Scite vs Sourcely vs Literfy vs Keenious

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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Sourcely
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Literfy
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Keenious
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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 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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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
700.2Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 1.8%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 44.6%
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6-month growth
-27.6%
-27.7%
-70.3%
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Global rank web
#75,906
#330,988
#3,073,342
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Avg. last 3 months
716.7K
143.2K
11.1K
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Bounce rate lower is better
47%
39%
40%
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Pages / visit
2.9
2.2
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Visit duration
2m 09s
33s
6s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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SciteSourcelyLiterfyKeenious
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
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Starting price
$20per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
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Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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 · 5 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Research
Academic citation
Citations
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Scientific literature exploration
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Citation verification
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Academic paper evaluation
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Academic paper interpretations
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BibTeX conversion
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Citation formatting
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Literature analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Writing outlines
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Academic papers simplification
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Academic q a
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Academic research gaps
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Literature interaction
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Papers translation
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Research assistance
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Research trends tracking
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