
#17,447
#446
#330,988
#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
2.7M
104.9M
143.2K
12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
56%
33%
39%
37%
Pages / visit
2.5
3.6
2.2
1.5
Visit duration
2m 13s
4m 18s
33s
4s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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SciSpacePerplexity AISourcelyElicit
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MSourcely · 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 · 9.2K1K10K100K1M10M100M1BSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MSourcely · 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 · 9.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Text
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
CodeText
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
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
Research papers
Literature reviews
Academic research
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Research assistance
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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AI search
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Academic citation
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Chatbots
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Citation formatting
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Document summarization
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers drafting
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific writing
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Summarizing
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Academic q a
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Homework assistance
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Writing
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