Sourcely vs Keenious vs Papers vs Paperguide

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

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Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Keenious
keenious.com
Keenious is a research companion that finds published academic literature related to the text you are working on.
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Competitor Papers
papersapp.com
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paperguide.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
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61.3Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
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▼ 9.7%
▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
-27.7%
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0.0%
+44.6%
Global rank web
#330,988
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#616,043
#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
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65K
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Bounce rate lower is better
39%
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Pages / visit
2.2
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1.7
2.3
Visit duration
33s
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42s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
SourcelyKeeniousPapersPaperguide
071.6K143.1K214.7K286.3KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6K10K100K1MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
$10per month
$12per month · free tier available
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
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DataDocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
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
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Academic research
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Citations
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Literature reviews
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Research
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research papers
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Citation formatting
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Academic citation
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Research papers analysis
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Academic paper interpretations
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Literature analysis
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PDFs
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Research papers summaries
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Academic papers simplification
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Academic q a
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Academic writing
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Literature interaction
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Papers translation
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