Bibcitation vs Grafiati

Bibcitation is a free web and browser-extension tool for creating citations, bibliographies, references, and works cited. It can automatically cite books, journal articles, and websites. Supported styles include MLA, APA, Chicago, IEEE, and more than 9,000 other formats, with CSL tools used for formatting. Users can copy a bibliography or export work to Google Docs, Word, and other popular formats. Add-ons are listed for Chrome, Google Docs, and Microsoft Word. The free plan costs nothing, and the homepage states no usage limits. Organizations can add a custom citation button to a webpage through a book ISBN link; that free integration currently supports books only. Bibcitation’s privacy policy says browser data may include browser type, language, referring site, requested pages, request time, and potentially IP addresses. Collected information is stored and processed in the United States. The policy is marked last updated September 24, 2020. Users must be at least 13, or older where local rules require it.

Grafiati is a web-based bibliographic manager for creating references and works-cited lists. It supports APA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, ISO 690, MLA, Vancouver, and other citation styles, with source types including books, journal articles, websites, theses, legal materials, software, and online videos. Users can search catalogues, enter sources manually, import BibTeX, RIS, or EndNote files, or paste references for metadata collection. References and bibliographies can be edited, copied, exported, and converted between styles. Output can use a selected language, including English, French, Italian, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Polish. Exports include MS Word, BibTeX, and BibLaTeX. Basic features are free for registered and unregistered users. The Basic plan costs nothing and allows one bibliography, 20 references, and seven days. Paid plans start at $2/mo; Zero Gravity costs $8.00 per month. Grafiati is headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine.