Comparison of reference management software

! Developer

! First public release

! Latest stable release date

! Latest stable version

! Cost (USD)

! Free software

! License

! Notes

| Christian Fritz

| 2005

| 2024-06-06

| ?

| {{free}} for students / Paid plan for others

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| Centrally hosted website, intended for publication pages

| BibDesk developers

| 2002-04

| 2024-10-18

| 1.9.6

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{BSD-lic}}

| BibTeX front-end + repository; Cocoa-based; integration with Spotlight

| University of Kassel

| 2006-01

| 2024-01-08

| 4.1.0

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{free |AGPL, GPL, LGPL{{cite web|url=https://bitbucket.org/bibsonomy/bibsonomy/wiki/License |title=dev.bibsonomy |publisher=BibSonomy.org |date=2016-02-15 |access-date=2016-02-15}}}}

| Centrally hosted website

| Sonny Software

| 1988 (Mac) / 1983 (Apple II+)

| 2023-05-06

| 14.2{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2023-05-06|title=Update History {{!}} Sonny Software|url=https://www.sonnysoftware.com/updates/updatehistory.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112021428/http://www.sonnysoftware.com/updates/updatehistory.html |archive-date=2017-11-12 |access-date=2023-05-23|website=|publisher=Sonny Software}}

| {{nonfree|US$59.99{{efn|name="MSRP"}}}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| Desktop & iOS synced via iCloud, integrated web search, PDF download, auto-completion, Word plugin, BibTex support, PDF annotations stored as notes

| Lumivero

| 2006-02-13

| 2023-08-15

| 6.17.0.0

| {{nonfree|US$89-1947{{efn|Price depends on affiliation (discounted price for students and members of academic, governmental, and nonprofit organizations), edition (Citavi for Windows for single users and teams with cloud storage, Citavi for DBServer for teams with intranet storage, Citavi Web with cloud storage), and, in the case of DBServer, on the license type (per seat license vs. concurrent license): {{cite web |title=Products |website=www.citavi.com |url=http://www.citavi.com/en/products.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427010858/http://www.citavi.com/en/products.html |archive-date=2015-04-27 |url-status=dead}}}}}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| Data can be saved locally on the computer, or, for team access, in the Citavi Cloud or an intranet Microsoft SQL Server;{{cite web|url=https://www.citavi.com/sub/manual6/en/index.html?server_overview.html|title=Collaborating in a Team with Citavi for DBServer|publisher=Swiss Academic Software|date=2018-02-20|access-date=2019-04-15}} search databases from interface{{cite web |url=http://www.citavi.com/en/features.html#search |title=Citavi – Organize your knowledge |publisher=Swiss Academic Software |date=2018-02-20 |access-date=2018-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424032324/http://www.citavi.com/en/features.html#search |archive-date=2015-04-24 |url-status=dead }}

| Clarivate Analytics

| 1988

| 2025-04-22

| 2025

| {{nonfree|US$299.95{{efn|name="MSRP"}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| The web version [https://endnote.com/basic EndNote basic] (formerly, EndNote Web) is free of charge

| JabRef developers

| 2003-11-29

| 2023-10-21

| 5.11

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| MIT license

| Java BibTeX and BibLaTeX manager

| KBibTeX developers

| 2005-08

| 2020-04-26

| 0.9.2

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{GPL-lic}}

| BibTeX front-end, using the KDE Software Compilation

| Elsevier

| 2008-08

| 2020

| 1.19.8

| {{free|Free / Online storage free up to 2 GB / Additional storage space available}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary |proprietary (OS API clients exist)}}

| Account required, Desktop & Web components, Windows, Linux, macOS (not macOS 11 Big Sur)

| Stefan Washietl, Gregorgy Jordan, Andreas Gruber

| 2013

| Continually updated online

|

| {{nonfree|US$2.99/month for academics, 9.99/month otherwise}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| Web-app, integrates with Google Docs, collaboration & sharing features, currently only on Google Chrome

| ReadCube

| 2011-10

| 2023-04-04

| v.4.35.2224

| {{nonfree|US$ 3/month for students, 5/month academics}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| Web-app, Desktop (MacOS, Windows), Mobile (iOS and Android). Microsoft Word and Google Docs add-in. Browser extension (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari)

| refbase developers

| 2003-06-03

| 2014-02-28

| 0.9.6

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{GPL-lic}}

| Web-based for institutional repositories/self-archivingA centrally-hosted website is available at [http://refbase.net/ refbase.net].

