A powerful knowledge base on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files
Overview
What Zotero does
Open source citation and reference management tool with optional paid cloud storage plans for syncing libraries.
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Zotero.
- Free account storage is limited; paid tiers start at $20/year for 2GB and reach $120/year for unlimited storage
- Sync and web access are optional add-ons layered on the core desktop app rather than included outright
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