Keenious vs Sourcely (2026): Pricing, Features & Which to Choose

Who comes out ahead

Based only on the facts in our directory. The right pick still depends on the job you need done.

Lower starting price
Keenious
From $10/mo against from $17/mo
Free plan
Tie
Both have one
Higher rating
Tie
4.2 against 4.2
Same job?
Yes
Both are Research tools

Side by side

Compared on	Keenious	Sourcely
Our rating	4.2	4.2
Starts at	$10/moBetter	$17/mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Category	Research	Research
Plans	From $10/mo	From $17/mo
Key features	Real-time literature suggestions triggered by the user's own writing No separate search query required to surface relevant papers Free tier for standard use Operating since 2019 Works directly from draft documents, theses, or reports	Paste a full essay or draft to match passages with citation-worthy sources Citation generation across 700+ citation styles Database of 200+ million research papers Free tier with a 300-character limit Built by the team also behind Yomu AI
Pros	Suggests relevant literature without interrupting the writing process Can surface sources a writer wouldn't have thought to search for Free tier available for standard use	Passage-matching input approach is genuinely different from keyword search Extremely broad citation-style support Useful specifically during the later, citation-adding phase of writing
Cons	More features require a paid plan Suggestion quality depends on how much draft text already exists Less useful for early-stage discovery before any writing has started	Free tier's 300-character limit is restrictive for anything beyond a short excerpt Full essays and more features require a paid plan Less suited to early-stage topic discovery than passage-level citation matching
Company	Keenious, founded 2019	Sourcely, founded 2023

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FAQ

Questions people ask

Is Keenious better than Sourcely?

In our reviews Keenious scores 4.2 and Sourcely scores 4.2. The better pick depends on the job. Keenious: Suggests citations in real time while you write your own paper. Sourcely: Paste a whole essay draft, get back citation-worthy sources matched to specific passages.

Which is cheaper, Keenious or Sourcely?

Keenious has the lower starting price: from $10/mo for Keenious and from $17/mo for Sourcely.

Do Keenious and Sourcely have free plans?

Yes, both have a free plan.

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