EndNote EndNote Online EndNote Basic Reference Manager Mendeley Zotero

pro's flexibel in creating in-text

citations and bibliographies;

advanced reference

organisation; recognizes

journal abbreviations; one

click 'find full text'

share references,

sync with with

EndNote

free to anyone;

reference sharing

multi-user access via

network; built-in

web publishing tool;

advanced key-word

management

easy to add pdf's;

create citation data

from pdf's; integrated

pdf-viewer; share

references; integration

with Zotero.

easy to add records in different

formats including webpages;

automatic import of records with

pdf; share references;

recognition of journal

abbreviations

costs UBL-provided; private

version approx € 250,-

comes with EndNote free UBL-provided;

private version

approx € 200,-

free (basic) package);

upgrade: paid

subscription

free; paid upgrade for more

storage

browser syncs with EndNote Online IE, Firefox, Safari IE, Firefox, Safari not applicable all major browsers two versions: Zotero for Firefox

and Zotero Standalone with

connectors for Firefox, Chrome &

Safariweb based no, but syncs with EndNote

Online.

yes yes no yes via online account

at Mendeley.com

yes, via online account at

Zotero.org

desktop yes syncs with EndNote no yes yes yes

operating system Windows, Mac Windows, Mac Windows, Mac Windows Windows, Mac, Linux Windows, Mac, Linux

reference storage unlimited unlimited 50.000 unlimited unlimited on desktop unlimited

attachment storage unlimited 5 GB 2 GB unlimited free web space 2 GB;

larger storage plans

available for purchase

300 MB free webspace; larger

storage plans available for

purchase; option to attach

automaticallydirect export from

databases

yes yes yes, from 6

databases

yes yes, from Science

Direct, Google Scholar,

Mendeley research

Catalogue,

yes, via Zotero URL bar icon (only

visible in Zot. for Firefox); via

Zotero Bookmarklet in Zot.

Standaloneimport citation from

web pages

via web capture tool via web capture tool via web capture tool no via Web Importer via Zotero icon (Zotero for

Firefox) ; Zotero Bookmarklet

(Zotero Standalone)

cite & write MS Word, OpenOffice add-in for Windows

and Mac

MS Word add-in for MS Word plug-in for MS Word,

LibreOffice,LaTeX

plug-in for MS Word ,

OpenOffice, Google Docs

styles 5000+ 3300+ 21 1300+ 6000+ 7000+

citation style

adjustment

yes no no yes yes yes

search within pdf's yes yes yes yes yes yes

annotate and

highlight pdf's

yes yes yes yes yes no

collaborate & share

references

desktop: no, but through

EndNote Online: yes

yes, but no sharing

of file attachments

yes, but no sharing

of file attachments

multi-user access via

network; built-in

web publishing tool

one private group with

up to 3 members with

option to share full

text documents or one

public group (Invite-

only) to share

references; open

groups

private, public (closed), public

open membership, no limits in

number of groups or members

export from

Browzine

no no no no yes, iOS and Android yes

access via remote

campus

yes web browser web yes web browser web browser

app Ipad/IPhone Ipad/IPhone Ipad/IPhone no yes: iOS and Android yes, 3rd partyiOS, Android apps