Buhos vs RevMan
Buhos
buhos.orgRevMan
cochrane.orgSide by side
| Figure | Buhos | RevMan |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | £6.67/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 11 |
| Spec score · Literature Review Software | 7.8 (#13) | 8.7 (#3) |
| Spec score · Systematic Review Software | 7.8 (#16) | 8.7 (#3) |
| API | The site links to API documentation at https://www.buhos.org/api. | Cochrane documents Review Document, ReviewDB and Group APIs, including a REST ReviewDB endpoint at api.cochrane.org. |
| Integrations | The project documentation says Scopus and PubMed can retrieve missing abstracts and metadata when API credentials are available. | RevMan can import study data and references from Covidence, and RIS reference imports can use data from Crossref, PubMed, or CRS. |
| Maker | The site credits Claudio Bustos Navarrete; the project documentation names Claudio Bustos as the main developer. | RevMan and Cochrane Interactive Learning are distributed and sold by The Cochrane Collaboration, a registered charity and company limited by guarantee in England and Wales. |
| Purpose | Buhos is web-based software for managing systematic literature reviews. | RevMan is Cochrane’s software for producing transparent systematic reviews, guiding authors from structured data entry and analysis through result visualization. |
Plans
RevMan
- Cochrane author accessFree
- Cochrane author accessFree
- Practice reviewFree
- Individual student annual subscription£80 a year
- Student£80 a year
- Academic£100 a year
- Individual academic annual subscription£100 a year
- Individual standard annual subscription£130 a year
- Standard rate£130 a year
- OrganizationPriced on request
In their own words
Buhos
Buhos is web-based software for conducting systematic literature reviews, with tools for reference screening, full-text management, collaboration, analysis and reporting. Reviews can be individual or group-based, with internal messaging for personal and review-related communication. The workflow has defined stages, but stages can be changed at any point. Buhos imports bibliographic records in formats including BibTeX, RIS, PubMed/NBIB, JSON and CSV, from sources such as WoS, Scopus, EBSCOhost, SciELO, PubMed, Lilacs and ProQuest. Crossref supports deduplication and reference information retrieval; Scopus and PubMed can supply missing abstracts and metadata when API credentials are available. A repository provides online viewing of PDF and ODF files. Other tools include customized forms, data analysis, reports and exports. English and Spanish are listed as available languages. Buhos runs on Linux, Windows and macOS; the project links to deployment guidance and API documentation. Its documentation says it fully supports the conducting phase of a review, partly supports report formatting, and omits some planning and reporting activities. Buhos is free.
RevMan
RevMan is Cochrane’s software for building systematic reviews, from structured data entry and analysis to presenting results. It supports diagnostic test accuracy, intervention, methodology, overview, prognosis, qualitative, and flexible review types. Authors can edit separate parts of a review at the same time and see who else is working on it. Analysis options include pairwise meta-analyses, sensitivity and subgroup analyses, and fixed-effects, random-effects, Mantel-Haenszel, and inverse-variance models. Built-in outputs include forest, SROC, and funnel plots, risk-of-bias assessments, and PRISMA flow diagrams. Authors can work from ready-made or custom templates and structured headings with Cochrane methodological guidance. RevMan imports study data and references from Covidence, and RIS reference imports can draw on Crossref, PubMed, or CRS. A free practice review is deleted after 30 days and permits one person, with no data export. Free access is also available to authors working on Cochrane Reviews. Individual annual plans are £80 a year for eligible students, £100 a year for eligible academics, and £130 a year for standard subscriptions; VAT applies in the EU and UK.