CiteWise vs Logically

CiteWise is a web platform combining citation creation, AI paper discovery, and source organization. It supports APA, MLA, Chicago, Vancouver, Harvard, IEEE, and other citation styles. Users can paste a DOI, URL, or ISBN to retrieve metadata such as authors, title, journal, year, and volume. Plain-language AI search finds academic papers, while a pasted DOI or URL can generate summaries covering findings, methodology, and metadata. My Library provides project folders, full-text search, and filters across saved papers. Bibliographies export as TXT, BibTeX, or RIS for Word, LaTeX, Overleaf, Zotero, Mendeley, and other reference managers. The free browser tier works without sign-up; an account is needed to preserve a library across sessions and use advanced features. Paid plans are Student at €5 a month, Professional at €10 a month, and Expert at €20 a month. Prices exclude VAT, calculated at checkout by location. EU storage, encryption, and GDPR compliance are stated.

Logically is a research workspace for managing references, reviewing literature, annotating files, taking notes, and writing papers. Its AI assistant can search, summarize, and compare references across libraries, with inline citations and data sources. The reference manager accepts PDF, DOCX, TXT, MDOWN, EPUB, and PPTX files, along with URLs and DOIs. Users can import reference data from Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote in RIS, BibTeX, or CFF formats. Semantic Scholar Mode draws on a database of 200 million peer-reviewed papers, and Logically says it supports more than 10,000 citation styles. Shared libraries, invitations, and collaborator permissions support group work. The free Cite Extension inserts citations and bibliographies from a Logically library into Microsoft Word; compatibility includes Word on the web, Word 2019 or later on Mac, and Word with Microsoft 365 on Mac or Windows. Logically runs as an extension, on macOS and Windows, and on the web. Free costs nothing and includes 100MB storage with daily AI-use limits. Unlimited is listed at $12 a year, billed at $12 per user/month yearly.