LitFlow vs Moara

LitFlow is an AI-augmented workspace for systematic literature reviews, covering search, screening, extraction, synthesis, and reporting. Search includes database queries, snowballing, and AI-generated synonyms. For each record, AI proposes per-criterion verdicts with confidence scores, explanations, and links to source passages, while researchers make the decisions. Custom extraction schemas can receive LLM pre-fill with source links, and a qualitative coding board supports thematic structure. Reports include PRISMA information, Cohen’s κ, and an audit trail in a publication-ready methods report. AI suggestions and human decisions are logged with timestamps, actors, and rationales. Users can bring keys for Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, or Mistral, or use open-source models hosted by the University of Münster. The closed alpha runs on University of Münster infrastructure in the EU under GDPR, with pseudonymised personal data in research outputs. Operated by the university’s LitFlow research project in Münster, it is free for academic use, requires maintainer approval, and has no commercial tier listed.

Moara is a web-based AI research platform for literature reviews, supporting work from discovery through evidence synthesis. Researchers can search, organize, screen, and extract evidence in one workspace, then use its Agent to summarize papers, identify themes and gaps, compare findings, and answer research requests. It supports narrative and systematic reviews, including workflows aligned with PRISMA and Cochrane guidelines. Moara says its database contains more than 200 million scholarly papers across disciplines. Users can import PDFs, RIS, NBIB, TXT, or ZIP files and connect Zotero and LibKey. Teams can assign papers, share annotations, and follow review progress in real time. The Free plan allows up to 50 papers per review library. Core is $15/mo billed annually; Pro is $40/mo billed annually. Moara states that stored data is encrypted with AES-256 and data in transit with TLS 1.2 or higher, with internal access controls and role-based permissions. It says it does not sell personal data or use personal information for advertising.