Citavi for DBServer

Citavi for DBServer is primarily meant for larger organizations with special technical and organizational needs.

Central Location for Projects

When you use Citavi for DBServer, your Citavi projects are saved on an SQL server. The Citavi projects are created by the database owner. The database owner can also grant this permission to another user.

The files linked to the project (PDF files, cover images, etc.) are saved in a folder on a network drive. All Citavi users need to have access to this folder.

This image provides an overview of the connection between a local Citavi installation and the Citavi projects that are saved on the database server.

Users with a license for Citavi for DBServer can also create and edit local projects and cloud projects.

Easy License Management

Citavi for DBServer makes it possible to work with concurrent licenses. This means that you no longer have to worry about which team member is using which license or have to transfer licenses if a Citavi user leaves the organization.

Different Permissions for Each User

The database owner selects the Citavi users for each database. The database owner or project leader can assign roles to each user so that he or she either can edit projects or has read-only access.

Differences between Citavi for Windows and Citavi for DBServer

	Citavi for Windows	Citavi for DBServer
Client	Citavi (Windows Desktop Client)	Citavi (Windows Destop Client) locally or via virtualization (application server)
Project Data	Citavi Cloud or local project file	Microsoft SQL Server, optionally local project file. Citavi Cloud requires a "Citavi for Windows" license and access to the Citavi Account.
Attachments	Citavi Cloud, local hard drive or network share or sync service (Dropbox etc.) or WebDAV server	Shared network drive. Local hard disk for local projects. Sync services or WebDAV server (environment variables may need to be used here).
Team Size	Citavi Cloud: no restrictions. Local projects: recommended for single use only.	DBServer: no restrictions.
Licensing	Via the MyLumivero portal or the Citavi Account.	On-premises via SQL Server (per-seat and/or concurrent).
Full-text search in attached and indexed files	Citavi Cloud: yes Local projects: no	DBServer projects: yes Local projects: no
Permissions	Citavi Cloud: project leader, author, reader Local projects: all users have the same permissions	DBServer projects: three roles with different permissions: project leader, author, reader Local projects: all users have the same permissions