# Citavi Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Citavi the right Knowledge Management solution for you? Explore 43 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/231999/Citavi/reviews --- Citavi 4.3 (43) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/231999/Citavi/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated April 24th, 2026 # Reviews of Citavi Ease of use 3.8 Customer Service 4.4 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews TH Thomas H Senior ResearcherResearch, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Ease of use of the different features and diversity of possibilities.“ October 15, 2020 KB Karen B StudentResearch, Self-employedUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “They promise refunds but do not honour them.“ October 4, 2023 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 43 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Ganjar W. Founder Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Reference Manager and Knowledge Manager in One Pack" February 20, 2019 5.0 Pros Citavi is a reference manager which works well with various word processor software. However, Citavi is more than reference manager. It also provides tools for users to quote important texts, to write summary and to arrange the references according to your article's structure. After you have done those, when you are working with your article, Citavi will detect the current chapter of your article and will show you relevant references and knowledge (those quotations and summaries that you have made before). Very handy! Citavi also provides a free student version which allows users to manage up to 100 references. This is very generous, considering Citavi has excellent features necessary for writing scientific articles. Cons Citavi does not work on Mac. Users need to install third party software to allow Citavi in a Mac. That's a shame since this limits the user base. Review Source Response from Lumivero February 21, 2019 Dear Ganjar, Thanks so much for your review! I'm very glad to hear that you like Citavi so much. Regarding Mac compatibility, you'll be happy to hear that we are currently working on an online version that will work with Mac and Linux computers. It should be available later this year. JH Jakob H. Legal Researcher Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Extremely powerful tool, withoud which I could not work" June 21, 2021 5.0 I have been using Citavi since my last years of high school all through university and for my PhD thesis. Without citavi, I would not know how to effectively organize my sources. With citavi, it is super easy to keep track of thousands of sources and also retrieve them again after years, even if you didnt know anymore that you have a source. Pros The product is incredibly powerful. In my opinion, there are two core functions: on the one hand, you can use Citavi to organize materials (like papers and other files). On the other hand, you can use citavi to facilitate citing those materials when writing papers. But, you do not have to use both. Already, the organizing function is incredibly powerful. Cons Personally, I am not missing anything. But you have to keep in mind that it is an incredible powerful tool, so you need time to discover those functions you need most. Review Source Response from Lumivero September 1, 2021 Thank you for taking the time to write a review, and glad to hear that you like Citavi so much. JO Julius O. Industrial Engineer Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Bad tool for citing" April 4, 2026 1.0 Pros It's free through my university. The colour theme they use is okay. The name itself is not offensive. Cons It's not working as it's supposed to. It's extremly slow as a browser extension(loading times of 3min+ are the norm not the expection) and currently in chrome it's not working at all. And it is the complete opposite of intuitive. Review Source PJ Paul J. Assoc. Prof. Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The must have Literature program for research and education" May 29, 2021 5.0 By using a literature program you want to collect knowledge and want to share it. Working together in a team can be done now with the cloud version very easily without boundaries. Making comments, notes and using the citations for the resulting article can be done quickly and efficiently. Pros The list of features is very long. All in all it is the easyness of using the program at first which makes it possible to use it for beginners and also later on for real research. We can make Citavi as required for our students without making them troubles - it is the opposite. Often students discover that they get more time concentrating on the content and do not have to think about citation rules, e.g. Cons For sure there are missing features - this is always the case when you use a software as this is a living process. But the