CADIMA vs INRA

CADIMA9.0Visit INRA8.7Visit

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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INRA #7 in Literature Review Software 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 5 features Visit INRA

• CADIMA fits best

  Teams wanting a free structured review platform

• INRA fits best

  AI-assisted reviews with source verification

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Side by side

Feature	CADIMA 9.0/10 Visit ↗	INRA 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.7
Ranking	#4 in Literature Review Software	#7 in Literature Review Software
Best for	Teams wanting a free structured review platform	AI-assisted reviews with source verification
Pricing model	Free	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Free	$7.50/seat/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Community, Docs	Email
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Enterprise
Features CADIMA 5/5 · INRA 1/5
Screening workflow	✓	✓
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	Citation-backed reviews with inline source inspection Full systematic review workflow, including screening and extraction Zotero, Mendeley, PubMed, OpenAlex, and other source integrations
Cons	Web-only access limits platform choice No paid tiers for expanded capabilities Published site version is dated April 2023	Web-only access Teams & Institutions requires at least three seats AI assistance does not replace reviewer inclusion and judgment decisions
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 →	INRA is a web-based AI-assisted research platform for researchers, graduate students, clinical teams, policy groups, and R&D teams. It supports academic search, source retrieval, uploaded PDFs, reference-manager sources, evidence… 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

• INRA — where it wins

  • Citation-backed reviews with inline source inspection
  • Full systematic review workflow, including screening and extraction
  • Zotero, Mendeley, PubMed, OpenAlex, and other source integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Web-only access
  • Teams & Institutions requires at least three seats
  • AI assistance does not replace reviewer inclusion and judgment decisions

• CADIMA9.0/10 · Free plan

  A free, structured workspace for collaborative literature reviews.

  Visit CADIMAFull verdict →
• INRA8.7/10 · Free plan

  A broad review workflow with citation inspection, screening, extraction, and PRISMA outputs.

  Visit INRAFull verdict →