Citation Machine

Plans and prices

Every plan, in full

On the record

Acquisition news

Chegg announced its 2016 acquisition of Imagine Easy Solutions, the company behind Citation Machine, for $42 million upfront and deferred consideration.techcrunch.com · read 15 Oct 2026

API availability

A third-party API directory reports that Citation Machine does not provide a public data API; its listed endpoints are scraping services supplied by Anakin.anakin.io · read 15 Oct 2026

Audience

The Citation Machine style directory says it serves high school, college, and university students, teachers, and independent researchers.citationmachine.net · read 9 Oct 2026

Bibliography export

Bibliographies can be exported to Google Drive or Microsoft Word.citationmachine.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Citation saving

Users can create an account to save citations in one place.citationmachine.net · read 9 Oct 2026

Citation styles

The service supports thousands of citation styles, including MLA, APA, Chicago and Harvard.citationmachine.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Guides

Citation Machine publishes guides covering formatting, annotated bibliographies, works-cited pages, in-text citations, grammar and plagiarism.citationmachine.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Integration

The product advertises Google Drive and Microsoft Word export integrations.citationmachine.net · read 15 Oct 2026

Licence

No open-source licence is published for Citation Machine; Chegg filings describe proprietary information and systems.sec.gov · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: ad blocking

PissedConsumer reviewers report pop-up and ad-blocking problems that can prevent use of the free version.pissedconsumer.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: advertising

Trustpilot reviewers repeatedly complain that intrusive ads make the free service difficult to use.trustpilot.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: citation accuracy

Grafiati alleges significant citation errors, incorrect bibliography ordering and formatting that may not match style requirements.grafiati.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: device compatibility

Codeless lists poor device compatibility and English-only operation among product drawbacks.codeless.io · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: paywall

Reviewers report that full plagiarism results and other useful capabilities require a paid subscription despite free advertising.quetext.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: plagiarism accuracy

The same review reports user concerns about false positives and missed paraphrased plagiarism.quetext.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: plagiarism coverage

A review says the checker does not have the full institutional Turnitin database and may miss matches professors can detect.quetext.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: report depth

Independent review coverage characterizes plagiarism reports as less detailed than institutional tools.quetext.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Maker founded

Chegg was incorporated in Delaware in July 2005.sec.gov · read 15 Oct 2026

Alternatives to Citation Machine

B BibGuruWebWindows+2 C CitePlainWebBrowser extension CT Cite This For MeAndroidiPhone & iPad+2 C CiteMakerAndroidiPhone & iPad+1 P PetalWebBrowser extension G GrafiatiWeb CZ Citation[Z]WebBrowser extension C CitAppWebBrowser extension

Every alternative, ranked