EPPI-Reviewer vs RevMan
EPPI-Reviewer
eppi.ioe.ac.ukRevMan
cochrane.orgSide by side
| Figure | EPPI-Reviewer | RevMan |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | £10/mo | £6.67/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 11 |
| Spec score · Literature Review Software | 7.9 (#10) | 8.7 (#3) |
| Spec score · Systematic Review Software | 7.9 (#14) | 8.7 (#3) |
| Headquarters | London, UK | London, United Kingdom |
| Maker | EPPI-Reviewer is developed and maintained by the EPPI Centre, which the maker describes as part of UCL’s Social Science Research Unit and UCL Social Research Institute. | 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 | EPPI-Reviewer is web-based software for managing and analysing literature-review data, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses. | RevMan is Cochrane’s software for producing transparent systematic reviews, guiding authors from structured data entry and analysis through result visualization. |
| Support | Email support is included, with a stated aim to respond within one working day; direct project-specific support and training are chargeable or arranged on request. | Cochrane directs users to its Support Team and provides how-to articles, screencasts and release notes. |
Plans
EPPI-Reviewer
- User fee£10 a month
- Shareable review fee£35 a month
- Direct support — hourly£80, paid once
- Direct support — full day£500, paid once
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
EPPI-Reviewer
EPPI-Reviewer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
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.