The Best Mendeley AlternativesTop Research Managers and other similar apps like Mendeley

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   Zotero

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   Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, share research and cite your research sources directly in your favourite word processor, with 300 MB free online storage.

   98 Zotero alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Microsoft Edge
   • Google Chrome
   • Safari
   • Microsoft Word
   • Google Docs
   • LibreOffice
   • Mozilla Firefox

   • United States

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Dec 1, 2018

   Amazing. Full featured; sqlite db, tagging, notes... Hey, knowledge at your fingertips

   Comment by Ron Bar-Ad · Aug 23, 2023

   Zotero is great for referencing and integrates well with browsers and word processors. It's not the same as Mendeley Reference Manager, which not only holds references but also pdfs, and has annotation and notebook features.

   Positive comment by Guest · Jan 29, 2020

   Open source and made in the U.S.A!

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   • Zotero is Freemium and Open SourceMendeley is Freemium and Proprietary
   • Zotero is Privacy focusedMendeley is not according to our users
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   Qiqqa

    427 likes

   Qiqqa is a free research and reference manager. Search for, read and annotate your PDFs. Then review your work, write up and create bibliographies instantly.

   71 Qiqqa alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Jun 2, 2022

   Has the feature to tag regions of a pdf with a keyword or add a note with a tag and later compile all occurrences of the tagged regions with a particular keyword across the whole library..

   Positive comment by Guest · Oct 22, 2020

   Differently from Qiqqa, Mendeley has no annotation report feature, meaning that it is not possible to gather all highlights/annotations on a paper into a single file. This is very useful for large pdf.

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   • Qiqqa is Freemium and Open SourceMendeley is Freemium and Proprietary
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   JabRef

    109 likes

   Bibliography reference manager. The native file format used by JabRef is BibTeX, the standard LaTeX bibliography format.

   62 JabRef alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Microsoft Edge
   • Vivaldi
   • Google Chrome
   • Mozilla Firefox

   

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   Negative comment by Guest · Aug 22, 2019

   JabRef only handles bibtex files.

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   • JabRef is Free and Open SourceMendeley is Freemium and Proprietary
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   EndNote

    45 likes

   Reference management tool supporting searching and importing from databases, auto-formatting citations, creating bibliographies, syncing libraries via the cloud, annotating PDFs, collaboration, deduplication of references, web-based access, and AI-powered assistance.

   53 EndNote alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Online
   • iPhone
   • iPad

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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   BibSonomy

    45 likes

   BibSonomy is a system for sharing bookmarks and lists of literature (BibTex format).

   82 BibSonomy alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Research Manager
   • Bookmark Manager

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Online

   • Germany
   • EU

   

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   Paperpile

    59 likes

   Organize your research papers in a Gmail-like web app, sync your PDFs to Google Drive and cite your references in Google Docs.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • iPad
   • Google Chrome
   • Microsoft Office Word
   • Google Drive
   • Google Drive - Docs
   • Google Scholar

   

   

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · Feb 28, 2019

   I like that this is web-based and can use it on any laptop, just by signing into my account.

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   • Paperpile is Paid and ProprietaryMendeley is Freemium and Proprietary
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    MyInfo

     40 likes

    MyInfo is a personal information manager for Windows. It will help you capture, organize, edit and share ideas, documents, tasks, and web pages.

    331 MyInfo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application typeApplication types

    • Note-taking
    • Todo List Manager

    Origin

    • Bulgaria
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Bulgaria
    • EU

    

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    Research Rabbit

     12 likes

    ResearchRabbit is a research platform that enables you to discover and visualize relevant literature and scholars, create alerts for awesome newly-published papers, share collections with colleagues and the world, and so much more!.

    18 Research Rabbit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    

    

    

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    ReadCube Papers

     71 likes

    Papers helps you collect and curate the research material that you're passionate about. This award-winning reference manager will improve the way you find, organize, read, cite, and share.

    48 ReadCube Papers alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Research Manager

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Firefox

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Citavi

     53 likes

    Reference management and knowledge organization with integrated task planner. Solution for work groups with data sharing in intranet available.

    43 Citavi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Research Manager

    Origin

    • Switzerland

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Switzerland

    

    

    

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    Positive comment by Guest · Feb 26, 2017

    Great knowledge item management.

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    • Citavi is Freemium and ProprietaryMendeley is also Freemium and Proprietary
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    SciSpace

     8 likes

    Search the largest scientific corpus in the world Discover and study research papers better with SciSpace copilot.

    21 SciSpace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Origin

    • India

    Platforms

    • Online

    • India

    

    

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    MyBib

     16 likes

    A new FREE citation generator. Automatically create bibliographies, references, and citations in APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and over 8000 more styles with a totally free and no-ads citation generator.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome

    • Global

    

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