missing points are on a high level. Often it could be discovered that they have been built in already when asking the support people. So, there is no speacial feature which could be presented here. Reason for choosing Citavi First of all the easyness. The software is much "lighter" than other products. A very important point also is support: I never have seen any company in the last 30 years which is quicker but also coming to the point than Citavi. And we as university are not combined in any way with this company, we also have other software products for literature out of which I could choose from. Review Source Response from Lumivero June 14, 2021 Thank you very much for your kind review and detailed comments! We're very glad to hear that you think that Citavi is easy for students to learn but can also support more intense research later on. We're also very glad to hear that you've had a good experience with our support team! VR Verified Reviewer PhD Writing and Editing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good software for reference management" December 10, 2022 4.0 Pros The category function, where you can categorize your literature sources, meaning divide your literature sources per topic. You can take notes or extract portion of a document and label it as direct or indirect citation Cons It's free of charge until 100 references. This is few for a normal project/manuscript or for a thesis Review Source ML Miriam L. Research Fellow Writing and Editing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best knowledge organisation programme" February 16, 2021 5.0 Pros \- It offers everything you need for research (finding texts, analysing texts, formatting the in-text citations and the Works Cited, etc.) - It helps you keep track of your tasks (which texts do I still have to read/scan/borrow, etc.) - The customisable categories and keywords are extremely helpful when you quickly need to find all titles concerned with a specific topic. - Allows you to compile grouped lists of titles (e.g. all titles from a certain time span or all titles within a certain category). - Allows you to search all of your quotes and all OCR’d pdfs in your project at once. - The support is phenomenal! They answer extremely fast and always propose helpful individual solutions. I once had a pretty big bug in my project and the support spend several days solving it – even though I’m only a PhD student. Long story short: I couldn’t write my PhD thesis without Citavi. Cons It might be a bit too complex for undergraduate students, but with their 10-25 pages papers and 30 secondary sources max, they don’t need a knowledge management system anyways. I’d say the best time to start using Citavi is in your first M.A. semester. Review Source Response from Lumivero June 14, 2021 Thank you very much for taking the time to write a review. I'm very glad to hear that you've found Citavi to be so helpful for writing your PhD thesis! VR Verified Reviewer Technical Writer & Editor, Team Manager Environmental Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great software and solid support" May 13, 2019 5.0 Our experience has been mostly positive, although our few encounters with others besides our sales contact has not been great. The company needs to have a more responsive tech support team willing to talk with customers on the phone. They keep wanting to deflect us to Q&As and email questions. Since we are in North America and Citavi is in Europe, this can mean at least 24 hours before our query is read and responded to. Pros Can be adaptable to our house style, has gatekeeper functionality, quite easy to learn and use Cons Support is not as responsive as we had hoped; The Rep on the sales side has saved us from extreme frustration; support people unwilling to help in any way besides email - which we find inflexible and counter to our reasons for choosing this provider. Citavi is lucky to have that rep on their team! Review Source Response from Lumivero May 14, 2019 Thanks for your review, and please accept my apologies for our support team not living up to your expectations! Since we are a small company, we unfortunately can't provide 24/7 support yet. Our support hours do indeed reflect our European location. However, we aim for a 12-hour maximum response time for questions from anywhere in the world. I am sorry that this was not the case for you, and I will work with my colleagues to ensure that this doesn't happen again. We always begin with email as it allows us to use screenshots, attach guides, share links to FAQs, or send a link to a chapter in our 500+ page manual. We usually can resolve problems quickly, and we currently have a 97% satisfaction rate: www.citavi.com/rating For issues that can't be fixed via email, we set up a live support session, which lets us view the customer's screen. I am very sorry that you had such a bad experience. We will work to ensure that