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.
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Rayyan brings the main stages of a team evidence review into one workflow. It handles reference imports, deduplication, title and abstract screening, full-text screening, extraction, risk-of-bias assessment, and reporting. ResearchPilot can screen against your criteria, explain suggested decisions, and extract answers from PDFs and metadata for review. The API exposes reviews, references, decisions, and metadata, while mobile access supports work away from a desktop. Rayyan…
RobotReviewer automatically annotates clinical trial PDFs with PICO characteristics and likely bias assessments using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool.
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Scholarcy
Scholarcy turns research material into interactive summary flashcards that highlight key information and provide context.
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Sysrev
Sysrev is a data curation and systematic evidence review platform for researchers and collaborative teams.
Free planWebAPISelf-hosted7.5From $50 a month - 6
Universal SLR Assistant
Universal SLR Assistant supports systematic and scoping reviews with AI-assisted screening, extraction and reproducible outputs.
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Moara
Free planWebAPI7.3From $15 a month - 9

Elicit
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Free planWebAPI7.0From $11 a month - 10
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Systematicly
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Free planWeb6.8$19 one-time - 12

Mapped Research
Mapped Research is a web-based platform for organizing evidence synthesis, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses.
Free planWeb6.7$79 one-time - 13

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 - 14
EPPI-Reviewer
EPPI-Reviewer is web-based software for managing and analysing literature-review data, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
Web6.5 - 15
Nested Knowledge
Nested Knowledge is a web platform for systematic reviews and evidence synthesis.
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Covidence
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Abstrackr
Abstrackr is a free web-based tool for screening citations during systematic reviews.
Free planWeb6.2Free plan - 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
