CADIMA vs Elicit

CADIMA9.0Visit Elicit8.9Visit

Higher score CADIMA #4 in Literature Review Software 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 5 features Visit CADIMA

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Elicit #5 in Literature Review Software 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 5 features Visit Elicit

• CADIMA fits best

  Teams wanting a free structured review platform

• Elicit fits best

  Researchers combining discovery and review automation

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Side by side

Feature	CADIMA 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Elicit 8.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.9
Ranking	#4 in Literature Review Software	#5 in Literature Review Software
Best for	Teams wanting a free structured review platform	Researchers combining discovery and review automation
Pricing model	Free	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Free	$11/user/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Email, Docs
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features CADIMA 5/5 · Elicit 0/5
Screening workflow	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Full-text management	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Systematic review tools	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Collaboration	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Evidence mapping	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Discovery tools	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Citation import limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Free access to systematic reviews, maps and literature reviews Covers screening, appraisal, extraction and duplicate removal Supports team roles, permissions and conflict management	Combines semantic and keyword search across papers and clinical trials Supports systematic-review screening, extraction, and cited reports Offers exports, research alerts, Zotero import, and API access
Cons	Web-only access limits platform choice No paid tiers for expanded capabilities Published site version is dated April 2023	Advanced research workflows use plan-based limits API access starts with the Pro plan Listed integration support centers on Zotero
Our verdict	CADIMA is a free, hosted web application for conducting and documenting systematic reviews, systematic maps and other literature reviews. It is aimed at research teams that need a shared workflow for organizing references, screening… Read the review →	Elicit is a web-based AI research assistant for researchers, analysts, academics, and teams. It searches academic papers and clinical trials through semantic and keyword search, helps users organize sources, extracts information, supports… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• CADIMA — where it wins

  • Free access to systematic reviews, maps and literature reviews
  • Covers screening, appraisal, extraction and duplicate removal
  • Supports team roles, permissions and conflict management

  Where it doesn't

  • Web-only access limits platform choice
  • No paid tiers for expanded capabilities
  • Published site version is dated April 2023

• Elicit — where it wins

  • Combines semantic and keyword search across papers and clinical trials
  • Supports systematic-review screening, extraction, and cited reports
  • Offers exports, research alerts, Zotero import, and API access

  Where it doesn't

  • Advanced research workflows use plan-based limits
  • API access starts with the Pro plan
  • Listed integration support centers on Zotero

• CADIMA9.0/10 · Free plan

  A free, structured workspace for collaborative literature reviews.

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• Elicit8.9/10 · Free plan

  A research assistant that combines discovery, evidence gathering, and review automation.

  Visit ElicitFull verdict →