Mendeley Alternatives for Mac

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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.

   79 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

   

   

   

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   Guest

   Positive comment•Dec 1, 2018

   9

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

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   Ron Bar-Ad

   Comment•Aug 23, 2023

   1

   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.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   Guest

   Positive comment•Jan 29, 2020

   -5

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

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

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

    104 likes

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

   50 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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   Guest

   Negative comment•Aug 22, 2019

   1

   JabRef only handles bibtex files.

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

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

    44 likes

   A reference management software, used for searching online publication databases, & managing publications / bibliographies, with the ability to insert the references into a word processor.

   46 EndNote alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Online
   • iPhone
   • iPad

   

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   Paperpile

    57 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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   Guest

   Positive comment•Feb 28, 2019

   0

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

   Review by a new / low-activity user.

   

   

   • Paperpile is Paid and ProprietaryMendeley is Freemium and Proprietary
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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.

   42 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

   

   

   

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   Research

    5 likes

   The Research app is designed to streamline your workflow, offering a minimalist yet powerful platform for collecting, organizing, and analyzing research materials.

   53 Research alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Mac
   • Linux

   

   

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   Bookends

    13 likes

   Bookends is a commercial reference management software package for Mac OS X that is used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. Its target market is students, academics and professionals.

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application type

   • Research Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • iPhone
   • iPad

   

   

   

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    wizdom.ai

     24 likes

    wizdom.ai (formerly colwiz) is a free and comprehensive research management software for researchers, academics and students. With the wizdom.ai android app, you can search, add and manage publications in your wizdom.ai library on the go. Sync instantly across wizdom.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Research Manager

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    

    

    

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    RefWorks

     11 likes

    RefWorks - an online research management, writing and collaboration tool - is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online

    

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    Paperlib

     3 likes

    An open-source and simple academic paper management tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • Research Manager

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Safari

    

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    BibDesk

     24 likes

    BibDesk is a bibliographic reference manager for Mac OS X. BibDesk is designed to help organize and use bibliographic databases in BibTeX .bib format.

    34 BibDesk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac

    

    

    

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    scrible

     19 likes

    scrible lets you highlight and annotate web pages and easily save, share and collaborate on your web research with others.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome

    

    

    

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