| refdb developers

| 2001-04-25

| 2022-02-13

| 1.0.3

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{GPL-lic}}

| Network-transparent; XML/SGML bibliographies

| Ex Libris / ProQuest / Clarivate

| 2001

| 2024-07-09

| 4.6

| {{nonfree|Institutional subscription}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| Web-based, browser-accessed, Word & Google Docs

| Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at GMU

| 2006

| 2024-08-26

| 7.0.3{{cite web |title=Zotero Changelog |url=https://www.zotero.org/support/changelog |access-date=2022-07-18 |publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media}}

| {{free|Free / Online storage free up to 300 MB / Additional storage space available}}

| {{yes}}

| {{free |AGPL}}

| Multi-platform desktop version with connectors for Firefox, Chrome and Safari. Web-based access to reference library also available through Zotero.org or through a personal cloud-based database folder on a user's computer (Google Drive, Dropbox, etc.).

! Windows

! macOS

! Linux

! ChromeOS

! BSD

! Unix

! iOS App

! Android App

! Windows App

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{table-experimental}}

| {{table-experimental}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}
(phased out as of {{nowrap|March 15,}} 2021){{cite web|url=https://blog.mendeley.com/2021/03/11/mendeley-refocusing-announcement-mobile-app-retirement/|title=Mendeley Refocusing Announcement|date=11 March 2021 }}

| {{no}}
(phased out as of {{nowrap|March 15,}} 2021)

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}
(requires Chromium)

| {{no}}
(requires Chromium)

| {{yes}}{{cite web|url=https://apps.apple.com/us/app/paperpile/id1187562736|website=apps.apple.com|title=Paperpile on the App Store|date=9 June 2023 }}

| {{yes}}{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paperpile|website=play.google.com|title=Paperpile on Android}}

| {{no}}

| {{Yes|Yes|align=|style=|color=}}

| {{Yes|Yes|align=|style=|color=}}

| {{No|No|align=|style=|color=}}

| {{Yes|Yes|align=|style=|color=}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes|Yes|align=|style=|color=}}

| {{partial}}{{efn|name="gnome-python"|The GUI requires gnome-python, which isn't available for Windows or {{nowrap|macOS}}.}}

| {{partial}}{{efn|name="gnome-python"}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{depends|Intel only}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{depends|Third party{{cite web|url=https://www.zotero.org/support/mobile |title=Zotero for mobile |website=www.zotero.org |publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media |access-date=2023-04-04}}}}

| {{no}}

! BibTeX

! Endnote/Refer/BibIX

! Medline

! MODS XML

! RIS

! Other

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|unAPI}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Endnote XML, user customizable}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various{{cite web |url=https://www.bibsonomy.org/export/ |title=BibSonomy: Export |website=www.bibsonomy.org |access-date=2023-04-04}}}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various user-customizable}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|NVivo and various others}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various{{cite web|url=https://endnote.com/downloads/styles/ |title=Output Styles |publisher=EndNote |access-date=2023-04-04}}}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|BibTeXML, DocBook, HTML, OpenDocument for OO.o, RTF, SQL database, user-customizable}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{depends}}{{efn|name="bibutils"|Supported through the bibutils plugin.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|PDF, PostScript, HTML, XML, RTF}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Endnote XML}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|CSV,JSON}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Ovid}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|COinS, OpenDocument for OO.o, SRW XML via SRU, unAPI, Word XML}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|SRW XML via SRU web service, DocBook, TEI}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|RIS, BibTeX, Tab delimited or XML metadata}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|As of version 4.0}}{{cite web|title=Journal Abbreviations|url=https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/journal_abbreviations|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media|access-date=June 19, 2015}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|COinS, CSV, Several RDF format standards, TEI, Wikipedia citation templates, Endnote XML, CSL JSON, Refer/BiblX, RefWorks tagged}}

! APA

! Chicago/Turabian

! Harvard

! MLA

! Other

! Extension method

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various{{cite web |title=BibDesk Export Templates |url=https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/wiki/Templates/ |website=sourceforge.net}} Or: {{cite web |title=Using BibDesk Citations in Editors and Word Processors |url=https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/wiki/Format_Citations_for_Editors/ |website=sourceforge.net |access-date=2023-04-04}}}}

