Sourcely vs Perplexity AI vs SciSpace vs Citely

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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Perplexity AI
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SciSpace
Competitor 3
Citely
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of 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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▼ 8.2%
▼ 98.8%
▲ 3.3%
6-month growth
-27.7%
-42.9%
-99.2%
+26.5%
Global rank web
#330,988
#446
#17,447
#561,691
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
104.9M
2.7M
59.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
33%
56%
37%
Pages / visit
2.2
3.6
2.5
2.2
Visit duration
33s
4m 18s
2m 13s
24s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
SourcelyPerplexity AISciSpaceCitely
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9K10K100K1M10M100M1BSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$9per month
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Plans
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
CodeDocumentsImagesText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
CodeText
DataText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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AI search
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Citation verification
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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Chatbots
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Citation formatting
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Document summarization
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers drafting
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific writing
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Summarizing
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Academic q a
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Homework assistance
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PDF analysis
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Writing
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