cytado

Web · API · Extension · paid plans from $19/mo

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.4

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

cytado is ranked #6 of 30 in AI citation generators on Freedom251. It runs on API, Browser extension, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $19/mo.

cytado plans and pricing

All plans

Test Free 100 resolved citations · 3 new topics Free tier · no card cytado.com · 4 Oct 2026

Free Free 3 full sources per project Summaries and quality scores · no card required cytado.com · 4 Oct 2026

Unlocked project $13 once One payment covers the project for as long as you write All found sources · printed-page fragments · paragraph source finder · Word, PDF, LaTeX, BibTeX, RIS export cytado.com · 4 Oct 2026

Basic $19/mo 400 citations · 5 new topics Extra citation $0.04 · extra topic $1.00 cytado.com · 4 Oct 2026

Start $49/mo 1,200 citations · 15 new topics Extra citation $0.04 · extra topic $1.00 cytado.com · 4 Oct 2026

Pro $99/mo 3,000 citations · 40 new topics Extra citation $0.04 · extra topic $1.00 cytado.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on AI citation generators

Free plan: Yes
Citation styles: 5
In-text citations: Yes
Bibliography export: Yes
Document integrations: multiple
Citation formats: multiple

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The record

Product: cytado finds academic sources for claims and provides citations with printed page numbers, quotes, and links to the original sources.
Bibliographies: It formats footnotes and bibliographies in APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago, Harvard, and numbered footnote styles, with BibTeX and RIS support.
Exports: Bibliographies can be exported to Word, PDF, LaTeX, BibTeX, or RIS.
Source checking: The homepage says users can paste or upload a bibliography for checking against academic databases including Crossref, OpenAlex, and Google Books.
Integrations: The maker lists integrations for Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Claude via MCP, ChatGPT, and a Chrome extension.
API: The Citation API offers endpoints to find a source for a claim, retrieve sources for a chapter, and check usage.
Languages: The maker says the source corpus covers English, Polish, and German publications.
Privacy: The Chrome extension says cytado receives only text that a user selects and submits, not other page content or browsing history.
Google Docs permissions: The Google Docs add-on says it receives the highlighted sentence and user-entered thesis topic, not the rest of the document or other Drive files.
Content limits: The API page says cytado does not provide a page number for documents without printed pagination and returns metadata and short quotations rather than full text for sources it may not republish.
Usage limits: The homepage says unpaid projects are limited to one at a time and that daily and monthly caps apply to source searches.
Support: The support page says the team replies to questions, billing issues, and feedback within one business day.
Price from: $19/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best AI Citation Generators in 2026#6 of 30

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Sources

cytado.com· checked 4 Oct 2026
cytado.com/bibliography-generator· checked 4 Oct 2026
cytado.com/citation-api· checked 4 Oct 2026
cytado.com/word-citations· checked 4 Oct 2026
cytado.com/chrome-extension· checked 4 Oct 2026
cytado.com/google-docs-citations· checked 4 Oct 2026
cytado.com/support· checked 4 Oct 2026