| {{yes|BibTeX style files (use {{slink|Pandoc#CiteProc}} for CSL{{cite web |url=https://pandoc.org/releases.html#pandoc-2.11-2020-10-11 |title=pandoc 2.11 (2020-10-11) |website=pandoc.org |access-date=2023-04-04 |quote=Added bibtex, biblatex as input formats. This allows pandoc to convert between BibLaTeX and BibTeX and other bibliography formats, and to generate formatted versions of BibTeX/BibLaTeX bibliographies (e.g., pandoc -f biblatex --citeproc pl.bib -o pl.pdf).}}) or BibDesk export templates}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}}}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various{{cite web |url=https://www.citavi.com/en |title=Citavi |website=www.citavi.com |access-date=2023-04-04 |quote=Citavi offers over 10,000 citation styles.}} Other styles can be [https://www.citavi.com/stylerequest requested] and are [https://www.citavi.com/styleproblem centrally corrected]; and any BibTeX style can be used with LaTeX.}}

| {{yes|Citavi format (through GUI), includes conditions and programmable components; BibTeX or BibLaTeX when used with LaTeX (use {{slink|Pandoc#CiteProc}} for CSL)}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various}}

| {{yes|EndNote format (through GUI)}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various}}

| {{yes|BibTeX style files or BibLaTeX (use {{slink|Pandoc#CiteProc}} for CSL)}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various}}

| {{yes|BibTeX style files (use {{slink|Pandoc#CiteProc}} for CSL)}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various}}

| {{yes|CSL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various}}

| {{yes|CSL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various}}

| {{yes|CSL; BibTeX or BibLaTeX when used with LaTeX{{cite web |title=What citation styles are available in SmartCite? |url=https://support.papersapp.com/support/solutions/articles/30000024601-what-citation-styles-are-available-in-smartcite- |website=support.papersapp.com}} And: {{cite web |title=Citekey management |url=https://support.papersapp.com/support/solutions/articles/30000040840-citekey-management |website=support.papersapp.com |access-date=2023-04-04}}}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{partial|Pybliographer XML}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various polar & marine journals}}

| {{partial|PHP}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|21 biomedical & law journals{{cite web |title=RefDB Examples: Style Gallery |url=https://refdb.sourceforge.net/styles.html |website=refdb.sourceforge.net |access-date=2023-04-04}}}}

| {{yes|XML (citestylex.dtd), interactive script}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various}}

| {{yes|RefWorks format (through GUI);{{cite web |title=Managing Citation Styles – Ex Libris Knowledge Center |url=https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/RefWorks/Product_Documentation/RefWorks_User_Guide/0900_Managing_Citation_Styles |website=knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com |date=31 July 2018 |access-date=2023-04-04}} See also: {{cite web |title=Output Style List |url=https://www.refworks.com/content/products/output_style.asp |website=www.refworks.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121213703/https://www.refworks.com/content/products/output_style.asp |archive-date=2019-11-21 |url-status=dead |access-date=2023-04-04}} CSL}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various}}

| {{yes|CSL;Over 10,000 CSL style files are available at: {{cite web |url=https://www.zotero.org/styles |title=Zotero Style Repository |website=www.zotero.org}} Or: {{cite web |url=https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles |title=citation-style-language/styles: Official repository for Citation Style Language (CSL) citation styles |website=GitHub |access-date=2023-04-04}} CSL styles can be [https://editor.citationstyles.org edited] or [https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/wiki/Requesting-Styles requested]. BibTeX or BibLaTeX when used with LaTeX{{cite web |title=LaTeX and BibTeX – Citation Management and Writing Tools – LibGuides at MIT Libraries |url=https://libguides.mit.edu/cite-write/bibtex |website=libguides.mit.edu |access-date=2023-04-04}}}}

! HTML

! LaTeX{{efn|This refers to the direct output of raw LaTeX (often in a format similar to the BibTeX-generated .bbl files). Many programs can export BibTeX (see above table), which can then be processed into LaTeX.{{cite web|url=http://www.citavi.com/sub/manual5/en/index.html?creating_a_publication_with_tex.html|title=Creating a Publication with TeX|publisher=Swiss Academic Software|date=2015-10-27|access-date=2015-10-27}}}}

! RTF

! Plain text

! RSS

! Other

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|unAPI}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Atom, DOC, PDF, XML,}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|OpenOffice-CSV}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Clipboard}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Database can be exported as a whole in BibTeX format. Text (i.e. thoughts, comments, and quotations) can be fed into a number of TeX editors in LaTeX code or UTF-8.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Clipboard, DOC, ODT, PDF, HTML}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Clipboard, XML}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Clipboard}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|PDF, PS}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Database can be exported as a whole in BibTeX format.Insert citations via citation key generated by Mendeley.}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Clipboard, embeddable HTML widget, RSS}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Clipboard}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|PDF}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Markdown, PDF, unAPI}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|DocBook, TEI}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|DOC, ODT}}

| {{yes}}

| {{depends|Possible via plugin}}{{cite web|title=Better BibTeX|url=https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-better-bibtex|website=GitHub|access-date=September 18, 2017}}

| {{yes}}

| {{depends|Possible via plugins}}{{cite web|title=Plugins for Zotero|url=https://www.zotero.org/support/plugins|website=www.zotero.org|publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media|access-date=June 16, 2015}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Clipboard}}

