--- title: EndNote Reviews meta\_title: 'EndNote Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 183 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how EndNote works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 183 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Education url: https://www.g2.com/categories/education --- # EndNote Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by EndNote but has limited features. Are you part of the EndNote team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! EndNote is a robust reference management software designed to help students, academic scholars, and professional researchers organize their bibliographic data and streamline the process of citing sources. It allows users to collect references from databases, websites, and PDFs, manage them in a centralized library, and insert citations directly into documents. EndNote 2025 is the latest version boasting new AI tools to help users quickly digest articles and includes new tools to further streamline workflows. 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Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) CB Chris B. Researcher 3/3/2021 "Endnote" 2.5/5 What do you like best about EndNote? I dont. It seems Sente is the replacement of Endnote Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about EndNote? I cant use Endnote any more as It seems Sente is the replacement of Endnote Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is EndNote solving and how is that benefiting you? I cant use endnote It seems Sente is the replacement of Endnote Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Research") UR Verified User in Research Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/12/2019 "Useful but clunky" 2.5/5 What do you like best about EndNote? EndNote is useful for those who use very common referencing styles such as Harvard and MLA. It provides clear forms for input of information and enables you to directly insert in-text references, footnotes and bibliographies into Microsoft Word documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about EndNote? EndNote is, however, quite clunky at times. If a particular field is unavailable (e.g. the exact date of publication of a newspaper article), this blank field will come up as a punctuation mark when you insert the citation into MS Word. The other major problem with EndNote is the limitations upon the customisation of non-standard referencing styles. I use the Australian Guide to Legal Citation, and am unable to program EndNote to provide accurate citations for the AGLC format for chapters from edited volumes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering EndNote: Consider EndNote alongside other, similar referencing software. Choose the one that feels most intuitive to you and best suits the particular referencing style that you use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is EndNote solving and how is that benefiting you? EndNote is a great way to keep all of your references together in the one place. It is also handy for inserting bibliographies and references directly into documents for those using common citation methods. However, it is still important to check any inserted references for accuracy and completeness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Research") UR Verified User in Research Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/11/2019 "Standard software for scientific citations, but limited compatibility." 3/5 What do you like best about EndNote? I mainly use Endnote to collect and format citations when working on scientific papers. It's good at formatting references to conform with a wide variety of journal styles and integrating with Microsoft Word. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about EndNote? Endnote is not the best citation management software when it comes to cloud access. I have switched to Google Docs when writing papers, and Endnote is not compatible without constant exports and loading new libraries every time you make a change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering EndNote: Be sure to know in advance if you need cloud access. Endnote is not the right software if you do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is EndNote solving and how is that benefiting you? We needed a tool to manage and format citations for scientific paper. Endnote performed well, as long as we did not need cloud access. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") UH Verified User in Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/22/2019 "Great but too crowded " 3/5 What do you like best about EndNote? Embedded feature in word doc for easy referencing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about EndNote? Crowded layout, turn off sync notification sometimes got crashed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering EndNote: Helpful with hundreds of references Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is EndNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Reference organization, citation style. Best benefit is for listing references for papers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") UH Verified User in Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/10/2019 "Idea is good but not very reliable. " 2.5/5 What do you like best about EndNote? Control and manage references and the option of plain text transformation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about EndNote? Not reliable enough. The fond and format settings are not alway work and office add on fails occasionally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is EndNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Reference management and manuscript writing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Abdullah Umair B.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Abdullah Umair B.") AB Abdullah Umair B. Doctoral Candidate - Advanced Engine Research Lab Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/1/2018 "Great citation management tool for writing dissertations." 3/5 What do you like best about EndNote? \>A wide variety of reference types available. More than I've found in other reference management software. \>Gives the user the freedom to customize formatting and has a pretty exhaustive list pre-loaded of formats. \>Dependable even while working with large quantities of citations. I used it to wite my masters thesis which involved an extensive literature review. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about EndNote? \>It is difficult to learn in the beginning. The help files are not really that useful The way the platform is structured isn't really intuitive. Took me weeks to figure out how to make my library. \>Even though I have access to EndNote right now through my university, I wouldn't once I graduate. It should have a free or a less expensive version. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering EndNote: For someone who is about to write a dissertation, a thesis or even a journal paper this is definitely a good tool to streamline the whole citation process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is EndNote solving and how is that benefiting you? I am a graduate student and I need a reliable, reasonably smooth citation management tool to efficiently be able to cite literature and produce publication-quality documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Research") UR Verified User in Research Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/22/2019 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "It will get the job done for research manuscripts " 3/5 What do you like best about EndNote? Capacity to store and organize references Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about EndNote? I wish the platform was more self-explanatory to use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is EndNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Using for research manuscripts when referencing. It allows multiple used to access and reference in papers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") UH Verified User in Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/15/2018 "Effective tool for scientific writing" 3/5 What do you like best about EndNote? I like the fact that you can cite sources as you write, and work on you scientific paper. It makes it easy to format the citations whichever way you prefer, as it provides options for formatting citations required at a specific journal or publication. It arranges and characterizes all your citations and sources, such that you can view the entire citation/publication with one click, and refer back to them when required, and saves a lot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about EndNote? The user interface can be slow. And understanding and familiarizing yourself with endnote can take a lot of time. It usually requires a lot of instructions, so as a new user, people might find it frustrating and time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is EndNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Makes scientific grant/paper writing easy once you've mastered endnote. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Fiona S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Fiona S.") FS Fiona S. Faculty Affiliate Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/24/2017 "Nimble for intext references, feels a little old school" 3/5 What do you like best about EndNote? Endnote beats every other reference software for flexibility with in-text referencing. I like that every reference is editable by field and you can combine multiple styles within a document (eg to start a sentence, insert in a table etc). Also easy to get references into it. However I traded in for Papers which has greater functionality as a PDF organizer as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about EndNote? Nowadays a reference software really needs to be a PDF manager too, and Endnote just doesn't have as much functionality as something like Papers for organising PDFs with a sleek interface Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering EndNote: If you are happy with basic PDF management, want flexibility in text and want something sleeker than Mendedely, Endnote might be worth the cost. The license is annual rather than perpetual which is a consideration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is EndNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Certainly removes the frustration I have with other referencing softwares for the production of scientific manuscripts- easy to copy and share libraries between collaborators. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/27/2017 Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") UH Verified User in Higher Education Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/8/2018 "Endnote: A finicky program that gets the job done" 3/5 What do you like best about EndNote? Endnote is great at organizing and formatting your sources while you are writing. I no longer have to worry about manually searching through my document to change citation numbers if I add or remove a source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about EndNote? Formatting rules are very restrictive, and the process for adding a new citation from a scientific journal is not intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering EndNote: There is a learning curve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is EndNote solving and how is that benefiting you? Endnote helps me to write scientific manuscripts and reports faster and with less errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about EndNote? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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