CiteWise vs Scholarly

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.

Scholarly is a browser-based AI workspace that uses your source material to create study and research outputs. Add PDFs, recordings, notes, slides, webpages, videos, images, YouTube links, or pasted text, then make flashcards, quizzes, practice exams, study guides, podcasts, video lectures, slides, mind maps, worksheets, and timelines. Chat answers include checked citations, with a Sources button opening the page supporting each claim. Deep Research searches the web, evaluates sources, and produces cited reports with charts and inline links.

Scholarly works in a browser on laptops, tablets, and phones, and syncs work through your account. Its Google Drive connection can use selected files as sources and save finished work as new Docs or Slides. Teams can use shared libraries, roles, central billing, and model controls. A free plan and free trial are available; paid plans start at $12/user/mo (annual). Scholarly says private user content is not used to train general-purpose AI by default; training requires separate opt-in.