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Compare EndNote and ReadCube 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Enterprise (63.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (52.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Starting at $7.00 Per Month
EndNote
Star Rating
(183)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (63.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about EndNoteReadCube
Star Rating
(172)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (52.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $7.00 Per Month
Browse all 2 pricing plansEndNote vs ReadCube
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found ReadCube easier to use, set up, and administer. However, reviewers preferred doing business with EndNote overall.
- EndNote and ReadCube both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that ReadCube is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of ReadCube over EndNote.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
EndNote
No pricing availableReadCube
Papers by ReadCube - Individual Licenses
Starting at $7.00
Per Month
Papers, by ReadCube, simplifies your research life by dramatically enhancing how you discover, annotate, collaborate and cite research. Eliminate wasted hours manually wrangling information and get back to research with the Papers reference manager.
With Papers across all of your devices (web, desktop & mobile), you can unlock a powerful suite of features that will streamline your research life and keep you one step ahead.
Academics take 40% off (academic email or ID required for discount).
Papers Essentials is $7/month, or $65/year if billing annually.
Papers Pro is $14/month, or $130/year if billing annually.
- Search & Download: Built-in search engines. Personalized recommendations. Related article feeds. Institutional proxy support. Web importing via browser. 1-click PDF downloads. Advanced search filters.
- Stay Organized: Easy importing tools from your desktop/other reference managers. Auto article meta-data matching. Full text library search. Advanced sorted & filtering. Manual & Smart Lists. #keyword tagging, labels & article ratings.
- Read & Annotate: Enhanced PDF viewing. Hyperlinked inline references, high-res figure browsers & auto-fetched supplements. Advanced article metrics (incl. citations, field & relative citation ratio, and Altmetric) Inline and sticky notes, highlighting and drawing tools. Text to speech tool.
Free Trial
EndNote
No trial information availableReadCube
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
168
8.4
132
Ease of Use
7.4
169
8.5
140
Ease of Setup
7.8
10
8.7
55
Ease of Admin
7.7
8
9.4
6
Quality of Support
7.7
111
8.7
104
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
8
8.3
5
Product Direction (% positive)
6.7
165
8.4
124
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
EndNote and ReadCube are categorized as Reference Management
Unique Categories
EndNote has no unique categories
ReadCube has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
EndNote
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
ReadCube
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Higher Education
45.5%
Research
23.6%
Hospital & Health Care
7.3%
Medical Practice
3.4%
Biotechnology
2.8%
Other
17.4%
Research
39.5%
Higher Education
21.0%
Biotechnology
7.8%
Hospital & Health Care
4.8%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
4.2%
Other
22.8%
Discussions
What format does EndNote use?
2 Comments
NS
Endnote typically uses .enl (EndNote Library), which stores references, citations, PDFs, and other associated information within a single file. Read more
EndNote has no more discussions with answers
How do identify articles that are not grouped
2 Comments
DK
I do a search in my general library.Read more
Does Papers easily replace EndNote for the generation bibliographies, within Word documents?
2 Comments
AH
Yes it does. The SmartCite plugin supports Word & Google Docs and supported 9000+ preset styles. Custom styles can also be used.Read more
How can I see pdf while editing bibliographic data?
2 Comments
JM
You can use the Preview button in the bottom left of the app to see a preview of the PDF while you are editing metadata fieldsRead more
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