Sourcely vs SciPub vs Paperguide vs SciSpace

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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SciPub
Competitor 2
Paperguide
Competitor 3
SciSpace
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor SciPub
scipubplus.com
Academic writing follows a formula
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
9.6Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▼ 35.8%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
-27.7%
+73.0%
+44.6%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#330,988
#1,697,206
#182,104
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
11.5K
266.5K
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
42%
44%
56%
Pages / visit
2.2
1.8
2.3
2.5
Visit duration
33s
43s
1m 32s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
SourcelySciPubPaperguideSciSpace
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KSciPub · 5.4KSciPub · 8.1KSciPub · 9.4KSciPub · 8.1KSciPub · 5.6KSciPub · 7.3KSciPub · 6.8KSciPub · 9.8KSciPub · 15KSciPub · 9.6KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K1K10K100K1M10MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KSciPub · 5.4KSciPub · 8.1KSciPub · 9.4KSciPub · 8.1KSciPub · 5.6KSciPub · 7.3KSciPub · 6.8KSciPub · 9.8KSciPub · 15KSciPub · 9.6KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
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$12per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Literature reviews
Citations
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Research papers drafting
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Scientific writing
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Academic writing
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Writing
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Research assistance
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Writing outlines
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Academic citation
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Citation formatting
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic q a
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PDF analysis
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