Sourcely vs ScienceOS vs Paperguide vs Elicit

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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Competitor 1
ScienceOS
Competitor 2
Paperguide
Competitor 3
Elicit
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▼ 6.2%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
-27.7%
+1.2%
+44.6%
+0.1%
Global rank web
#330,988
#464,304
#182,104
#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
68.2K
266.5K
12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
39%
44%
37%
Pages / visit
2.2
3.7
2.3
1.5
Visit duration
33s
1m 37s
1m 32s
4s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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SourcelyScienceOSPaperguideElicit
071.6K143.1K214.7K286.3KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2K1K10K100K1MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJul
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
DataText
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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 · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Academic research
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Research papers
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Citations
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research assistance
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Scientific q a
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Academic citation
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Citation formatting
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PDF analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Academic writing
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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Network diagrams
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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