Scite vs Literfy vs Keenious vs Semantic Scholar

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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Literfy
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Keenious
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Semantic Scholar
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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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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Competitor Keenious
keenious.com
Keenious is a research companion that finds published academic literature related to the text you are working on.
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Competitor Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
700.2Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
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6.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.8%
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▲ 11.2%
6-month growth
-27.6%
-70.3%
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-24.2%
Global rank web
#75,906
#3,073,342
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#10,569
Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
11.1K
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6.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
47%
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48%
Pages / visit
2.9
1.9
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2.7
Visit duration
2m 09s
6s
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1m 46s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
SciteLiterfyKeeniousSemantic Scholar
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6M101001K10K100K1M10MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
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Plans
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
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Capabilities input → output
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Text
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DocumentsText
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Output
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Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
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
Literature reviews
Research
Scientific literature exploration
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Academic citation
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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Citation verification
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Academic paper evaluation
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Academic papers decoding
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BibTeX conversion
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Literature analysis
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Scientific research
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Scientific research navigation
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Writing outlines
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Academic papers simplification
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