Scite vs Explainpaper vs Sourcely

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Scite
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Suggested competitors for Scite: Consensus80% Elicit78% SciSpace76% Semantic Scholar72% ScholarAI72% Paperguide72% ScienceOS70% Citely66%
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Your tool Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor Explainpaper
explainpaper.com
Explainpaper breaks down why that quantum mechanics paper uses "eigenvalues" in equation 12 when you highlight confusing text in research papers
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
700.2Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.8%
▼ 12.5%
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6-month growth
-27.6%
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Global rank web
#75,906
#806,701
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
43.2K
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
47%
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39%
Pages / visit
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Visit duration
2m 09s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
SciteExplainpaperSourcely
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K10K100K1M10MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Capabilities input → output
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Text
DocumentsText
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Output
Text
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
Academic research
Citations
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Academic citation
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Literature reviews
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Academic paper interpretations
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Citation verification
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Scientific concept explanations
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Academic paper evaluation
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Citation formatting
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Math explanations
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Academic q a
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PDFs
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Research trends tracking
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