Evidentum

Spec sheet

Purpose

Evidentum is an AI-powered systematic literature review workbench for searching, screening, and appraising research.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

Privacy

The app says it has no Evidentum server and stores projects, screening decisions, notes, and API keys in the local browser.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

AI providers

AI appraisal supports API keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and xAI Grok, and usage is billed to the user's key.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

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.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

Backup

Users can export and restore project and screening data; API keys are excluded from backups by default.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

Data sharing

When users initiate AI appraisal, the paper title, abstract, fetched full text, and prompt are sent to the AI provider they selected.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

Database search

The workbench searches PubMed, Europe PMC, Cochrane, Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Scopus, and ClinicalTrials.gov, and deduplicates results.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

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.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

Institutional access

LibKey settings provide one-click full-text access through a user's institution.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

Makers

The software citation on the site names Angus McNally and Andrew Duckworth as authors.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

Notable limit

Scopus requires an Elsevier API key, and off-campus use also requires an InstToken.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

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.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

PDF scanner

The standalone PDF Scanner reads uploaded papers locally in the browser and runs selected quality and risk-of-bias checklists.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

Search strategy

Its PICO assistant drafts editable concept blocks and search terms, and reports live result counts from PubMed.Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• AI Literature Review Software#21 of 387.7