ASReview is a free, open-source tool that uses AI-aided active learning to prioritize records for systematic review screening while leaving decisions to a human screener.
Alternatives to Abstrackr
Rayyan is a systematic review platform for teams conducting evidence reviews with transparent, auditable, and reproducible workflows.
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RobotReviewer
RobotReviewer automatically annotates clinical trial PDFs with PICO characteristics and likely bias assessments using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxmacOS7.5Free plan - 5
Scholarcy
Scholarcy turns research material into interactive summary flashcards that highlight key information and provide context.
Free planWebAPIExtension7.5From $90 a year - 6
Sysrev
Sysrev is a data curation and systematic evidence review platform for researchers and collaborative teams.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted7.5From $50 a month - 7
Universal SLR Assistant
Universal SLR Assistant supports systematic and scoping reviews with AI-assisted screening, extraction and reproducible outputs.
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxmacOS7.5Free plan - 87.3From $9 a month
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Moara
Free planWebAPI7.3From $15 a month - 10

Elicit
Elicit is an AI research assistant designed to help researchers work more evidence-first.
Free planWebAPI7.0From $11 a month - 11
6.8From €59 a month - 12

Systematicly
Systematicly is a web-based research platform for systematic reviews, primary research, ethics applications, and research proposals.
Free planWeb6.8$19 one-time - 13

Mapped Research
Mapped Research is a web-based platform for organizing evidence synthesis, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.
Free planWeb6.7$79 one-time - 14

Axelium
Axelium is an AI-assisted platform for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, covering evidence search through reporting and living reviews.
Free planWebExtension6.6From $29 a month - 15
EPPI-Reviewer
EPPI-Reviewer is web-based software for managing and analysing literature-review data, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Web6.5 - 16
Nested Knowledge
Nested Knowledge is a web platform for systematic reviews and evidence synthesis.
Web6.5From $19.95 a month - 17
Covidence
Web6.4From $339 a year - 18

Catchii
Catchii is a web-based systematic review screening tool for working with large scientific literature datasets.
Free planWeb6.2Free plan - 19

Colandr
Colandr is a free, web-based platform for evidence reviews and other document reviews and syntheses.
Free planWeb6.2Free plan - 20
LitFlow
LitFlow is an AI-augmented workspace for systematic literature reviews, covering search, screening, extraction, synthesis, and reporting.
Free planWebSelf-hosted6.2Free plan - 216.2From $8,000 a year
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SWIFT-Review
SWIFT-Review is a free desktop workbench for shaping systematic review questions and prioritizing literature for manual screening.
Free planmacOSWindows6.2Free plan - 23

DistillerSR
DistillerSR is a paid web and API platform for automating literature-based evidence synthesis and management in research and surveillance.
WebAPI6.1 - 24
EasySLR
Web6.1From $250 a month - 25

Iris.ai
WebAPISelf-hosted6.1 - 26

Evidentum
Free planWeb6.0Free plan - 27
Litreviews
Litreviews is a web-based literature review tool with full-text analysis and multiple export choices.
Free planWeb6.0From 49 QAR a month - 28

EvidenceGrid AI
EvidenceGrid AI is a web platform for research teams carrying out systematic literature reviews.
Free planWeb5.9Free plan - 29

INRA
INRA is a web-based tool for AI-assisted narrative literature reviews and systematic review workflows.
Web5.9From $90 a year - 305.8A$150 one-time