! Word for Windows

! Word for Mac

! Word Online

! Pages

! Apache OpenOffice / LibreOffice

! Kile/LyX

! Google Docs

! RTF scan{{efn|name="Reformat RTF"|Can reformat references in a properly saved RTF document, allowing limited use in OpenOffice.org Writer, StarOffice, FrameMaker, Microsoft Works, WordPad, WordPerfect, Google Docs and others.}}

! Other

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|[https://sourceforge.net/p/bibdesk/wiki/Format_Citations_for_Editors/ User-created scripts]}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Mellel, Nisus}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{Depends|Only versions prior to 6.0}}

| {{yes}}Detailed setup guide [http://www.citavi.com/lyx "Citavi + LyX"]{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Citavi. Retrieved 2014-07-10.

| {{no}}

| {{Depends|Only versions prior to 6.0}}

| {{yes |LaTeX editors Texmaker, TeXnicCenter, TeXstudio, TeXworks, WinEdt, WinShell}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{cite web|url=https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-Word-Online-CWYW?language=en_US |title=EndNote: Word Online CWYW |access-date=2024-09-30|date=2024-05-15 }}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}{{cite web|url=https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/EndNote-X3-and-later-Windows-Install-the-OpenOffice--OpenOfficeorg-Writer-3x-Tools?language=en_US |title=EndNote: Install the OpenOffice / OpenOffice.org Writer Tools (Windows) |access-date=2024-09-30|date=2024-07-25 }}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}{{cite web|url=https://support.clarivate.com/Endnote/s/article/Google-Docs-CWYW?language=en_US | title=EndNote: Google Docs CWYW |access-date=2024-09-30|date=2024-03-18 }}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}See [https://help.jabref.org/en/MsOfficeBibFieldMapping JabRef FAQ: Field Mapping between MS-Office and JabRef].

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}See [https://help.jabref.org/en/OpenOfficeIntegration JabRef FAQ: OpenOffice/LibreOffice integration].

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|Emacs, Texmaker, TeXstudio, Vim, WinEdt}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}{{efn|Requires the Mendeley Reference Manager desktop app for Mac open to choose references.}}

| {{yes}}[https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA104382081 Requires the Mendeley Cite Add-in]

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes|NeoOffice}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}[https://appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/office/WA104380917 Requires the SmartCite for Papers Add-in]

| {{yes}}[https://support.papersapp.com/support/solutions/articles/30000040861-smartcite-for-citekeys-pages- Can be used with SmartCite for Citekeys]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{Yes|Yes|align=|style=|color=}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|[https://www.manuscriptsapp.com/ Manuscripts app], Scrivener, Ulysses}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}Refbase can create a spreadsheet for import into an OO.o database to use the native OO.o bibliography tool. Refbase's MySQL database can additionally be used directly by OO.o [http://wiki.refbase.net/index.php/OO.o_Writer_integration].

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|[http://pira.isrl.uiuc.edu/ PIRA], MediaWiki, SPIP}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{yes}}

| {{depends|(with LyZ)The [http://www.klubko.net/wp/?page_id=945&lang=en LyZ] extension integrates Zotero with Lyx/Kile}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Various{{cite web |title=Word Processor and Writing Integration |url=https://www.zotero.org/support/plugins#word_processor_and_writing_integration |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=www.zotero.org |publisher=Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media}}}}

! ArXiv

! CiteSeer

! IEEE Xplore

! PubMed

! Unpaywall{{efn|Includes all the other databases and open access repositories.}}

! Other

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|DBLP, Zotero, BibSonomy, Mendeley}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|ACM portal, Jstor, DBLP, Google Scholar, Web of Science, any Z39.50 or Entrez, and others}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Various{{cite web|url=http://www.bibsonomy.org/scraperinfo |title=Scraper info |publisher=BibSonomy |access-date=2012-07-24}}}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Web of Science, Amazon, Google Scholar, Z39.50}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|WorldCat/OCLC, Ovid, EBSCO, ProQuest, Web of Science, Z39.50 (4500+ online resources), SRU. Further catalogs are added upon [https://www.citavi.com/databases request]. Browser plugins (Firefox, Chrome, Internet Explorer) support DOI lookup, ISBN lookup, PubMed ID lookup, PMCID lookup, arXiv ID lookup, COinS and import from Wikipedia}}.

