EndNote vs. Zotero

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
EndNote
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Clarivate Analytics headquartered in Philadelphia offers EndNote, a reference library and management software. Endnote helps users save time, stay organized, collaborate with colleagues, and get published.
$99.95
Zotero
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Zotero is a free reference management tool developed as a project developed at Carnegie Mellon and supported by a small team at George Mason University.N/A
Pricing
EndNoteZotero
Editions & Modules
Upgrade License
$99.95
Student License
$115.95
Full License
$249.95
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
EndNoteZotero
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
EndNoteZotero
Considered Both Products
EndNote
Chose EndNote
I like the ease of using EndNote inbuilt tools and add-ins. The best part is, I can simply copy the reference from the EndNote library and paste it into the Word document. When my file is ready, I select the journal style or download it and it does the job quickly. Another good …
Zotero

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Top Pros
Top Cons
User Ratings
EndNoteZotero
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(5 ratings)
9.4
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
6.6
(2 ratings)
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User Testimonials
EndNoteZotero
Likelihood to Recommend
Clarivate
There are lot of bibliographic compilation softwares in the market but no other product have these extensive tools and options to facilitate the easy of use and effective work done on EndNote. Price wise bit high end but work wise highly effective. Transferring the libraries and accessing on multiple devices also a added advantage in EndNote. The newly enabled synchronisation option was very useful.
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Open Source
Zotero is well suited for any researcher, student or writer that wants to easily cite sources for web platforms that do not have easy citing tools integrated within the website. There are many browser plug-ins built for Zotero that allow users to click a button directly from the source into the main software and from there can be more organized for citation export. Zotero doesn't work well if you open an external PDF from a website as it cannot pull author information correctly from a PDF source.
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Pros
Clarivate
  • organizes citations
  • combines citations across documents
  • serves as a reading platform
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Open Source
  • Zotero, when paired with the Zotfile plugin, makes it incredibly easy to index sources and documents on a project-by-project basis. Users can store document files locally in a Zotero project filesystem, or merely store links to files stored elsewhere.
  • Zotero plays extremely nicely with PDF documents, thanks again to the Zotfile plugin: I can highlight sections of a PDF article's text and Zotero indexes these "pull quotes" in a searchable and well-organized manner for easy extraction when it comes time to synthesize my sources into a new paper.
  • Zotero automates the production of properly-formatted references (including APA, MLA, Chicago, and others), making it a breeze to create accurate and complete bibliographies.
  • Zotero's library system provides a straightforward graphical user interface to manage multiple research projects and associated files, including the ability to easily add items to a project by ISBN, DOI, PMID, and arXiv IDs.
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Cons
Clarivate
  • There have been issues with databases after upgrades but this seems fixed in newer versions.
  • Corrupt libraries after Word upgrade. Again, seems fixed in new versions
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Open Source
  • Libre office integration was iffy
  • Using different word processors (i.e, Word, then Google Docs on the same file) can "break" embedded citations.
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Support Rating
Clarivate
Again, I would like to see a good manual having case-by-case tutorials.
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Open Source
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Alternatives Considered
Clarivate
I have not used any other reference managers.
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Open Source
Zotero is much less prone to glitches than Mendeley, and has much easier to use web extensions and word processor plugins. I found Zotero easy and intuitive to use
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Return on Investment
Clarivate
  • Highly priced
  • Support could be better
  • Not everyone can afford at this price
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Open Source
  • More Credibility on Our Online Posts that is Informational
  • Less Chances of Potential Legal Issues When Writing
  • Less Time Spent Grabbing Sources from Browser History When Researching
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