Mendeley Alternatives

Mendeley is described as 'Helps manage and share academic knowledge: Mendeley Desktop is free academic software (Windows, Mac, Linux) for organizing and sharing research papers and generating bibliographies with 1GB of free online storage to automatically back up and synchronize your library' and is a very popular research manager in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Mendeley for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, Linux and iPhone apps. The best Mendeley alternative is Zotero, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mendeley are Qiqqa, JabRef, EndNote and BibSonomy.

Copy a direct link to this comment to your clipboard
Mendeley alternatives page was last updated

Alternatives list

  1. Bibliography.com is a free, easy-to-use multi-platform bibliography and citation generator that automatically generates accurate citations for students and teachers. It’s the world’s fastest and most accurate citation generator and management tool.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. PocketBib icon
     2 likes

    PocketBib is a BibTeX library reader for academics on the go. With PocketBib you can search, browse and read the papers in your BibTeX library, and synchronise them over Dropbox with BibDesk or JabRef on your computer.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  3. Bibfilex icon
     Like

    Bibfilex is a free bibliographic manager for GNU/Linux, Windows and OS X. It's useful to create and to manage archives of bibliographical items (books, articles, etc.) with possible attachments of any kind according to Biblatex structure and rules.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Elumity icon
     1 like

    Elumity is a powerful academic tool for managing and sharing knowledge, combining research, reference management, and collaboration in one platform.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. PubMed.gov icon
     5 likes

    PubMed comprises more than 23 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites.

    17 PubMed.gov alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Citations icon
     1 like

    Manage your bibliographies using the BibTeX format.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  7. ResearchWize icon
     1 like

    All-in-one AI research assistant for students: summarize articles, chat with your notes, helps generate essays, citations, quizzes, and full presentations—right from your browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
     
  8. UbikReader icon
     5 likes

    UbikReader is the new way to organize your documents. Multitask while you read, annotate, write notes and share your documents with ease. No more worrying about how to manage your large, cluttered library of documents.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  9. PDF Stacks icon
     9 likes

    With PDF Stacks, you can organize, find and browse, search, annonate and share your collection and library of PDF files, papers, research and journal articles with a single click. It saves you time: no more wondering around your computer to find a PDF file.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  10. Benubird PDF icon
     16 likes

    Benubird PDF makes personal document management simple: capture, organize and retrieve your PDF documents effortlessly. Managing files is easy with virtual folders and powerful metadata filters. Guaranteed to save you time and revolutionize the way you work with your documents.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. This Chrome Extension is a productivity highlighter for websites and PDFs, allowing easy organization and access to highlighted research, notes, and bookmarks.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
     
  12. TextCite icon
     9 likes

    Program for organizing and commenting textual citations from texts (books, articles, or other published works) for use in producing scientific or academic publications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
You are at page 5 of Mendeley alternatives