Sourcely vs Scholarcy vs AI Summarizer vs Citely

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

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Scholarcy
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AI Summarizer
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Citely
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Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Competitor AI Summarizer
articlesummarizer.com
When research papers pile up and deadlines loom, sifting through dense academic text eats hours that could go toward actual analysis
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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
159Kvisits/mo
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62.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▼ 17.1%
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▲ 3.3%
6-month growth
-27.7%
-44.5%
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+26.5%
Global rank web
#330,988
#200,412
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#561,691
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
183.7K
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59.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
38%
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37%
Pages / visit
2.2
3.3
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2.2
Visit duration
33s
54s
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24s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
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● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
SourcelyScholarcyAI SummarizerCitely
0102.8K205.7K308.5K411.4KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KAI Summarizer · 101Citely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9K1001K10K100K1MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KAI Summarizer · 101Citely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Capabilities input → output
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Text
DocumentsWeb pages
DocumentsWeb pages
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Output
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Writing & ContentAI Summarizer
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers summaries
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Academic research
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Research papers
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Research
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Summarizing
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Academic citation
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Document summarization
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Article summaries
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Citation verification
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Citation formatting
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Document summaries
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Literature reviews
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Multilingual summarization
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PDF analysis
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