Sourcely vs SciSpace vs Paperguide vs Literfy

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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SciSpace
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Paperguide
Competitor 3
Literfy
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▼ 98.8%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
-27.7%
-99.2%
+44.6%
-70.3%
Global rank web
#330,988
#17,447
#182,104
#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
2.7M
266.5K
11.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
56%
44%
40%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.5
2.3
1.9
Visit duration
33s
2m 13s
1m 32s
6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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SourcelySciSpacePaperguideLiterfy
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3K101001K10K100K1M10MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Freemium
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Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
DataText
DataDocumentsText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
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 papers
Literature reviews
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Research
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Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic writing
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Citation formatting
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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