bibliott vs CitePlain

bibliott is a web citation generator for students, researchers, and academics. Entering a URL, DOI, or ISBN produces formatted references in APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, Harvard, or Turabian style. Supported sources include books, journal articles, websites, newspaper and magazine articles, and encyclopedias. Bibliott gathers details from Crossref, OpenLibrary, or the source page, and can use OpenGraph and structured metadata when fields are missing. Exports include Word.docx, BibTeX.bib, JSON, and plain text, with bulk export for a reference list. The site also links to citation guides for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, and Perplexity. Its “Free while we launch” plan costs nothing, allows 200 citations a month, includes every style, keeps the whole library, and requires no credit card. JavaScript is required in the browser. Bibliott says personal information is not sold, traded, or rented to third parties.

CitePlain creates citations and bibliographies from web pages, journal articles, books, tweets, YouTube videos, and podcasts. It accepts URLs, DOIs, or ISBNs, and uses publisher citation and Open Graph metadata, with Crossref lookup for DOIs and Open Library for ISBNs. The free plan includes APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 17, Vancouver, CSE, and BibTeX, plus a bibliography builder for up to 50 sources per batch. The extension for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox can read metadata from the active tab and provide BibTeX with a stable cite key for Overleaf or Zotero. Pro adds 24 specialised styles, batch URL import for up to 50 sources, and cloud storage synced across the web app and extension. Free-tier references stay in browser local storage. Pro costs $4.99 a month or $39 a year. Lifetime options are listed at 89.00 USD once and 199.00 USD once. CitePlain describes its focus as individual citations rather than replacing a research reference manager.