Sourcely vs ThesisAI vs ScholarAI vs Citely

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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ThesisAI
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ScholarAI
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Citely
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor ThesisAI
thesisai.io
ThesisAI turns a single prompt and a set of source papers into a referenced academic draft.
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
121.3Kvisits/mo
204.8Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 17.6%
▼ 6.8%
▼ 21.7%
▲ 3.3%
6-month growth
-27.7%
-4.1%
-22.5%
+26.5%
Global rank web
#330,988
#212,645
#323,702
#561,691
Avg. last 3 months
143.2K
219.7K
124.1K
59.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
41%
37%
37%
Pages / visit
2.2
2.2
1.9
2.2
Visit duration
33s
55s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 79% · ● Referral 12%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
SourcelyThesisAIScholarAICitely
058.6K117.2K175.9K234.5KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KThesisAI · 182KThesisAI · 198.7KThesisAI · 183.2KThesisAI · 190.5KThesisAI · 213.5KThesisAI · 209.3KThesisAI · 188.9KThesisAI · 234.5KThesisAI · 219.8KThesisAI · 204.8KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9K10K100K1MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KThesisAI · 182KThesisAI · 198.7KThesisAI · 183.2KThesisAI · 190.5KThesisAI · 213.5KThesisAI · 209.3KThesisAI · 188.9KThesisAI · 234.5KThesisAI · 219.8KThesisAI · 204.8KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$19per month · free tier available
$12per month
$9.99per month · free tier available
$9per month
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Plans
Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Basic $12/moPro $16/mo
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
Documents
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Essay WriterAI Research Papers
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 5 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Citations
Academic citation
Academic research
Research papers
Research
Research papers summaries
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Literature reviews
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Thesis drafts
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Scientific writing
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Thesis preparation
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Essay writing
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Research papers drafting
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