Scite vs ScienceOS vs Elicit 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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ScienceOS
Competitor 2
Elicit
Competitor 3
Citely
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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 ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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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
64.9Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.8%
▼ 6.2%
▼ 37.4%
▲ 3.3%
6-month growth
-27.6%
+1.2%
+0.1%
+26.5%
Global rank web
#75,906
#464,304
#2,562,886
#561,691
Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
68.2K
12.3K
59.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
47%
39%
37%
37%
Pages / visit
2.9
3.7
1.5
2.2
Visit duration
2m 09s
1m 37s
4s
24s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
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● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
SciteScienceOSElicitCitely
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9K1K10K100K1M10MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$9per month
Free tier
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Plans
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
DataText
DataText
Text
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 · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Citations
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Academic research
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Research assistance
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Scientific q a
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Academic paper evaluation
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PDF analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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Network diagrams
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Research trends tracking
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