Tech riderRev. 3 Oct 2026
- 1Runs onBrowser, Web, Windows
- 2Costsfree trial
- 3PDF annotationYes
- 4Browser extensionYes
- 5Citation styles11,000 styles
- 6Word processor supportboth
- 7Import formatsBibTeX, RIS, EndNote Tagged, CSV, Excel, Access, OpenOffice Calc, OvidSP, Zotero, Mendeley
- 8Team collaborationYes
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Overview
Citavi is ranked #11 of 27 in reference management software on Specifiction. It runs on Browser extension, Web, Windows. A free trial is offered.
Citavi plans and pricing
All plansCitavi Web Not published Annual; price varies by license type Web access shop.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
Citavi Windows + Web Not published Annual; price varies by license type Windows desktop and web · includes 5 GB of Citavi Space shop.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
Citavi institutional licensing Not published Custom licensing Campus and institutional licensing · centralized administration lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
Compared on reference management software
- PDF annotation
- Yescitavi.com
- Browser extension
- Yescitavi.com
- Citation styles
- 11,000 stylescitavi.com
- Word processor support
- bothcitavi.com
- Import formats
- BibTeX, RIS, EndNote Tagged, CSV, Excel, Access, OpenOffice Calc, OvidSP, Zotero, Mendeleycitavi.com
- Team collaboration
- Yescitavi.com
Facts
- Purpose
- Citavi combines reference management, knowledge organization, and AI-powered insights for research writing.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Reference gathering
- It imports books, articles, PDFs, and webpages and can search library catalogs and academic databases.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Knowledge organization
- Users can save quotations, summaries, comments, and images linked to references and organize ideas into outlines.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- AI features
- Its AI assistant can summarize text, generate article key insights, and search for papers using a topic described in plain language.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Browser tools
- Browser Pickers capture references, quotations, and images from webpages or PDFs.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Writing integration
- The Citavi Word Add-In inserts citations and builds bibliographies in Microsoft Word; Google Docs use is described as copying and pasting formatted citations and bibliography entries.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- NVivo integration
- Citavi can export references and insights to NVivo, but changes in Citavi do not automatically sync and require re-sharing the project.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Collaboration and storage
- Teams can share cloud projects with assigned roles and tasks in real time, and projects can be stored in the cloud, on a local drive, or on an institutional server.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Trial
- Citavi offers separate free 30-day trials for Citavi Windows and Citavi Web, each including 1 GB of storage.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Trial requirement
- The maker says no credit card is required to start a free trial.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Security
- Lumivero says it aligns its solutions to SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001; Citavi’s product page also offers an on-premise DBServer option for organizations.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Support
- Citavi support includes a knowledge base, community forum, support tickets, and live chat.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product is presented for students, researchers, faculty, academic writing, literature reviews, and research projects; online individual licensing is aimed at teams of up to 10.lumivero.com · 3 Oct 2026
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Sources
- lumivero.com/products/citavi/· checked 3 Oct 2026
- lumivero.com/resources/free-trial/· checked 3 Oct 2026
- lumivero.com/company/· checked 3 Oct 2026
- shop.lumivero.com/qda-and-research/citavi· checked 3 Oct 2026