Systematic Review Software
Alternatives to RevMan
RevMan gives systematic-review authors a structured path from data entry and analysis to publication-ready presentation. It supports diagnostic, intervention, methodology, overview, prognosis, qualitative, and flexible reviews, with pairwise meta-analysis, sensitivity and subgroup analyses, and several statistical models. Reviewers can edit different sections concurrently, apply templates and Cochrane methodological guidance, and create forest, SROC, funnel, risk-of-bias, and PRISMA visuals. RevMan runs on Linux, macOS, Windows, and the web. A free plan is available; individual subscriptions start at £80/user/yr, with a 30-day trial.
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ASReview ASReview suits screeners, information specialists, students, and research teams handling systematic reviews.
Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux9.1 Visit Specs - 02 LASER AI From $250/mo Free trial Web · iOS · Android8.7 Visit Specs
- 03 Sysrev From $50/mo Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted8.4 Visit Specs
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ReviewAid is for researchers, particularly those working on evidence synthesis and systematic reviews.
Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.3 Visit Specs - 05 Universal SLR Assistant
It is intended for PhD students, researchers, professors, evidence synthesis teams, and authors of systematic or scoping reviews.
Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux8.2 Visit Specs - 06
Covexe Covexe is aimed at evidence-synthesis researchers and organizations such as universities, hospitals, and public health institutes.
From $8.25/mo Free plan Web8.1 Visit Specs - 07
Rayyan Rayyan suits research teams that need a structured review process covering screening through reporting.
From $4.99/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API8.1 Visit Specs - 08
Abstrackr It suits researchers, librarians, and review teams conducting systematic reviews.
Free plan Web8.0 Visit Specs - 09
Bango It suits researchers, academics, PhD students, and professional analysts conducting systematic literature reviews.
Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux8.0 Visit Specs - 10 HAWC
HAWC is intended for human health and environmental risk assessors working in assessment teams.
Free plan Web8.0 Visit Specs - 11 JBI SUMARI From $10.83/mo Free trial Web8.0 Visit Specs
- 12 Covidence From $28.25/mo Free trial Web7.9 Visit Specs
- 13 EPPI-Reviewer From £10/mo Free trial Web7.9 Visit Specs
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Parsifal Parsifal is for researchers conducting systematic literature reviews, including teams that want to collaborate on protocols and screening.
Free plan Web7.9 Visit Specs - 15 Buhos
Buhos suits individuals or teams conducting systematic literature reviews who need reference screening, document handling and analysis in one workflow.
Web · Windows · macOS · Linux7.8 Visit Specs - 16 CADIMA
CADIMA suits researchers and review teams in any discipline who need web-based systematic-review, mapping, screening, and evidence-documentation tools.
Free plan Web7.8 Visit Specs - 17
Catchii It suits teams conducting systematic reviews who need importing, deduplication, collaborative screening and final data extraction.
Free plan Web7.8 Visit Specs - 18
Colandr It suits review teams conducting evidence, systematic, or other document syntheses who want machine-assisted screening with human decisions.
Free plan Web7.8 Visit Specs - 19
DistillerSR From $7.83/mo Web · API7.8 Visit Specs - 20 LitFlow
LitFlow suits academic researchers conducting systematic reviews in medicine, software engineering, social sciences, and related fields.
Free plan Web · Self-hosted7.8 Visit Specs - 21 Nested Knowledge From $19.95/mo Free trial Web7.7 Visit Specs
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Silvi Silvi suits researchers and teams building structured evidence libraries or conducting systematic reviews, meta-analyses or network meta-analyses.
From €19/mo Free plan Web7.7 Visit Specs - 23
Systematicly Systematicly may suit graduate students, independent researchers, research groups and institutions working on reviews or proposals.
Free plan Web7.5 Visit Specs - 24 SWIFT-Review
It suits researchers who need to prioritize large citation collections for systematic review screening.
Free plan Windows · macOS7.4 Visit Specs - 25 SyRF
SyRF is intended for researchers performing systematic reviews and meta-analyses of preclinical research.
Free plan Web7.1 Visit Specs - 26 Litstream Web6.8 Visit Specs
- 27 ReviQ Web · Self-hosted6.7 Visit Specs
- 28 SWIFT-Active Screener Web6.7 Visit Specs
- 29 PICO Portal Web6.0 Visit Specs
Choosing instead of RevMan
Alternatives become relevant when your workflow starts before analysis. RevMan has no screening workflow, does not support evidence mapping, and mobile or touchscreen use is unsupported. GRADEpro integration is unavailable for non-Cochrane reviews, and Cochrane Library data cannot be downloaded for reuse. Subscription access to reviews and history lasts 60 days after ending. When switching, weigh screening, extraction, AI assistance, local or self-hosted operation, collaboration, exports, platform coverage, and price against RevMan’s review-writing, analysis, visualization, and guidance features.