Evidentum
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Evidentum, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Evidentum's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free, non-commercial research tool | Free | Non-commercial research tool · AI appraisal requires your own provider API key |
The facts
Each one read from Evidentum's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI providers
- AI appraisal supports API keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and xAI Grok, and usage is billed to the user's key.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Backup
- Users can export and restore project and screening data; API keys are excluded from backups by default.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Database search
- The workbench searches PubMed, Europe PMC, Cochrane, Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Scopus, and ClinicalTrials.gov, and deduplicates results.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data sharing
- When users initiate AI appraisal, the paper title, abstract, fetched full text, and prompt are sent to the AI provider they selected.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Human review
- Evidentum describes AI output as an advisory draft that a human reviewer must verify, not as a final eligibility or risk-of-bias judgement.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Institutional access
- LibKey settings provide one-click full-text access through a user's institution.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- Scopus requires an Elsevier API key, and off-campus use also requires an InstToken.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Other databases
- Evidentum can generate strategies for Ovid Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Web of Science, but users must run those searches themselves and import the records.checked 8 Oct 2026
- PDF scanner
- The standalone PDF Scanner reads uploaded papers locally in the browser and runs selected quality and risk-of-bias checklists.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The app says it has no Evidentum server and stores projects, screening decisions, notes, and API keys in the local browser.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Evidentum is an AI-powered systematic literature review workbench for searching, screening, and appraising research.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Search strategy
- Its PICO assistant drafts editable concept blocks and search terms, and reports live result counts from PubMed.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Appraisal tools
- The app offers reporting checklists including CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE, CARE, and AGREE II, along with risk-of-bias tools including RoB 2 and ROBINS-I V2.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Makers
- The software citation on the site names Angus McNally and Andrew Duckworth as authors.checked 8 Oct 2026
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