Sourcely vs Scite vs ScholarAI vs Papers

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

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Scite
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Papers
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor Papers
papersapp.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▲ 1.8%
▼ 21.7%
▼ 9.7%
6-month growth
-27.7%
-27.6%
-22.5%
0.0%
Global rank web
#330,988
#75,906
#323,702
#616,043
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
716.7K
124.1K
65K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
47%
37%
40%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.9
1.9
1.7
Visit duration
33s
2m 09s
28s
42s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
SourcelySciteScholarAIPapers
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KScholarAI · 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 · 61.3K10K100K1M10MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KScholarAI · 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
$20per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$10per month
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Plans
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Text
Text
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 · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
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3
Citations
Research papers
Academic citation
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Research
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Research papers analysis
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Citation verification
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Academic paper evaluation
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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Citation formatting
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Research trends tracking
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