EndNote Desktop and Web are designed to be used together. However, you may choose to use one version as your primary citation manager. If you choose to use EndNote Web as your primary citation manager, you should sync your library to the desktop software at least once, which will activate subscription features.

A table comparing features of the two versions is shown below.

	EndNote	EndNote Web
Strengths	Flexible organization tools; sharing capabilities	Intuitive web interface; can be used on any computer
Cost	Free for Texas State University students, staff, faculty	Free for Texas State University students, staff, faculty
Formats/Access Points	desktop (synced to online account), mobile EndNote Desktop can only be installed on Windows or Mac computers.	web, mobile
Mobile	iOS app	iOS app
MS Word Integration	Yes	Yes
PDF Annotation	Yes	No
Full Text PDF search	Yes	No
Bookmarklets/Importing from Databases	Yes	Yes
Tagging	No	No
Social Networking	No	No
Groups & Collaboration	EndNote Desktop users can share Groups and Libraries with others	EndNote Web users can share Groups with others
Store PDFs in Personal “Library”	Yes	Yes
Storage	Unlimited	Unlimited (when synced with EndNote Desktop)
RSS Feeds	No	No
Open source or Proprietary?	Proprietary; Clarivate	Proprietary; Clarivate