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Zotero

Reference manager · Free · prices checked 2026-08-07

Free tier: Free software, 300 MB of sync storageVisit Zotero →

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3stacks include it
1jobs use it
5alternatives

What it does in a stack

THE LIBRARY

Keeps every paper and PDF together and writes the bibliography.

Free program, and 300 MB of sync storage holds a lot of PDFs.

Keeps every source you actually used and writes the bibliography.

Stacks that run Zotero

01

Semantic Scholar + Zotero + Claude

Research & Academia

Free ~ $20per month02

Grok + Semantic Scholar + Zotero

Research & Academia

$30per month03

Elicit + Claude + Zotero

Research & Academia

$69per month

Alternatives — tools that play the same role

ClaudeAnthropic's AI assistant$20/moSemantic ScholarFree academic searchFreeElicitAI research assistant$49/moNotionDocs, wikis, and databases$12/moObsidianLocal-first notesFree
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