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CitePlex
What it is
CitePlex is a citation generator and writing toolkit for academic and legal work. It creates references in 11 styles, including APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, Harvard, IEEE, AMA, ACS, CSE, ASA, and Bluebook. It can retrieve title, author, date, publisher, and journal details from URLs or DOIs using CrossRef, OpenLibrary, and page metadata. Sources include websites, books, journals, dissertations, case law, statutes, newspapers, videos, and PDFs. For legal materials, it supports Bluebook 22nd Edition citations for cases, statutes, and regulations in practitioner and law-review formats.
The toolkit also includes annotated bibliography, thesis, essay outline, hook, conclusion, grammar, plagiarism, paraphrasing, summarizing, punctuation, and text-count tools. Citation generation runs in the browser without a server round-trip. Users can generate and copy citations without an account, advertisements, or sign-up. The free plan allows unlimited generation and copying, but limits saved citations to 20 monthly and projects to two, and excludes Word, BibTeX, and RIS export. Pro is listed at $6.58/mo with annual billing. CitePlex recommends reviewing citations before submission.
For and against
For
- Generates citations in 11 styles
- Supports legal Bluebook 22nd Edition
- Citations generate in the browser
- Generate and copy without an account
Against
- Free plan saves 20 citations monthly
- Free plan limits users to two projects
- Free plan has no Word, BibTeX, or RIS export
- CitePlex recommends checking citations before submission
The verdict
CitePlex combines citation formatting with research and writing utilities, and its free access covers unlimited generation and copying. Check the resulting citations before submission, as the service itself recommends.
Who it suits
CitePlex may suit students, researchers, and legal writers who need citations across varied source types, along with tools for working with text. Its free plan offers citation generation without sign-up, while Pro adds unlimited saved citations, projects, and export formats.
Plans and prices
Free
unlimited citation generation and copying · 11 styles · all source types · 20 saved citations/month
Read 14 Oct 2026 · citeplex.com
Pro
unlimited saved citations and projects · plagiarism 25 scans/month up to 7,000 words · Word/BibTeX/RIS export · citation history
Read 14 Oct 2026 · citeplex.com
Team
up to 10 members · shared project libraries · custom citation templates · admin dashboard
Read 14 Oct 2026 · citeplex.com
On the record
- Accuracy limitation
- CitePlex says its rule-based citation engine follows style guides precisely but recommends reviewing citations before submission.citeplex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Age requirement
- Users must be at least 13 years old to use the service.citeplex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- AI tool limit
- The summarizer allows up to 1,500 words per free request, while longer inputs require Pro.citeplex.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Annotated bibliographies
- Its annotated-bibliography tool lets users add sources, write annotations and produce an alphabetized bibliography in all 11 styles.citeplex.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- API access
- API access is listed as a Team-plan feature; no public API reference, SDK or endpoint documentation is identified on the reviewed pages.citeplex.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Automatic metadata
- It pulls title, authors, date, publisher and journal details from URLs or DOIs using CrossRef, OpenLibrary and page metadata.citeplex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Bluebook support
- The service formats Bluebook 22nd Edition citations for cases, statutes, books and journal articles in practitioner and law-review formats.citeplex.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Browser processing
- Citations generate client-side in the browser without a server round-trip.citeplex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Citation generation
- CitePlex generates citations in 11 styles, including APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, Harvard, IEEE, AMA, ACS, CSE, ASA and Bluebook.citeplex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Citation styles
- It supports APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago 17, Turabian 9, Harvard, IEEE, AMA 11, ACS, CSE 8, ASA 7 and Bluebook 22.citeplex.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Client-side generation
- CitePlex says citation generation runs in the browser without a server round trip and reports an approximately 80-millisecond generation time.citeplex.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Content ownership
- Users retain ownership of submitted content and grant CitePlex a limited licence to process and store it to provide the service.citeplex.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- Text sent to AI, grammar or plagiarism tools is processed to return results and is not used to train CitePlex's own models.citeplex.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Data retention
- Account data and saved content are retained while an account is active, and users may delete content or request account deletion.citeplex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Data use
- Text submitted to AI, grammar or plagiarism tools is processed to return results and is not used to train CitePlex's own models.citeplex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Documentation
- The site publishes style guides with examples and discipline guidance for each supported citation style.citeplex.com · read 14 Oct 2026
- Free access
- Unlimited citation generation and copying are available without an account, advertisements or sign-up.citeplex.com · read 30 Sep 2026
- Independent platform record
- RottenWiFi lists the product as connecting through the web and API and records its documentation as full.rottenwifi.com · read 14 Oct 2026
