# Are you comparing Zotero to other reference managers?

Choosing the right reference manager for your scholarly documents is very important. Zotero is a modern reference and PDF management system. Authorea is a word processor with an integrated reference management system. Authorea's reference management system is seamlessly integrated inside the word processor so that you don't have to worry about managing references anymore. In this article, we list a few key comparison points that show how Zotero and Authorea are different.