Poly records 724 monthly visits with -71.5% month-over-month growth and Contact for Pricing pricing. Semantic Scholar records 8,198,672 monthly visits with +5.8% growth and Free pricing.
A file browser that understands your files down to the pixel
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | withpoly.com | semanticscholar.org |
| Pricing Model | Contact for Pricing | Free |
| Monthly Visits | 724 (724) | 8.2M (8,198,672) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -1.82K (-71.5%) | +450.65K (+5.8%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇪🇸 Spain (81.7%) | 🇺🇸 United States (22.9%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 295 | 1.88M |
| User Rating | 4.2 | 4.8 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
A file browser that understands your files down to the pixel
Find files by image, concept, phrase, color, face or content similarity, and search inside documents and media for the exact page, paragraph or clip.
Ask questions about your files and get answers, summaries and transcriptions, with long-context reading across thousands of files in one conversation.
Store, browse and organize files with Feed, Grid, Icon, Tree, Column and Gallery views, automatic tagging and full version history.
Access and sync Poly files through your local file system, with both web and desktop apps working offline until changes sync.
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
Search 241 million-plus publications from every scientific field using natural-language queries that match meaning rather than exact keywords.
Each indexed paper gets a one-sentence machine-generated TLDR so you can triage results before committing to reading the full text.
An augmented PDF reader that highlights citations, definitions, equations and figures inline, and shows which later papers cited the passage you are reading.
See how a paper was cited, whether citations were influential, and which references shaped the work — useful for literature reviews and citation chasing.
SpecialistBroader real-time web search capabilities with academic filters, but less specialized for deep bibliographic citation analysis than Semantic Scholar.
SpecialistBroader real-time web search capabilities with academic filters, but less specialized for deep bibliographic citation analysis than Semantic Scholar.
Synthesizes direct evidence-based answers from scientific papers, but has a less comprehensive raw database than Semantic Scholar.
Synthesizes direct evidence-based answers from scientific papers, but has a less comprehensive raw database than Semantic Scholar.
Offers an immersive AI reading and PDF analysis workspace, but is less focused on pure bibliographic search.
Offers an immersive AI reading and PDF analysis workspace, but is less focused on pure bibliographic search.
Excels at automated systematic review data extraction and evidence synthesis, but indexes a narrower slice of literature.
Excels at automated systematic review data extraction and evidence synthesis, but indexes a narrower slice of literature.
The AI browser that reads between your tabs
One subscription, many AI models — chat, search, analyze files and links
One subscription, many AI models — chat, search, analyze files and links
SpecialistProvides advanced Smart Citations showing how papers support or dispute each other, but has a smaller overall index.
SpecialistProvides advanced Smart Citations showing how papers support or dispute each other, but has a smaller overall index.
SpecialistFeatures excellent visual citation collections and literature tracking recommendations, but lacks inline paper summarization features.
SpecialistFeatures excellent visual citation collections and literature tracking recommendations, but lacks inline paper summarization features.
SpecialistOffers superior visual graph mapping of academic paper connections, but lacks traditional keyword search and full-text reading tools.
SpecialistOffers superior visual graph mapping of academic paper connections, but lacks traditional keyword search and full-text reading tools.
AI-native workspace for literature reviews and auditable systematic reviews
AI-native workspace for literature reviews and auditable systematic reviews
Your files, notes and meetings in one drive — with an AI that knows all of it.
Your files, notes and meetings in one drive — with an AI that knows all of it.
SpecialistAI-powered platform to read, write, and stay current with research
SpecialistAI-powered platform to read, write, and stay current with research
