Sourcely vs Dankgpt vs Citely vs ResearchRabbit

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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Dankgpt
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Citely
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ResearchRabbit
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Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Dankgpt
dankgpt.com
Research papers pile up fast
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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 ResearchRabbit
researchrabbit.ai
AI-powered literature mapping
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
344visits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
907.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▼ 53.8%
▲ 3.3%
▼ 17.3%
6-month growth
-27.7%
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+26.5%
-22.2%
Global rank web
#330,988
#15,277,235
#561,691
#51,921
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
705
59.2K
992.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
39%
37%
43%
Pages / visit
2.2
1.1
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3.1
Visit duration
33s
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24s
2m 02s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 43% · ● Search 32%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
SourcelyDankgptCitelyResearchRabbit
0304.4K608.9K913.3K1.2MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344Citely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 908.5KResearchRabbit · 939.4KResearchRabbit · 1MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 972.1KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 907.4K1001K10K100K1M10MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344Citely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 908.5KResearchRabbit · 939.4KResearchRabbit · 1MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 972.1KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 907.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
Free
$9per month
$10per month · free tier available
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Plan $10/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
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DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Text
Data
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI FilesAI PDF+2 more
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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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Citations
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Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Document chat
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Literature analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research navigation
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PDF analysis
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