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Best Citation Generators in 2026

57 appsSorted 24 Oct 2026How we rank

18.4

Backrow Citation Generator

Backrow Citation Generator is a browser-based writing tool that produces citation output from details about a source.

Free planAndroidiOSWeb

From $9.99 a month

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28.3

Conch AI Citation Generator

Conch AI Citation Generator creates bibliography citations for academic papers in APA, MLA, or Chicago style.

Free planWebExtension

From $144 a year

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38.2

Scholarly

Scholarly is a browser-based AI workspace that turns source material into study, research, and work outputs.

Free planWeb

From $144 a year

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Paperpal
Paperpal is an AI research and academic writing workspace for students and researchers.
Free planWebExtensionmacOSWindows
8.1From $139 a year
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CitePlain
CitePlain creates citations and bibliographies from web pages, journal articles, books, tweets, YouTube videos, and podcasts.
Free planWebExtension
8.0From $39 a year
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BibGuru
BibGuru is a citation and bibliography generator for essays and papers, available on the web and as a browser extension.
Free planWebExtensionmacOSWindows
8.0From $4.99 a month
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Citation Machine
Citation Machine is a web service for creating citations, getting writing feedback, and checking assignments for plagiarism.
Free planWeb
7.9From $9.95 a month
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CitePlex
CitePlex is a citation generator and writing toolkit for academic and legal work.
Free planWebAPI
7.9From $6.58 a month
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Logically
Logically is a workspace for managing references, reviewing literature, annotating files, taking notes, and writing papers.
Free planWebExtensionmacOSWindows
7.8From $12 a month
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PaperGuide PDF Citation Generator
PaperGuide PDF Citation Generator extracts bibliographic metadata from PDF files and formats citations in academic styles such as APA, MLA, Chicago,…
Free planWebExtension
7.6Free plan
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Cite This For Me
Cite This For Me creates formatted citations and bibliographies for students and researchers.
Free planAndroidiOSWebExtension
7.5From £6.99 a month
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cytado
cytado helps users find academic sources for claims and build citations with printed page numbers, quotations, and links to original materials.
Free planWebAPIExtension
7.5From $19 a month
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Citation[Z]
Citation[Z] is a web and browser-extension tool for generating citations and organizing bibliographies.
Free planWebExtension
7.4From $20 a year
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CiteMe
CiteMe helps students and researchers generate and check citations using records from academic indexes.
Free planWebAPIExtension
7.4$8.99 one-time
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Bibcitation
Bibcitation is a citation generator for creating citations, bibliographies, references, and works cited.
Free planWebExtension
7.4Free plan
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CitApp
CitApp helps students create formatted citations from links or DOIs and keep research sources organized.
Free planWebExtension
7.399 SEK one-time
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Petal
Petal is a research assistant and reference manager for academic work, available on the web and as a browser extension.
Free planWebExtension
7.3From $2.55 a month
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Yomu AI Citation Generator
Yomu AI Citation Generator creates bibliography and in-text citations from a DOI, URL, title or manually entered source details.
Free planWeb
7.3From $10 a month
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Solvely
Solvely is an AI study tool for homework, exam preparation, studying, and class notes.
AndroidiOSWebExtension
7.3
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Grafiati
Grafiati is a web-based bibliographic manager for creating references and works-cited lists.
Free planWeb
7.2From $2 a month
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LearnFast APA Citation Generator
LearnFast APA Citation Generator creates APA 7 reference entries and in-text citations in a browser.
Free planWeb
7.2From $6.90 a month
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MyBib
MyBib creates formatted citations, bibliographies, and works cited for academic assignments and papers.
Free planWebExtension
7.1From $24 a year
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AutoCaret Citation Generator
AutoCaret Citation Generator creates in-text citations and reference lists in styles including APA, MLA, Chicago and Harvard.
Free planWeb
7.0Free plan
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cc.com.ai Citation Generator
cc.com.ai Citation Generator creates formatted citations from a URL, DOI, ISBN, pasted reference or manually entered details.
Free planWeb
7.0From $7 a month
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CiteWise
CiteWise is a web research platform for generating citations, finding academic papers, and organizing sources.
Free planWeb
6.9From €5 a month
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