Semantic Scholar vs Papers vs Scholarcy vs Connected Papers

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

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Semantic Scholar
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Papers
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Scholarcy
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Competitor Papers
papersapp.com
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Competitor Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
6.6Mvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
159Kvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 11.2%
▼ 9.7%
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▼ 18.7%
6-month growth
-24.2%
0.0%
-44.5%
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Global rank web
#10,569
#616,043
#200,412
#76,429
Avg. last 3 months
6.4M
65K
183.7K
709.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
40%
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44%
Pages / visit
2.7
1.7
3.3
2.7
Visit duration
1m 46s
42s
54s
2m 05s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
Semantic ScholarPapersScholarcyConnected Papers
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7K10K100K1M10MSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$10per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
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Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
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Capabilities input → output
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Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsWeb pages
TextWeb pages
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Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
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Research papers
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