Semantic Scholar vs Undermind vs Sourcely

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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Undermind
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Your tool Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
6.6Mvisits/mo
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121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 11.2%
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▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
-24.2%
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-27.7%
Global rank web
#10,569
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#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
6.4M
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143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
48%
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39%
Pages / visit
2.7
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2.2
Visit duration
1m 46s
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33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
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● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
Semantic ScholarUndermindSourcely
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 · 6.6MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K100K1M10MSemantic 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 · 6.6MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
Free
$15per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
Output
Text
DataText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
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 · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research papers
Research
Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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Literature analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic citation
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Academic papers decoding
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Citation formatting
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Research assistance
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research navigation
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Academic paper interpretations
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Academic q a
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Research trends tracking
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