Parsifal
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VisitParsifal vs RevMan
What both publish
| Fact | Parsifal | RevMan |
|---|---|---|
| Collaboration | Review owners can add co-authors who can edit the protocol, screen articles, and generate content, and can create a public read-only link. | Authors can edit different review fields concurrently and see which collaborators are currently working in a review. |
| Integrations | The site lists ASReview, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Unpaywall, and OA Button among its integrations or connected services. | RevMan can import study data and references from Covidence, and RIS reference imports can use data from Crossref, PubMed, or CRS. |
| Intended users | Parsifal is aimed at postgraduate researchers, professors, and research teams, with use cases including software engineering, health, and education. | RevMan supports diagnostic test accuracy, intervention, methodology, overview, prognosis, qualitative, and flexible review types. |
| Purpose | Parsifal helps researchers plan, conduct, and report systematic literature reviews. | RevMan is Cochrane’s software for producing transparent systematic reviews, guiding authors from structured data entry and analysis through result visualization. |
Parsifal plans
- ParsifalFree
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 Parsifal if…
Parsifal is intended for researchers conducting systematic literature reviews. It may suit co-author teams that need shared protocol editing, screening, and report exports.
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.