# Mendeley pricing (2026): plans, cost, and compliance

**Entry price:** $0 (free)/mo (Free). Among the 7 citation manager we track it is the cheapest; median entry $0/mo.
**Domain:** mendeley.com
**Free tier:** Yes
**Compliance:** HIPAA Not published · SOC 2 Not published · GDPR Not published
**Integrations:** Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, Chrome Web Importer, iOS, Android
**Best for:** students; individual researchers; life sciences; Elsevier ecosystem users
**Price tracked since:** June 2026

## Plans

| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | — | flat | Forever free. 2GB cloud storage, 5 Reading Assistant questions/month, PDF management, web importer, Word plugin, library sync. Confirmed on official page 2026-06-18. | mendeley.com |
| Plus | $4.99 | −8% | flat | $4.99/month or $55/year (one month free). 5GB storage, unlimited Reading Assistant. Confirmed on official page 2026-06-18. | mendeley.com |
| Pro | $9.99 | −8% | flat | $9.99/month or $110/year (one month free). 10GB storage, unlimited Reading Assistant, Compare Experiments, Ask My Library. Confirmed on official page 2026-06-18. | mendeley.com |
| Max | $14.99 | −8% | flat | $14.99/month or $165/year (one month free). Unlimited storage, unlimited Reading Assistant, Compare Experiments, Ask My Library. Confirmed on official page 2026-06-18. | mendeley.com |

**Key features:** Free tier with 2GB storage and Word/LibreOffice plugins; AI Reading Assistant (PDF chat); Elsevier ScienceDirect integration for content recommendations; Owned by Elsevier — deep publisher integration.

**Plan limits:** Free plan limited to 2GB storage and 5 AI Reading Assistant questions/month; Google Docs not natively supported (third-party add-on only); Newer Mendeley Cite differs from legacy Desktop in plugin support.

Sources: 1 · Last verified 2026-06-18
Provenance: Pricing re-fetched from mendeley.com/pricing on 2026-06-18 — Free + paid Plus/Pro/Max tiers VERIFIED live and corroborated by TrustRadius, Capterra, GetApp. GDPR not explicitly stated on a Mendeley-owned page — compliance.gdpr set to null. No HIPAA or SOC2 stated.
Canonical: https://frontdeskreview.com/software/citation-manager/mendeley/
Cite: Per The Front Desk Review, Mendeley's entry plan was $0 (free)/mo as of 2026-06-18 — https://frontdeskreview.com/software/citation-manager/mendeley/
License: CC BY 4.0. Price history: https://frontdeskreview.com/data/price-history.jsonl