EasyBib Alternative: CiteTools Compared
What CiteTools offers. Price: Free. There is no paid plan. Ads: None. Account: None. Nothing to sign up for. What we found on EasyBib's pages. Price: Free with ads. Its paid plan is sold as ad-free. Ads: Yes, as we saw them on its pages. Checks that a reference exists: None found on its pages. Where CiteTools is weaker. Styles. CiteTools: 12 styles: APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, ACS, CSE, ASA, APSA, and OSCOLA. EasyBib: Its home page says thousands of styles, including MLA, APA, Chicago and Harvard.
What the table says about EasyBib comes from its own pages as we found them on October 16, 2026. CiteTools wrote this page, so follow the links before you decide.
| Fact | CiteTools | EasyBib |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. There is no paid plan. | Free with ads. Its paid plan is sold as ad-free. |
| Ads | None | Yes, as we saw them on its pages |
| Account | None. Nothing to sign up for. | Not needed to fill in a citation |
| What you can paste | DOI, web address, ISBN, PubMed ID, arXiv ID, BibTeX, RIS, or a pasted reference, one at a time or a list of up to 100, and a title, one at a time | A journal article by title or DOI. It also lists website and book sources. |
| Styles | 12 styles: APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, ACS, CSE, ASA, APSA, and OSCOLA | Its home page says thousands of styles, including MLA, APA, Chicago and Harvard |
| Exports | Copy, plain text, BibTeX, RIS, Word, Rich Text, LaTeX, PDF | Google Drive, Word |
| Checks that a reference exists | Yes. The reference checker takes up to 30 references at a time and looks them up in Crossref, PubMed, DataCite, and DBLP, free and without an account. | None found on its pages |
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Frequently asked questions
What do CiteTools and EasyBib cost, and do they show ads?
CiteTools: Free. There is no paid plan. Ads: None. EasyBib: Free with ads. Its paid plan is sold as ad-free. Ads: Yes, as we saw them on its pages.
What can I paste into CiteTools, and what into EasyBib?
CiteTools: DOI, web address, ISBN, PubMed ID, arXiv ID, BibTeX, RIS, or a pasted reference, one at a time or a list of up to 100, and a title, one at a time. EasyBib: A journal article by title or DOI. It also lists website and book sources.
Does EasyBib check that my references exist?
EasyBib: None found on its pages. CiteTools: Yes. The reference checker takes up to 30 references at a time and looks them up in Crossref, PubMed, DataCite, and DBLP, free and without an account.
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