LASER AI vs RevMan
LASER AI
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| Figure | LASER AI | RevMan |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $250/mo | £6.67/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 11 |
| Spec score · Systematic Review Software | 8.7 (#2) | 8.7 (#3) |
| Spec score · Literature Review Software | 8.7 (#2) | 8.7 (#3) |
| Documentation | The official knowledge base covers project setup, screening, extraction, reference management, reusable resources, permissions, AI functions and exports. | The Knowledge Base covers data workflow, analyses, text editing, exporting, validation, version comparison, publishing, portfolio and administration. |
| Integrations | GetApp lists third-party integrations as a supported feature and rates that feature 5.0 from one review. | RevMan can import study data and references from Covidence, and RIS reference imports can use data from Crossref, PubMed, or CRS. |
| Intended users | The maker presents plans for research teams, clinical research organizations, and companies. | RevMan supports diagnostic test accuracy, intervention, methodology, overview, prognosis, qualitative, and flexible review types. |
| Purpose | LASER AI is an AI-supported platform for accelerating literature reviews and evidence synthesis. | RevMan is Cochrane’s software for producing transparent systematic reviews, guiding authors from structured data entry and analysis through result visualization. |
| Security | The maker says LASER AI has FedRAMP LI-SaaS, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 certifications. | Cochrane states that RevMan Web is GDPR compliant, hosted on AWS with SOC 2 Type 2 controls, uses 256-bit SSL, encryption at rest, OIDC single sign-on, permission separation, monitoring and daily backups. |
| Support | GetApp lists email/help desk, phone support, knowledge base and FAQ/forum support, plus live online, webinar, documentation and video training. | Cochrane directs users to its Support Team and provides how-to articles, screencasts and release notes. |
| What it does | LASER AI is an AI-supported platform for systematic literature reviews and evidence synthesis. | RevMan is Cochrane software for planning, writing, analyzing and reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses. |
Plans
LASER AI
- Per project$3,000, paid once
- Per user$3,000 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
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
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.