Sourcely vs Explainpaper vs Citely vs SciSpace

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

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Explainpaper
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Citely
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SciSpace
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Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Explainpaper
explainpaper.com
Explainpaper breaks down why that quantum mechanics paper uses "eigenvalues" in equation 12 when you highlight confusing text in research papers
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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 SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
35.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
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▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
-27.7%
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+26.5%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#330,988
#806,701
#561,691
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
43.2K
59.2K
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
42%
37%
56%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.0
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Visit duration
33s
23s
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2m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
SourcelyExplainpaperCitelySciSpace
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K10K100K1M10MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$16per month · free tier available
$9per month
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreePro $16/moTeams Custom/mo
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
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Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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PDF analysis
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