Reference Manager vs Zotero

Reference Manager

Office & Productivity

Reference Manager is software designed to help researchers organize, manage, and cite their references when writing academic papers. It allows importing references from online databases and PDFs, organizing references into folders, annotating PDFs, and creating bibliographies and citations in Word docs.

Zotero

Office & Productivity

Zotero is a free, open-source reference management software that helps you collect, organize, cite, and share research sources. It works as a standalone program or browser extension that seamlessly integrates with Word, LibreOffice, and Google Docs.