AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Formatly
Perfect APA, MLA & Chicago formatting in one click.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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AI assistant for reader-friendly docs
2024 · slite.com · its alternatives →
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Paperguide▲645Discover, read, write and manage research with ease using AI
2024 · paperguide.ai · its alternatives →
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A simple, beautiful, and fast citation manager for teachers
2018 · formatically.com · its alternatives →
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Proofly ▲129Private AI proofreading that runs 100% on your device
Dec 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Create multiple citations instantly. No ads!
2018 · formatically.com · its alternatives →
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Doctly AI▲19AI-powered PDF parsing to clean, structured markdown output
2024 · doctly.ai · its alternatives →
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AI thesis formatting that you control
Jun 2026 · formatmythesis.org · its alternatives →
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Writing app for students to write formatted APA & MLA essays
2021 · essayist.app · its alternatives →
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We're building version control software for Microsoft Office documents that works as well as Git and GitHub do for code. Today, we’re releasing the first component, Draftable for Word, an Office add-in that lets you generate side-by-side diffs, and makes it way less painful to work with Track Changes. Our diffs are designed to look right to humans — instead of machines — showing changes as they might actually have been made by an editor. We'd love to hear your feedback. We’d also love to fix what you find painful about authoring and collaborating on Microsoft Office documents, so get in…
2013 · draftable.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · researchly.app · its alternatives →
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The title says it all really, it's quite a simple system that takes plain text and formats it nicely based on templates and outputs the result to a PDF in one click. It's currently free and easy to test directly from my site's front page. I developed it because I was job hunting and giving ChatGPT the job description and my resume and asking for it to rejig my resume to better fit the job. I then needed to format the result each time and thought there had to be a better, automated, way. I couldn't find anything that just formatted text at the click of a button - outside of the usual markdown…
2025 · formatmagic.ai · its alternatives →
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All-in-one AI tools for PDF, images, text & automation.
Nov 2025 · its alternatives →
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Create high-converting forms, surveys & quizzes with AI. Build in seconds, no coding needed. Templates for quizzes, lead generation, feedback, and more.
2012 · getformly.com · its alternatives →
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Apply APA Formatting/MLA Formatting on the entire document
2025 · axiomlab.dev · its alternatives →
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