Sourcely vs Semantic Scholar vs Scite

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

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Semantic Scholar
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Scite
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Suggested competitors for Sourcely: ScholarAI89% ResearchRabbit89% Paperguide86% Papers86% Consensus85% Citely85% SciSpace84% Literfy84%
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Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▲ 11.2%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
-27.7%
-24.2%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#330,988
#10,569
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
6.4M
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
48%
47%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.7
2.9
Visit duration
33s
1m 46s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
SourcelySemantic ScholarScite
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 · 6.6MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K100K1M10MSourcely · 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 · 6.6MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
Free
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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Text
Output
Text
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
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
3
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10
Research papers
Citations
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Academic research
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Research
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Research papers analysis
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Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic paper evaluation
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Academic papers decoding
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Scientific research
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Scientific research navigation
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Academic paper interpretations
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Citation formatting
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Research trends tracking
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