Scite vs Sourcely vs Literfy

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
Sourcely
Competitor 2
Literfy
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Scite: Consensus80% Elicit78% SciSpace76% Semantic Scholar72% ScholarAI72% Paperguide72% ScienceOS70% Citely66%
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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 Sourcely
sourcely.net
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
700.2Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 1.8%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
-27.6%
-27.7%
-70.3%
Global rank web
#75,906
#330,988
#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
143.2K
11.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
47%
39%
40%
Pages / visit
2.9
2.2
1.9
Visit duration
2m 09s
33s
6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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SciteSourcelyLiterfy
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3K101001K10K100K1M10MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
Output
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
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Research papers
Citations
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Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Academic paper evaluation
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Research
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Research papers analysis
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Citation formatting
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Research trends tracking
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