CitePlain vs Grafiati

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.

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.