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Just curious, what is Zotero's business model (as open-source software for academicians)? It's most direct competition, Mendeley, has always been closed-source
by stared 7y ago
Just curious, what is Zotero's business model (as open-source software for academicians)?
It's most direct competition, Mendeley, has always been closed-source, and then got acquired by Elsevier.
To make it clear: I love that Zotero is open-source. And I am happy it is growing (I remember the early versions, well over a decade ago, when I was writing my Master's thesis). I am just curious if they are based mostly on the storage payments, grants, or voluntary work.
- montalbano 7y agoI pay them for cloud storage so that all my books + papers are backed up and synchronised between my computers. The free storage is pretty generous but I exceeded it after about 6 months of use.
- dstillman 7y agoEarly versions were grant funded, but the project has been fully supported by storage subscriptions — including institutional subscriptions — for years. (Lots of invaluable volunteer work as well, but there's a paid dev team.)
- forgotMyAccName 7y agoI'd be interested to learn more about Zotero's history and whole space. Do you mind if I reach out to you with more questions? Email's on my profile :)