Cost |
Individual or departmental purchase available through MCW Research Computing Center |
Free; upgraded version available free to MCW users via Web of Science |
Free (additional cost for more storage and group functionality available from Mendeley) |
Free and open source (additional cost for more storage available from Zotero) |
System requirements |
Windows 7 and above, MacOS 10.10 and above, more details from EndNote |
Widows 2007 or later, Mac OS X 10.6 or later, more details from EndNote |
Windows 7 or later, Mac OS 10.10 and above, and Linux, more details from Mendeley |
Windows XP SP2 or later, MacOS 10.9 or later, and Linux, more details from Zotero |
Where data is stored |
Computer |
Web |
Computer with web based syncing |
Computer with optional web based syncing |
Work offline |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Work from multiple computers |
Must sync with EndNote web |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Word Processors |
MS Word 2007 and above, Word for Mac 2011 and above, Google Docs |
MS Word 2007 or later, Microsoft Word 2008 SP1/2011 plug-in for Macs, Google Docs |
MS Word, Libre Office, BibTex export for use with LaTex |
MS Word 2003-2016, Word for Mac 2004-2016, Google Docs |
Mobile app |
iPad app |
No |
iPad/iPhone/Adroid apps |
iOS and Android apps |
Share library |
Share entire library (references, PDFs, annotations) with up to 100 EndNote users |
Share with other EndNote Web users. All users can edit shared groups, but cannot share file attachments |
Yes |
Yes |
Storage size |
Unlimited |
2 GB free |
2 GB free, $ for more storage |
300 mb free, $ for more storage |
Number of reference types |
50 |
51 |
20 |
38 |
Import citation information from web |
No |
Yes, with bookmarklet |
Yes, with a bookmark for a limited number of sites (mostly publishers or databases) |
Yes |
Import citation from library catalog |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Import citation from library databases |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Search database/catalog from within program |
Yes |
Yes |
Catalog only |
No |
Retrieve citation information from pdf |
Yes, from DOI or PubMed ID fields |
No |
Yes - extracted information from PDF, DOI, PubMed and Mendeley database |
Yes - uses DOI, extracted information from PDF or Google Scholar |
Global find/replace editing |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Field searching |
Yes, any field |
No - searches entire record |
Yes, author, title, publication name, year & notes fields |
Yes, any field |
Duplicate detection |
Yes, able to modify fields to use for deduplication |
Yes from same database, but will not usually recognize duplicates from different databases |
Yes |
Yes |
Add notes to references |
Yes, use notes field |
Yes, use notes field |
Yes, use notes tab in desktop version |
Yes, attached to references or as standalone notes |
Spell check |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Attach pdfs |
Yes with option to attach automatically |
No |
Yes, and can highlight and annotate PDFs |
Yes, with option to attach automatically |
Search for and attach PDFs |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Annotate pdfs |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Search attached pdfs |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Create bibliography with different styles |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, limited default number, others download from Zotero |
Edit output style |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes, but very difficult |
Online Tutorials & Videos |
EndNote Training Channel |
EndNote Training Channel |
Mendeley Videos & Tutorials |
Zotero Tutorials |