future interactions with our support team will be positive ones! BH Bryan H. Associate Professor Legal Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Citavi 6.0 Review" June 3, 2019 5.0 Pros Citavi is a comprehensive software that can handle reference management, annotation, outlining, organization, citation, and more. I use it daily for my scholarship requirements at my university and to work on my dissertation. I can't imagine managing all of my resources, annotations and ideas without it. It's absolutely essential for me and I would highly recommend it. I've also found the Citavi support team to be outstanding - very knowledgeable and I've always received a response within 24 hours. Cons Very little. It could be a bit more user friendly, especially with citations, and can be occasionally buggy, but that's because it has so much functionality. Review Source Response from Lumivero June 5, 2019 What a beautiful review. Thank you so much, Bryan! Please note that our support area at https://help.citavi.com/en allows you not only to ask questions and report bugs, but also to share your ideas with us. All the best for the completion of your dissertation with Citavi! TH Thomas H. Universitätsprofessor Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Organizing " January 25, 2021 5.0 Citavi allows me to manage a big part of my scientific work at one place Pros The possibility to link dozens of scientific sources, to analyse literature digitally, to import literature sources directly from the internet and to manage bibliographies when writig publications is great, because ist is so easy and reliable. Cons The export of all the citations and comments out of one single source should become less laborious. Review Source Response from Lumivero February 1, 2021 Thanks for your kind words and for your feedback regarding the export of quotations and comments from a reference! It's currently possible to do this by creating a selection and then creating an annotated bibliography that includes quotations. KB Karen B. Student Research Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Does not function as expected - promise refunds they do not honour" October 4, 2023 1.0 Terrible. I have contacted them three times and they have promised finance will contact me about a refund. They don't and no refund is forthcoming. Pros The sales pitch is great. The technical support do come back to you even if it is to say hey that is how our product works sorry about that. Cons It does not do what you need it too. It is very cumbersome and has bizarre quirksYou need to spend a lot of time watching videos and working it out to learn how to do things that should be pretty easy to do. They promise refunds but do not honour them. Review Source Lorenzo S. Psicólogo Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "El mejor gestor de citas bibliográficas y referencias del mercado." October 6, 2022 5.0 Lo he utilizado desde hace aproximadamente 5 años, desde su versión 5 hasta la más reciente, sumamente útil para crear mis "bibliotecas" digitales y realizar de forma organizada mis lecturas. Pros Permite gestionar una gran cantidad de material bibliográfico, así como su captura mediante la extensión del explorador web, y su facilidad de manejo mediante el Plug-in de Citavi en Word, haciendo posible añadir citas textuales y sus respectivas referencias de manera sencilla en nuestros escritos, lo cual posibilita que los procesos de lectura y escritura vayan de la mano en todo momento. Cons El único aspecto negativo se debe a que no cuenta con un plug-in para software libre de procesamiento de textos, como lo es OpenOffice. Alternatives considered [EndNote](https://www.capterra.com/p/234808/EndNote/) Reason for choosing Citavi Precio y la posibilidad de poderlo utilizar en diferentes equipos propios de trabajo (computadoras) con una misma licencia. Switched from [Mendeley](https://www.capterra.com/p/233913/Mendeley/)[EndNote](https://www.capterra.com/p/234808/EndNote/) Hice el cambio debido a que Citavi me permite exportar citas textuales junto al formato de referencia bibliográfica que deseemos utilizar a Word, así como, su sencilla sincronización con un proyecto que estemos trabajando, lo cual permite actualizar tanto el formato de referencia (APA, Chicago, etc.) como la versión del mismo. Review Source HE Helmut E. Jurist Government Administration Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Langer Citavi Nutzer" November 4, 2022 4.0 Teamarbeit in kurzer Zeit, gemeinsame Stellungnahmen und Gutachten schreiben. Pros Das Produkt ist insgesamt gut bis sehr gut! Die vielen Zitierstile könnten noch etwas ausgebaut werden.Meistens steht man unter Zeitdruck und in früheren Jahren brauchte ich dabei auch Hilfe, diese kam sehr prompt. Die Picker-Funktion ist gut. Bitte aber darauf achten, es nicht zu überfrachten. Wichtiger als alle möglichen Zusatzfeatures sind Stabilität, Einfachheit und