Sourcely vs Citely vs Scholarcy vs CiteTrue

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

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Sourcely
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Citely
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Scholarcy
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CiteTrue
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Competitor Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Competitor CiteTrue
citetrue.com
This service cross-references citations against millions of academic papers, journals, and books in leading databases
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
159Kvisits/mo
57.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 17.1%
▲ 19.2%
6-month growth
-27.7%
+26.5%
-44.5%
+93.9%
Global rank web
#330,988
#561,691
#200,412
#698,839
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
59.2K
183.7K
51.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
37%
38%
42%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.2
3.3
2.0
Visit duration
33s
24s
54s
32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 55% · ● Referral 42%
SourcelyCitelyScholarcyCiteTrue
0102.8K205.7K308.5K411.4KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9K1K10K100K1MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$9per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$5.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free Free
Free FreePlus $5.99/moPro $11.99/moExpert $47.99/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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DocumentsWeb pages
Text
Output
Text
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Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
AI Detection & SafetyResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Academic citation
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Citations
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Academic research
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Research papers
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Citation verification
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Research papers summaries
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Summaries
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Citation formatting
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Literature reviews
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