Litstream
5.7#27 in systematic review softwareWeb
VisitLitstream vs RevMan
What both publish
| Fact | Litstream | RevMan |
|---|---|---|
| Collaboration | Litstream tracks documents through the review process, supports simultaneous team work, and provides staffing assignments and progress visuals. | Authors can edit different review fields concurrently and see which collaborators are currently working in a review. |
| Headquarters | ICF says it relocated its headquarters to Fairfax, Virginia, in 1987. | London, United Kingdom |
| Intended users | ICF says its literature review tools have been used by state and federal agencies, nonprofits, watchdogs, and private researchers. | RevMan supports diagnostic test accuracy, intervention, methodology, overview, prognosis, qualitative, and flexible review types. |
| Purpose | Litstream helps researchers collaborate on literature screening and data extraction while tracking review work across team members. | RevMan is Cochrane’s software for producing transparent systematic reviews, guiding authors from structured data entry and analysis through result visualization. |
Litstream plans
No prices published.
RevMan plans
- Practice reviewFree
- Cochrane author accessFree
- Individual student annual subscription£80 a year
- Student£80 a year
- Academic£100 a year
- Individual academic annual subscription£100 a year
Pick Litstream if…
It suits agencies, nonprofits, watchdogs, and private researchers managing collaborative systematic reviews. Teams needing configurable screening, extraction, prioritization, reporting, and documented processes may find its broad workflow relevant.
Pick RevMan if…
RevMan suits authors preparing systematic reviews across its listed review types, including people working collaboratively on analysis and writing. The free practice option may suit someone who can work within its deletion, export, and single-user limits.