Sourcely vs ScholarAI vs Papers vs Undermind

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

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ScholarAI
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Papers
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Undermind
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Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor Papers
papersapp.com
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▼ 21.7%
▼ 9.7%
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6-month growth
-27.7%
-22.5%
0.0%
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Global rank web
#330,988
#323,702
#616,043
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Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
124.1K
65K
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Bounce rate lower is better
39%
37%
40%
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Pages / visit
2.2
1.9
1.7
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Visit duration
33s
28s
42s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
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SourcelyScholarAIPapersUndermind
050.7K101.4K152K202.7KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3K10K100K1MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$10per month
$15per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
Text
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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 · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
Academic research
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Citations
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Research papers
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Research
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Citation formatting
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Academic citation
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research papers analysis
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Literature analysis
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PDFs
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Research assistance
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Scientific research
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Academic q a
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Research papers drafting
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Research trends tracking
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