Cite This For Me vs CiteMaker

Cite This For Me creates formatted citations and bibliographies for students and researchers. Its generator supports Harvard, APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver and thousands of other styles, across more than 50 source types. For websites, journal articles and books, it can try to find source details using an author, URL or DOI, then produce an in-text citation and a full reference. The free citation generator is open access, while the Free account is limited to Harvard, includes ads and saves citations for seven days. A Chrome extension can cite the webpage currently open and add it to an online bibliography. Premium access includes more citation styles, Word downloads for bibliographies, a plagiarism checker and expert help. Papers uploaded for plagiarism checking are added to its database and used internally to improve results. The service launched in October 2010 and is powered by Chegg. It is available on Android, iOS, the web and as an extension.

CiteMaker helps students and educators create bibliographies and reference lists, either automatically or manually. Citations can start from a book ISBN, website URL, DOI, or imported BibTeX. For ISBN searches, users can choose Google, ISBNdb, Open Library, or WorldCat. Listed styles include APA 6 and 7, Chicago, Harvard, MLA 8 and 9, Oxford, and Turabian, and the site offers forms for generative AI citations. Its guided forms flag required source details; as users enter information, CiteMaker creates in-text citations and sorts references alphabetically. Completed lists can be copied or exported to email, MS Word, Google Docs, or PDF. Registered users can save reference lists and retrieve them later. CiteMaker describes itself as online software for PC, iPad iOS, and Android tablets, and lists Android, iOS, and web platforms. A free plan and a 30-day trial are listed. The registration form says a yearly subscription fee applies after the trial. The site also provides Student and Educator registration options.