Scite vs Literfy vs Sourcely vs Consensus

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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Sourcely
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Consensus
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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 Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
700.2Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.8%
▼ 44.6%
▼ 17.6%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-27.6%
-70.3%
-27.7%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#75,906
#3,073,342
#330,988
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
11.1K
143.2K
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
47%
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43%
Pages / visit
2.9
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Visit duration
2m 09s
6s
33s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
SciteLiterfySourcelyConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MScite · 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 · 6.3KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M101001K10K100K1M10MScite · 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 · 6.3KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Capabilities input → output
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Text
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Output
Text
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Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Citations
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Research papers summaries
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Citation verification
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Scientific literature exploration
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Search engine
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Academic paper evaluation
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BibTeX conversion
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Citation formatting
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Medical research
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Research papers analysis
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Writing outlines
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Research papers drafting
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Research trends tracking
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