Sicherheit! Cons Bitte nicht noch mehr überfrachten. Die Chatfunktionen und anderes mehr bieten auch andere Services. Man braucht in den meisten Fällen keinen Mercedes, der alles bietet, sondern wichtig sollen weiterhin Stabilität, Einfachheit und Durchschaubarkeit auch für nicht IT-Experten sein. Reason for choosing Citavi War von Anfang an überzeugt Review Source RC Raúl C. Director Sports Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Mal servicio " May 2, 2023 4.0 Dejó de funcionarme y tardaron 7 días en resolverme el problema. Solicité una factura con el nº de IVA y me han ignorado en tres ocasiones. Nada recomendable. Pros Citavi era antes un programa asequible y con buen servicio técnico. Cons Hace un años se incorporo al grupo Lumivero y su precio se duplicó y el servicio técnico se volvió extremadamente lento. Es un programa obsoleto Review Source GH Gedeon H. Student Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Tolle Möglichkeit Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zu erstellen" November 30, 2020 5.0 Pros Citavi ist für mich die beste Möglichkeit Literatur in wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten zu verwalten. Die vorgegeben Zitationsstile sind gut und lassen sich vor allem nach Belieben anpassen. Wenn man mal nicht weiter kommt hilft der Support umgehend (in meinem Fall innerhalb einer halben Stunde). Cons Am Anfang ist das anpassen eines zutationsstils nicht gerade intuitiv, aber sobald man in der Materie ist, kann man alles bearbeiten wie man will. Review Source Response from Lumivero December 3, 2020 Many thanks for leaving a review! We're very glad to hear that you like both Citavi and our support team so much. JL Julie L. Studentin Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Nervenauftreibend " August 20, 2021 3.0 Pros Die Ordnung von Dokumenten anhand der Gliederung Die automatische Erstellung des Literaturverzeichnisses Cons Es ist sehr nervenauftreibend. An manchen Tagen funktioniert es super, am nächsten Tag funktioniert es nicht und man verliert Nerven und Zeit, weil man eine Lösung sucht. Diese Zeit hat man aber nicht, wenn man eine Abschlussarbeit schreibt. Es hängt ständig und ständig gibt es irgendwelche Probleme. Ich bin froh, wenn ich das Programm wieder löschen kann. Review Source Response from Lumivero September 1, 2021 Sorry to hear you're experiencing some issues with Citavi. Feel free to reach out to our Support Team at support@citavi.com as they may be able to assist you further on this matter. VR Verified Reviewer CEO Fine Art Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Citavi 7 leider mit wirklich schlechter Kompatibilität zu Word" November 26, 2025 3.0 Insgesamt bietet Citavi alles, was ein Studentenherz von einem vernünftigen, inhaltlich verlässlichen Zitierprogramm wünscht - auch für eine enorm große Literaturverwaltung. Alle Versionen vor Citavi 7 hatten mich überzeugt - diese leider (noch) nicht. Pros Ich beurteile die Version 7.1.0.1 im Vergleich zur Version 6.20: Das neue Design ist anfänglich zwar gewöhnungsbedürftig, aber durch die recht intuitive Handhabung eine absolute Verbesserung. Cons Mit der Umstellung auf Version 7 wurde die Kompatibilität mit Windows (über 365) leider um ein Vielfaches schlechter! Trotz größerem Prozessor und deutlich mehr RAM als bei meinem vorherigen Rechner, stürzt Citavi immer wieder ab oder (schlimmer noch!) lässt Windows einfrieren. Erneutes Installieren oder auch "reparieren" führt zu keinen Verbesserungen, sodass sich die neue Version als echter Zeitfresser entpuppt. Dabei ist es völlig gleich, ob das Projekt in der Cloud oder auf dem Rechner gespeichert ist, das Resultat ist immer dasselbe. Derzeit bereue ich das Update vorgenommen zu haben und hoffe auf enorme Verbesserungen durch weitere Versionen. Review Source SR Sher R. Doktorand Higher Education Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Citavi Web: Absolut unzuverlässig und nervenaufreibend" May 10, 2025 1.0 Ich beziehe mich auf meine Erfahrungen mit Citavi Web: die Lizenz kostet sehr viel Geld und die Webseite sollte dementsprechend einwandfrei funktionieren. Mehr als die Hälfte der Nutzungszeit stehen aber wesentliche Funktionen nicht zur Verfügung und es gibt ständig irgendwelche Bugs. Es ist natürlich, dass bei derart komplexen Programm wie Citavi Web Fehler unvermeidbar sind. Was mich aber enorm stört und verärgert ist die Häufigkeit und die Dauer, in der diese Fehler und Bugs auftreten! Mehr als die Hälfte der Zeit sind irgendwelche Funktionen eingeschränkt oder nicht verfügbar. Ein anständiges, wissenschaftliches Arbeit ist so nicht möglich! Mal funktioniert die Suchfunktion nicht, mal verschwinden Dokumente (die man zuvor aufwendig und zeitintensiv bearbeitet, markiert und kategorisiert hat), mal können Dokumente für mehrere Tage einfach nicht geöffnet werden, mal können Texte nicht markiert werden. Von der Nutzung von Citavi Web kann ich nur