alternate storage?

grguthrie

Can Zotero use other storage than theirs?
For eample, Dropbox or OneDrive, GDrive?
And still sync from there?
That would make more than minimal usage free.

tim820

There is data syncing (metadata) and file syncing (eg PDFs). Zotero data syncing is free and unlimited. File syncing is free up to 300mb.

There are several alternative file syncing options, including linked files and WebDAV. But they have limitations.
https://www.zotero.org/support/sync#alternative_syncing_solutions
https://www.zotero.org/support/attaching_files#stored_files_and_linked_files
https://www.zotero.org/support/sync#webdav

You cannot store your Zotero data folder (where the sqlite database is) on a cloud service.
https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/data_directory_in_cloud_storage_folder

grguthrie

Thank you.
My main usage is for basically a bookmark reference manager - and as a start I added 172 references.
The usage shows that I used 25 MB, does that mean that I had actually used that much for actual item content, not just for the item references?
And I could then have unlimited references?

bwiernik

Item data is never limited. Only files, like PDFs, count against your storage quota. If you don’t want to sync attachments, you can disable file syncing from the Sync pane of Zotero preferences.

grguthrie

Thank you.
Got it.