Sourcely vs Semantic Scholar vs Connected Papers vs ScholarAI

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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Semantic Scholar
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Connected Papers
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ScholarAI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▲ 11.2%
▼ 18.7%
▼ 21.7%
6-month growth
-27.7%
-24.2%
-34.0%
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Global rank web
#330,988
#10,569
#76,429
#323,702
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
6.4M
709.4K
124.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
48%
44%
37%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.7
2.7
1.9
Visit duration
33s
1m 46s
2m 05s
28s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
SourcelySemantic ScholarConnected PapersScholarAI
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2K100K1M10MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
Free
$6per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
TextWeb pages
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Data
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
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 · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Literature reviews
Citations
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research navigation
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Citation formatting
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic papers decoding
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Research recommendations
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Scientific research
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Academic paper interpretations
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Research papers drafting
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