Sourcely vs Citely vs ScienceOS

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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Competitor 1
Citely
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ScienceOS
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Sourcely: ScholarAI89% ResearchRabbit89% Scite88% Papers86% Paperguide86% Consensus85% SciSpace84% Literfy84%
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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 ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 6.2%
6-month growth
-27.7%
+26.5%
+1.2%
Global rank web
#330,988
#561,691
#464,304
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
59.2K
68.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
37%
39%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.2
3.7
Visit duration
33s
24s
1m 37s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
SourcelyCitelyScienceOS
050.7K101.4K152K202.7KSourcely · 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 · 62.9KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9K10K100K1MSourcely · 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 · 62.9KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$9per month
€7.25per 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 FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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 · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
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4
Citations
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Research papers
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Citation verification
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Research
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Academic citation
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PDF analysis
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Literature reviews
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Citation formatting
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