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Various,{{cite web|url=https://endnote.com/downloads/connection-files/ |title=Connection files |publisher=EndNote |access-date=2023-04-04}} any Z39.50 }}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{Cite web|url=https://docs.jabref.org/collect/import-using-online-bibliographic-database#crossref-unpaywalll|title=Unpaywall|website=docs.jabref.org|access-date=Jun 3, 2022}}

| {{yes|ACM Portal, CrossRef, DBLP, DOAJ, DOI, GVK, Google Scholar, INSPIRE-HEP, Medline, MathSciNet, SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System, Springer, and zbMATH}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|BibSonomy, CiteBase, CSB, DBLP, Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, INSPIRE-HEP, Z MATH, Z39.50}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Various{{cite web |url=https://www.mendeley.com/guides/web-importer/ |title=Get started with Mendeley Web Importer |website=www.mendeley.com |access-date=2023-04-04}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes|Google Scholar, INSPIRE-HEP, ACM portal, Jstor, Web of Science}}

| {{Yes|Yes|align=|style=|color=}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Microsoft Academic, Google Scholar}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no|None}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|DOI lookup}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Any Z39.50}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Various}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-25|title=Improved PDF retrieval with Unpaywall integration|url=https://www.zotero.org/blog/improved-pdf-retrieval-with-unpaywall-integration/|website=Zotero Blog|date=2018-10-08}}

| {{yes|Various{{cite web|url=http://www.zotero.org/translators/ |title=Zotero Translators (documentation) |publisher=Zotero.org |date=2012-03-15 |access-date=2012-07-24}}}}

! rowspan="2" |Passworded

! rowspan="2" |LDAP

! colspan="2" |Networking

! Simultaneous write access

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Storage in Citavi cloud or, with special license, in Microsoft SQL Server in intranet.}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}{{efn|name="via EndNote basic cloud based"|via EndNote basic (cloud based)}}

| {{no}}{{efn|name="via EndNote basic cloud based"}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|via Mendeley Web.}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|Uses Google Account.}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}via [https://support.papersapp.com/support/solutions/articles/30000022229-how-do-i-create-a-shared-library- Shared library]

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{efn|via zotero.org.}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

! Developer

! First public release

! Latest stable release date

! Latest stable version

! Cost (USD)

! Free software

! License

! Notes

| ALaRI Institute

| 2007-11-08

| 2009-11-10

| 1.1

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{BSD-lic}}

| Web-based BibTeX front-end (Apache, PHP, MySQL)

| CG Information

| 1997

| 2015-06-22

| 10.0.3.6

| {{nonfree|US$79-299{{efn|name="MSRP"|MSRP for full version, usually with physical media. Discounted downloads and academic discounts might be available. More expensive workgroup/server/librarian versions may be available.}}}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| ODBC; web access in Pro ed; optional client/server; discontinued?

| Oversity Limited

| 2004-11

| Shut down on {{nowrap|2019-03-30}}{{cite web |title=CiteULike is closing down |url=http://www.citeulike.org/news |website=CiteULike |access-date=14 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310145602/http://www.citeulike.org/news |archive-date=10 March 2019 |url-status=dead }}

|

| {{free}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary |Proprietary{{efn|A developer kit is available. The community is invited to create plugins to access data off databases.}}}}

| Centrally hosted website

| colwiz Ltd

| 2011

| 2016-05-09

|

| {{free|Free / Online storage free up to 3 GB / Additional storage space available}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| Now combined with wizdom.ai

| pybliographer developers

| 1998-10-30 (0.2)

| 2018-04-03

| 1.4.0

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{GPL-lic}}

| Python/GTK2

| Qiqqa

| 2010-04

| 2020-10-04

| v80

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{GPL-lic}}

| From end 2020, Open Source

| Thomson Reuters

| 1984

| 2010

| 12.0.3

| {{nonfree|Not for sale anymore, sales ceased December 31, 2015}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| Network version; built-in web publishing tool; discontinued

| Referencer developers

| 2008-03-15

| Discontinued

| 1.2.2

| {{free}}

| {{yes}}

| {{GPL-lic}}

| BibTeX front-end

| RefME

| 2014

| Shut down in 2017

|

| {{free}}

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| Web, iOS and Android; Chrome and Safari Extensions available; discontinued

| Scientific Programs

| 2012

| 2020-07-30

| 1.6.2

| {{depends|US$}}38.90 / Free trial version

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| WizPatent

| 2008-06

| Shut down in 2017

| Avatara

| {{depends|US$25}} / Free Basic version

| {{no}}

| {{proprietary}}

| Centrally hosted website; discontinued