CiteMaker vs CiteMe

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.

CiteMe helps students and researchers generate citations from academic indexes and check reference details. Enter a DOI, ISBN, URL, PubMed ID, or paper title to format source metadata in styles including APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, Vancouver, IEEE, and ABNT; more than 10,000 CSL styles are available on demand. Reference Checker compares references with returned records and surfaces DOI, year, and title differences for review. Sources can be imported from bulk identifiers, PDFs, pasted bibliographies, Lattes CV publications, manual entries, and BibTeX or RIS files. CiteMe lists sources including OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, CrossRef, PubMed, Europe PMC, Google Books, BASE, HAL, and arXiv. Access includes web, Chrome and Firefox extensions, a Microsoft Word add-in, Google Docs, a ChatGPT app, and an API with 40+ endpoints. The free plan is listed at free. A Thesis Pass costs $8.99, paid once for 30 days of Pro without subscription or renewal. Pro’s monthly price is not displayed.