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At a Glance
Bookends
Bookends
Star Rating
(3)3.0 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (100.0% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Mendeley
Mendeley
Star Rating
(244)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (48.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Bookends
No pricing available
Mendeley
No pricing available
Free Trial
Bookends
No trial information available
Mendeley
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
Not enough data
8.6
217
Ease of Use
Not enough data
8.7
217
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
9.2
11
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
9.6
9
Quality of Support
Not enough data
7.9
140
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.9
6
Product Direction (% positive)
Not enough data
8.0
210
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Bookends
Bookends
Mendeley
Mendeley
Bookends and Mendeley are categorized as Reference Management
Unique Categories
Bookends
Bookends has no unique categories
Mendeley
Mendeley has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Bookends
Bookends
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
100.0%
Mendeley
Mendeley
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
30.3%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
21.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
48.7%
Reviewers' Industry
Bookends
Bookends
Higher Education
33.3%
E-Learning
33.3%
Arts and Crafts
33.3%
Other
0.0%
Mendeley
Mendeley
Higher Education
42.9%
Research
23.1%
Education Management
7.1%
Hospital & Health Care
2.5%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
2.1%
Other
22.3%
Most Helpful Reviews
Bookends
Bookends
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Tucker J.
TJ
Tucker J.
Verified User in E-Learning

You can access the internet for pdf and other associated references.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Higher Education

I dislike this: - rude and terrible customer service - wait - BEYOND rude - software spontaneously erases EVERYTHING. I was using the demo version and suddenly the reference library I had built (only about 12 references) was gone. I checked the backup, I...

Mendeley
Mendeley
Most Helpful Favorable Review
M. Serhat D.
MD
M. Serhat D.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Cross-platform support is the biggest advantage of Mendeley. It supports Windows, OSx, Linux, iOS and Anroid. Most of the smilar software doesn't support Linux operating systems, but mendeley does. The second biggest advantage for me was ready-to-use...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Morgan R.
MR
Morgan R.
Verified User in Research

Everything great about Mendeley, from before the Elsevier acquisition, is gone. The application used to be entirely functional for creating in-text citations with the Word plug-in offline. Now, you must be signed in to your Mendeley account to use the Word...

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Discussions
Bookends
Bookends Discussions
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Bookends has no discussions with answers
Mendeley
Mendeley Discussions
Why is Mojave not supported after a year of release?
1 comment
Antonio G.  Z.
AZ
I use Mojave and it is totally supported. Let download the mac os version of mendeley desktop.Read more
Why Elsevier is insisting on changing Mendeley functionalities
1 comment
FH
I think this is an awful move. The reference manager is clunky, slow, and user hostile. The good news is that (for now) it is possible to import your library...Read more
What is the function of software Mendeley?
1 comment
Rafael S.
RS
Its main uses are: reading texts and organizing academic referencesRead more