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title: Compare — Scholar Sidekick
description: Honest, source-cited comparisons of Scholar Sidekick against adjacent reference managers and citation APIs.
doc_version: "1.0"
last_updated: "2026-05-05"
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# Compare — Scholar Sidekick

> Honest, source-cited comparisons of Scholar Sidekick against adjacent reference managers and citation APIs.
> Last updated: 2026-05-05
> HTML version: https://scholar-sidekick.com/compare

Each comparison sets out where the alternative wins, where Scholar Sidekick wins, and how to use both together. The aim is fairness: Scholar Sidekick is not the right tool for every job, and the comparisons say so explicitly.

## Available comparisons

- [Scholar Sidekick vs Zotero](https://scholar-sidekick.com/compare/scholar-sidekick-vs-zotero) ([markdown](https://scholar-sidekick.com/compare/scholar-sidekick-vs-zotero.md)) — Reference manager vs stateless citation API. Where each wins, where they overlap, and how to use them together. Written by a longtime Zotero user.