Seaml.es vs Sourcely vs Scite vs Papers

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Your tool Seaml.es
seaml.es
Students writing literature reviews usually face a brutal choice: spend days hunting through academic databases or let an AI hallucinate references that don't exist
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor Papers
papersapp.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
705visits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 19.3%
▼ 17.6%
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6-month growth
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-27.7%
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Global rank web
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#330,988
#75,906
#616,043
Avg. last 3 months
526
143.2K
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65K
Bounce rate lower is better
35%
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
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33s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
Seaml.esSourcelyScitePapers
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MSeaml.es · 1.1KSeaml.es · 34Seaml.es · 874Seaml.es · 705Sourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3K101001K10K100K1M10MSeaml.es · 1.1KSeaml.es · 34Seaml.es · 874Seaml.es · 705Sourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
$9.99per month
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
10 credits $9.99Unlimited Monthly $29.99/moUnlimited Yearly $214.99/yr
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Capabilities input → output
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Text
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DocumentsText
Output
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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Intermediate
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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 · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Scholarship essays
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Research trends tracking
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