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Compare ReadCube and Zotero 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (52.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (39.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $7.00 Per Month
No pricing available
ReadCube
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
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Star Rating
(99)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (39.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about ZoteroReadCube vs Zotero
- Reviewers felt that Zotero meets the needs of their business better than ReadCube.
- 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 Zotero.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
ReadCube
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.
Zotero
No pricing availableFree Trial
ReadCube
Free Trial is available
Zotero
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.4
132
9.1
81
Ease of Use
8.5
140
8.5
81
Ease of Setup
8.7
55
9.3
9
Ease of Admin
9.4
6
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.7
104
7.8
56
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
5
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
124
7.7
76
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
ReadCube and Zotero are categorized as Reference Management
Unique Categories
ReadCube has no unique categories
Zotero has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
ReadCube
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Zotero
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
Research
39.5%
Higher Education
21.0%
Biotechnology
7.8%
Hospital & Health Care
4.8%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
4.2%
Other
22.8%
Higher Education
38.1%
Research
27.8%
Education Management
8.2%
Hospital & Health Care
3.1%
Biotechnology
3.1%
Other
19.6%
Discussions
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
How do i reference webpages?
2 Comments
SO
It isn't available immediately, but if you select a different option--book for example--, you are able to change it after the fact to be a web page.Read more
Can you tell me, why the need to include so much information in a citation?
2 Comments
MF
the field is there just in case we (author, the one who cite) have the info. Not all field are compulsory..
My way.. I'd normally find the items isbn or...Read more
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