Moara vs Systematicly

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.

Systematicly is a web-based research platform for systematic reviews, primary research, ethics applications and research proposals. It can analyze a topic using PICO, PECO or SPIDER frameworks and produce Boolean searches for databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ERIC and PsycINFO. Reviewers can screen titles and abstracts and upload PDFs for structured field extraction. Analysis options include 1,033 statistical functions, plain-English analysis, meta-analysis, plots, sensitivity analysis and GRADE assessment. The platform lists eight review types, plus publishing tools such as AI-assisted manuscripts and proposals, PRISMA diagrams, journal recommendations and reviewer response letters. It retrieves PDFs automatically from PMC, Unpaywall and EuropePMC, and supports ClinicalTrials.gov imports and several reference formats. The free Explorer plan is limited to three active personal drafts, one lifetime feasibility preview and three lifetime Evidence Answers. Paid one-time options include a single Evidence Answer for $19, paid once and literature review packages from $149, paid once. The security page says user data is not used to train AI models; Anthropic’s commercial API may retain inputs and outputs for up to 30 days for trust and safety monitoring.