SciSpace vs Sourcely vs Perplexity AI vs Dankgpt

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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Sourcely
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
Competitor 3
Dankgpt
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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 Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor Dankgpt
dankgpt.com
Research papers pile up fast
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
44.2Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
344visits/mo
MoM change
▼ 98.8%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 8.2%
▼ 53.8%
6-month growth
-99.2%
-27.7%
-42.9%
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Global rank web
#17,447
#330,988
#446
#15,277,235
Avg. last 3 months
2.7M
143.2K
104.9M
705
Bounce rate lower is better
56%
39%
33%
39%
Pages / visit
2.5
2.2
3.6
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Visit duration
2m 13s
33s
4m 18s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 43% · ● Search 32%
SciSpaceSourcelyPerplexity AIDankgpt
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KPerplexity 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 · 95.2MDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 3441001K10K100K1M10M100M1BSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KPerplexity 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 · 95.2MDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
CodeDocumentsImagesText
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Text
CodeText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI FilesAI PDF+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
Literature reviews
Academic research
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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PDF analysis
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Document summarization
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PDFs
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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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Homework assistance
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