ClinicalEvidence is a Scite alternative for teams whose questions depend on registered clinical trials, not only on how papers cite each other. It answers from ClinicalTrials.gov, the EU Clinical Trials Register, WHO ICTRP and PubMed, cites every sentence to an NCT number or PMID, and adds trial tables, status alerts and pooled team seats. Scite is the better pick when you need to see whether later papers support or contradict a specific finding.
Scite built its name on Smart Citations. For a paper you can see which later articles cite it as supporting, contrasting or merely mentioning it. That is valuable when you are stress testing a published claim before it goes into a manuscript or a reference check.
Teams in pharma, medtech and contract research often ask something else. Which trials are running in this indication, what did they register as the primary endpoint, and has anything changed in status since last quarter? Those answers live in registry records, and many never produce a paper that a citation graph could analyze.
ClinicalEvidence is not affiliated with Scite. Pick the tool that matches the sources your deliverable has to cite.
Scite prices and features come from scite.ai pricing and its homepage, checked in October 2026. For anything not listed there, confirm with Scite.
| Scite | ClinicalEvidence | |
|---|---|---|
| Who it is for | Researchers, librarians and writers checking how papers are cited | Clinical development, medical affairs, CRO feasibility, HEOR and academic trial teams |
| Price | Basic 12 USD per month and Pro 40 USD per month, both billed yearly, 7 day trial; Enterprise custom | Clinician 49 USD monthly or 24 USD per month billed yearly; Research Team 199 USD monthly or 99 USD per month billed yearly |
| Core strength | Smart Citations showing supporting, contrasting and mentioning citations; Reference Check; Assistant grounded in papers | Cited answers from trial registries and PubMed with a filterable trial table |
| Trial registries | Not listed as a source; for registry coverage, confirm with Scite | ClinicalTrials.gov, EU CTR and WHO ICTRP, index refreshed daily |
| Citations | Full text citation search across papers | Every sentence cited to an NCT number or PMID, each citation checked before the answer is shown |
| Alerts | Collections you can monitor for new papers | Alerts on new trials and status changes for a saved question |
| Team seats | Seats added on Pro, billed per seat; Enterprise with SSO and pooled usage | Research Team includes 3 seats, Organization 10, Enterprise up to 50, answers pooled |
| API and exports | API access on Pro, MCP, Zotero plugin | CSV, RIS and BibTeX on every plan; XLSX and DOCX from Research Team |
| Best for | Judging whether a published finding holds up | Registry landscapes, cited trial answers and shared evidence work |
Scite wins on price for one person, on citation context and on reference checking of a manuscript. ClinicalEvidence costs more because it does a different job: it reads trial registries, builds a table you can filter and export, and watches the landscape for changes.
Start with the population, the intervention and the outcome you care about. Then decide whether you need the registered landscape, posted results or the published papers that interpret them.
Run a clinical trial search across ClinicalTrials.gov, EU CTR, WHO ICTRP and PubMed in one question.
Check whether European programs matter for your scope and read how the EU Clinical Trials Register fits in.
Read the answer. Every sentence carries an NCT number or PMID, and each citation is verified against its source. No verified source, no answer.
Open the trial table, filter by phase, status, sponsor type and country, and go back to the records before a conclusion goes into your report.
Export the table and references to CSV, XLSX, RIS or BibTeX for the deck, the protocol synopsis or the reference manager.
Comparing other tools too? See our Consensus alternative, Elicit alternative and OpenEvidence alternative pages, which use the same criteria.
Each sentence links to an NCT number or PMID. Open it and judge whether the passage supports the claim. Verification proves the reference exists and supports the sentence; your team still appraises study quality and relevance.
The trial table lists phase, population, interventions, endpoints, results posted, sponsor, status, enrollment, dates and locations. Check the results field before you treat a planned endpoint as an observed finding.
Compare two to four interventions to see comparators, endpoints and outcomes across studies. Results from separate trials need appraisal before they support a treatment comparison.
Alerts flag new trials and status changes on a saved question. Research Team adds shared workspaces, comments and roles, so a colleague can review the same evidence before it leaves the team.
If your project is a full screening review of papers, look at systematic review software requirements first. Many teams keep Scite for citation checks and use ClinicalEvidence for the trial landscape.
ClinicalEvidence carries no advertising. Plans are billed monthly or yearly and answers are pooled across the seats on the plan.
For one person checking citations, Scite Basic is cheaper. For three people who need registry tables and alerts, Research Team at 99 USD per month billed yearly covers all three seats from one pool. Full limits are on the pricing page.
For clinical trial work, ClinicalEvidence is a strong alternative because it searches ClinicalTrials.gov, EU CTR and WHO ICTRP alongside PubMed and cites every sentence to an NCT number or PMID. For paper discovery and citation mapping, Consensus, Elicit or Semantic Scholar are common picks. Scite stays the specialist for citation context.
Scite lists Basic at 12 USD per month and Pro at 40 USD per month, both billed yearly, with a 7 day trial on each. Enterprise is priced on request and adds SSO and pooled usage. Check the Scite pricing page before you buy, since plans change.
Scite searches the full text of published papers and shows how they are cited. Its public pages do not list ClinicalTrials.gov or other registries as a source. Recruiting trials, registered endpoints and posted results that never reached a journal need a registry search.
Yes, for checking whether published findings are supported or disputed by later work. It is less suited to registry landscapes, feasibility work or monitoring trial status, where you need records from ClinicalTrials.gov, EU CTR and WHO ICTRP.
Yes. Use Scite to check how a key paper has been cited and ClinicalEvidence for registered trials, trial tables and status alerts. Export ClinicalEvidence references as RIS or BibTeX into the same reference manager, then check each source before a conclusion goes into a report.
Bring a real question from your current project, open the citations and the trial table, and see if the registry view changes your answer.
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