cytado vs Textero AI Citation Generator
cytado
cytado.comTextero AI Citation Generator
textero.ioSide by side
| Figure | cytado | Textero AI Citation Generator |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19/mo | $19.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 4 |
| Spec score · AI Citation Generators | 8.9 (#4) | 7.6 (#21) |
| Spec score · Citation generators | 8.5 (#13) | 7.6 (#41) |
| Citation generation | Users paste a sentence and cytado returns a supporting publication, the printed page containing the claim and a formatted citation. | The tool creates formatted citations, bibliographies, and matching in-text citations. |
| Privacy | The Chrome extension says cytado receives only text that a user selects and submits, not other page content or browsing history. | Textero says it does not sell user data and aims to minimize unnecessary data handling. |
| Support | The product pages link to a support contact and contact form, while institution customers are invited to join a waitlist. | Textero provides support by email and publishes video tutorials on its support page. |
Plans
cytado
- FreeFree
- TestFree
- TestFree
- Unlocked project$13, paid once
- Basic$19 a month
- Start$49 a month
- Pro$99 a month
Textero AI Citation Generator
- FreeFree
- Premium Monthly$19.99 a month
- Premium QuarterlyPrice not published
- Premium YearlyPrice not published
In their own words
cytado
cytado helps users find academic sources for claims and build citations with printed page numbers, quotations and links to original sources. It formats footnotes and bibliographies in APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, Harvard and numbered footnote styles, and supports BibTeX and RIS. Bibliographies can be exported to Word, PDF, LaTeX, BibTeX or RIS, or checked against Crossref, OpenAlex and Google Books. Integrations include Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Claude via MCP, ChatGPT and a Chrome extension. The Citation API can find sources for claims, retrieve sources for chapters and check usage. Its source corpus covers English, Polish and German publications. Unpaid projects are limited to one at a time and subject to daily and monthly search caps. The free plan requires no card; an Unlocked project costs $13, paid once, while monthly plans start at $19 a month. Documents without printed pagination do not receive page numbers.
Textero AI Citation Generator
Textero AI Citation Generator has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.