abraten. Für Mac-Nutzer gibt es bessere Alternativen auf die ich nun auch zurückgreife. Pros Die Nutzeroberfläche ist ziemlich gut und die Auswahl an Möglichkeiten, seine Literatur zu organisieren, ist groß und gut durchdacht. Cons Die Webseite ist absolut unzuverlässig. Man schlägt sich die meiste Zeit mit Bugs und sonstigen Fehlern rum. Zum eigentlichen Arbeiten kommt man selten. Man verliert unglaublich viel Zeit damit, gewünschte Dokumente zu finden, zu öffnen und anständig zu bearbeiten/zu lesen. Review Source MY Mohammad Y. Softwaretester Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Allgemeine Erfahrung mit Citavi" October 26, 2021 3.0 Alles in einem ist Citavi ein gut geeignetes Toll, wenn man bereits einige Zeit auf dem Feld der wissenschaftlichen Forschung ist und kein Problem mit einem nicht intuitiv bedienbarem Softwareinterface hat. Besonders geeignet ist die Software für Personen, die Wert auf eine Literaturstrukturierung legen, Citavi wird in diesem Fall auf jeden Fall Abhilfe schaffen! Pros Der größte Vorteil von Citavi ist wahrscheinlich die Intention der Software, eine umfangreiche Literatur- und Wissensverwaltung zu ermöglichen, weshalb sie hauptsächlich von mir genutzt wird.  Konkret gesagt kann man mit ihr gut Ideen strukturieren und Texte analysieren und behält so einen Überblick beim Schreiben einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit. Lobenswert ist zudem das Recherchetool sowie der Internet - Picker, mit dem Informationen simpel inkludiert werden können. Ferner ist die Teamfunktion ziemlich praktisch, denn durch diese wird eine Zusammenarbeit an den Quellen bzw. der Literatur im Allgemeinen ermöglicht. Bücher können zudem per ISBN importiert werde, was ebenfalls ziemlich sinnvoll ist. Abschließend sind noch die einfache Integration in Microsoft Word sowie die Möglichkeit in der Cloud zu arbeiten positiv erwähnenswert.  Alles in einem kommt man auch mit der kostenfreien Variante weit! Cons Negativ anzumerken sind erfahrungsbasierte Verluste von Daten und das Softwareinterface. Letzteres ist nämlich meiner Meinung nach sehr unübersichtlich und nicht anfängerfreundlich gestaltet, an dieser Stelle ist die Beachtung der UX leider zu kurz gekommen. Review Source FM Frédéric M. Pharmacien MCU–PH Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Gestionnaire de connaissances" May 5, 2021 5.0 Pour moi le meilleur, grace à ce gestionnaire de connaissances. Il nécessite un temps d’adaptation pour être bien maîtrisé, mais s’utilise assez facilement si on reste sur les fonctions de base référencement, citation. Pros En plus de la gestion bibliographique citavi gère les connaissances, c.-à-d. toutes les notes, surlignages associés à un article qui peuvent être classées et cherchées. La citation dans Word se fait par recherche de la référence ou de la connaissance associée, plus besoin de se souvenir de la publi, juste de ce qu’il y a dedans. Plugin citation, plugin capture, travail collaboratif. Une version gratuite permet de gérer 100 citations par bibliothèque créées. Peu s’utiliser comme une GED pour les plus débrouillards Cons Assez pratique en mode une bibliothèque = 1 thèse / articles, un peu plus compliqué quand on cherche à n’avoir qu’une bibliothèque pour tout, cours, articles, pour tout organiser correctement (>700 réf). Les références doivent alors être gérées par catégorie plutôt qu’en « chapitre ». Le gestionnaire de connaissances nécessite un temps de prise en mains pour comprendre les différents types de référencement. Review Source Response from Lumivero June 14, 2021 Thanks so much for taking the time to write a review. We're very glad to hear that you find the knowledge management features useful! CN Ca N. wissensch. Mitarbeiterin Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Hilfreiches Instrument zur Literaturverwaltung für Forschung & Publikation - auch für Teams" May 3, 2021 5.0 sehr viele verschiedene Möglichkeiten zur Literaturverwaltung, hohe Anpassungsfähigkeit an individuelle Wünsche und Bedürfnisse; guter Support; Pros Die systematischen Literaturrecherchen können mit Citavi sehr gut organisiert, strukturiert und verwaltet werden. Ich benötige keine zusätzlichen Excel-Listen o.