Scite vs Gemini vs Citely

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Scite
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Gemini
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Citely
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
700.2Kvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.8%
▼ 2.6%
▲ 3.3%
6-month growth
-27.6%
+0.8%
+26.5%
Global rank web
#75,906
#17
#561,691
Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
2.7B
59.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
47%
28%
37%
Pages / visit
2.9
4.1
2.2
Visit duration
2m 09s
7m 01s
24s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
SciteGeminiCitely
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$9per month
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Plans
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
AudioCodeDocumentsImagesText
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Output
Text
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Academic research
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Research papers
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Chatbots
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Image generation
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Academic paper evaluation
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Coding
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Large language models
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Literature reviews
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PDF analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Writing
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Image editing
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Research trends tracking
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