Scite vs Paperguide vs Literfy vs ScienceOS

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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Competitor 1
Paperguide
Competitor 2
Literfy
Competitor 3
ScienceOS
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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 Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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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 ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
700.2Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.8%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 44.6%
▼ 6.2%
6-month growth
-27.6%
+44.6%
-70.3%
+1.2%
Global rank web
#75,906
#182,104
#3,073,342
#464,304
Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
266.5K
11.1K
68.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
47%
44%
40%
39%
Pages / visit
2.9
2.3
1.9
3.7
Visit duration
2m 09s
1m 32s
6s
1m 37s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
ScitePaperguideLiterfyScienceOS
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9K101001K10K100K1M10MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
DataDocumentsText
Text
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
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 · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Citations
Research papers
Literature reviews
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic research
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Academic citation
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers drafting
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Citation verification
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Scientific q a
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Academic paper evaluation
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BibTeX conversion
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PDF analysis
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Writing outlines
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Academic research gaps
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Academic writing
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Literature analysis
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Network diagrams
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Research trends tracking
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Writing
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