ä. Sehr hilfreich finde ich die verschiedenen Varianten zur Textannotierung und die unterschiedlichen Verknüpfungsmöglichkeiten mit meinen Texten. z.T. sind verlagsspezifische Zitierstile hinterlegt, das ist sehr komfortabel; Arbeiten im Team mit gemeinsamen Cloud-Projekten ist gut möglich. Cons Beim Umzug von Citavi 5 (lokales Projekt) auf Citavi 6 (Cloud-Projekt) gingen Anhänge, Verknüpfungen und vereinzelt Titel verloren. Damals umfasste das Projekt ca. 1500 Titel. Die Anleitungen im Handbuch dazu fand ich nicht ausreichend. Der Support war bemüht mir zu helfen, es konnte aber nicht das gesamte Projekt gerettet werden. Review Source Response from Lumivero June 14, 2021 Thanks for your review! I am sorry to hear about the issues you experienced when switching from Citavi 5 to Citavi 6 and that the problem couldn't be resolved. If you ever want us to take another look, please just contact our support team again! AG Anna G. Doktorand Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "DAS Tool zur Literaturverwaltung mit ausgezeichnetem Support" December 15, 2020 5.0 Eine sehr gute Software ohne Schnick-schnack, die sich ständig weiterentwickelt mit einem qualitativ sehr hochwertigen Support. Bei richtiger Verwendung spart die Software viel Zeit und Nerven Pros \- Zentrales Management der Metadaten an einer Stelle (Autorenname, Journal etc.) - Zitierstile jeglicher Journals (international) enthalten, immer aktuell und mit einem Klick umstellbar - Citavi-Picker, mit einem Klick Quellen importieren (spart sehr viel Zeit) - Sehr schneller und sehr guter Kundensupport, auch am Wochenende - Arbeit mit mehreren Autoren an einem Projekt möglich - Verschlagwortung der Artikel, Zitate etc. möglich - Export nach Excel, z.B. für Meta-Analysen der verwendeten Literatur Cons \- Je nach Version lädt Word das Citavi Add-in manchmal nicht, kann einfach behoben werden (Optionen - Add-ins) Review Source PR Peter R. Professor retired Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "It's perfect!" November 9, 2020 5.0 I am writing papers in social science/education. (you should give the item education without management to your 'industry drop down menu). It's so helpful in gathering sources quickly and not always re-search citations again. I would never miss it. Pros CITAVI is a SUPER stable, easy to use and useful program. Within years of working with it I collected 1635 sources, many with quotations and some with full text. The most extreme example for its value: I wanted to contribute to a scientific discussion in a journal where the deadline was already over. But since they were also interested in my statement, they gave me 5 days for the article. So I wrote a theoretical statement about sience in a certain context of 22 pages within only 5 days (working day and night ;-}} ). Without CITAVI I would have needed at least 14 days!!!! I really would never miss it! Cons I am sorry. I worked with Citavi for years (Vers. 2?) and never found a spare wish. Review Source TW Tim W. IT-Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Absolutely recommended for scientific work" July 14, 2021 5.0 I used Citavi mainly during my studies to write scientific papers. Pros The automatic creation of the literature list and the function to load bibliographic information based on the DOI have saved me days of error-prone work. The knowledge management functions are also good, even if I have not used them so intensively. Cons I often had problems with the Word plugin. In this case, Citavi sometimes crashed completely. There are workarounds for this on the internet, but it's still not ideal. Review Source Response from Lumivero September 1, 2021 Thanks for taking the time to write a review. Regarding the crash when using the Word add-in, feel free to reach out to our Support Team at support@citavi.com as they may be able to assist you further on this matter. GW Guido W. Lecturer Japanese Language Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Citavi makes you and helps you think!" December 18, 2020 5.0 (a) keep track of all the libraries I use (including my own) (b) keep track of my scientific projects. SIMPLE - EFFECTIVE - TECHNICALLY PERFECT. Pros Hard do choose only one of the many features I love in this software, but if I were forced to do so: (a) task management (b) data import (picker etc.) (c) export styles (d) structuring tools (grouping, categories etc.) Cons No serious missings, but as »nice to have«: (a) automatic mail alert for due dates (b) possibility to redesign the forms for data Review Source TH Thomas H. Senior Researcher Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Perfect Tool for literature administration" October 15, 2020 5.0 manage 1200 title with attachements in the cloud version. Write articles and books. Collaboration with changing teammembers. I had all the time only two contacts with the support necessary, who solved the problems quick. Pros Ease of use of the different features and diversity of possibilities. Interaction with word and other sources Cons To learn to use all given features takes some time. Review Source Response from Lumivero October 20, 2020 Thanks so much for taking the time to share your feedback! We're very glad to hear that you like Citavi so much and that you had a good experience with our Customer Support team. Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Content Collaboration](https://www.capterra.com/content-collaboration-software/)[Knowledge Management](https://www.capterra.com/knowledge-management-software/)[Content Management](https://www.capterra.com/content-management-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.