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This looks really nice. Zotero has never stuck with me for some reason but I last used it a few years ago. I'll try again. One problem with this type of servic

This looks really nice. Zotero has never stuck with me for some reason but I last used it a few years ago. I'll try again. One problem with this type of service is that there's usually a huge jump from unpaid to paid, but the jump to the lowest paid tier of Zotero lets you pay $20/year for 2 GB of storage. I can handle that. I have more difficulty with the $15/month and $90/year and such paid tiers. Even at $20/year, that comes to $100 after five years for what is largely a donation to support development.

folli 5y ago
>...comes to $100 ... for what is largely a donation to support development. That's not that bad for a useful product, is it?
- bachmeier 5y ago
  No, but I'm saying it's enough. The $90/year service comes to $450 over five years, and that's definitely too much.
ska 5y ago
One probably non-obvious thing is that the $100/yr ish unlimited storage tier includes everything you do as a user including shared libraries. So if you have a group of people working together in a group library, one shared library subscription covers all of them. It doesn't take many people to make this worthwhile. And as you say, it's a good way to support a great project. I do it even when I'm not really using the software.
- bachmeier 5y ago
  > I do it even when I'm not really using the software. I'll drop a one-time donation of $10 or $18 or something largely independent of my use - or even if I don't use it at all. I don't treat it as a purchase, though I can understand that others do.
greenicon 5y ago
You can use just the metadata sync by them and sync the actual files with e.g. webdav or syncthing or whatever. That way it's free.
- bachmeier 5y ago
  If I use it, I'll pay them. I can use the savings from all the VC-subsidized software I don't have to pay for.
peterkelly 5y ago
According to https://www.zotero.org/storage https://www.zotero.org/storage their current pricing is: 300 MB Free 2 GB $20/year (equal to $1.67 per month) 6 GB $60/year (equal to $5 per month) Unlimited $120/year (equal to $10 per month)

folli 5y ago

>...comes to $100 ... for what is largely a donation to support development. That's not that bad for a useful product, is it?

bachmeier 5y ago
No, but I'm saying it's enough. The $90/year service comes to $450 over five years, and that's definitely too much.

ska 5y ago

One probably non-obvious thing is that the $100/yr ish unlimited storage tier includes everything you do as a user including shared libraries. So if you have a group of people working together in a group library, one shared library subscription covers all of them. It doesn't take many people to make this worthwhile. And as you say, it's a good way to support a great project. I do it even when I'm not really using the software.

bachmeier 5y ago
> I do it even when I'm not really using the software. I'll drop a one-time donation of $10 or $18 or something largely independent of my use - or even if I don't use it at all. I don't treat it as a purchase, though I can understand that others do.

greenicon 5y ago

You can use just the metadata sync by them and sync the actual files with e.g. webdav or syncthing or whatever. That way it's free.

bachmeier 5y ago
If I use it, I'll pay them. I can use the savings from all the VC-subsidized software I don't have to pay for.

peterkelly 5y ago

According to https://www.zotero.org/storage https://www.zotero.org/storage their current pricing is: 300 MB Free 2 GB $20/year (equal to $1.67 per month) 6 GB $60/year (equal to $5 per month) Unlimited $120/year (equal to $10 per month)