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KBibTeX vs Mendeley Reference Manager

KBibTeX

apps.kde.org

Mendeley Reference Manager

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Price from—$4.58/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
Web—Yes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
LinuxYesYes
Plans published07
Spec score · Reference Management Software5.6 (#26)8.3 (#8)
Spec score · Citation Management Software5.6 (#23)8.3 (#8)

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KBibTeX

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Mendeley Reference Manager

  • FreeFree
  • Plus$4.99 a month
  • Pro$9.99 a month
  • Max$14.99 a month
  • Plus$55 a year
  • Pro$110 a year
  • Max$165 a year

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Mendeley Reference Manager

Mendeley Reference Manager is a web and desktop application for organizing references and supporting research workflows. Users can import PDFs or folders into a library, read and annotate documents, and collect thoughts in Mendeley Notebook. Mendeley Cite inserts citations and builds bibliographies in Microsoft Word using a chosen style. Shared groups let colleagues, course-mates, or co-authors contribute references and annotate PDFs together. Web Importer saves papers, web pages, and other documents from search engines and academic databases; it is available for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari. Watched Folders can import PDFs placed in a selected desktop folder. Offline mode syncs library changes after reconnecting. Free accounts include 2GB of storage and five Reading Assistant questions. Paid plans start at $4.99 per month, with higher tiers listing additional storage and Reading Assistant features. Mendeley is available on web, Windows, Linux, macOS, and as a browser extension. The Windows download page lists Windows 10 and above as supported.

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