G2 Vendor Directory

EndNote vs. RefWorks

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricEndNote

by Clarivate

RefWorks

by ProQuest

Overall rating4.13.9
Review count18329
Ease of use7.88.4
Ease of setup8.17.1
Quality of support8.08.5
Meets requirements8.68.2
NPS37.01657527.586207
Small Business17.2%20.7%
Mid-Market19.4%24.1%
Enterprise63.3%55.2%
Total page views42090
Total LLM citations2,912292

EndNote

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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    RefWorks

    RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool that is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

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