EPPI-Reviewer vs Iris.ai

EPPI-Reviewer9.2Visit Iris.ai8.0Visit

Higher score EPPI-Reviewer #1 in AI Literature Review Software 9.2/10 Paid ✓ 3 of 4 features Visit EPPI-Reviewer

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Iris.ai #8 in AI Literature Review Software 8.0/10 Free plan · 10-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Iris.ai

• EPPI-Reviewer fits best

  Flexible academic evidence synthesis

• Iris.ai fits best

  Organizations analyzing document collections

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Side by side

Feature	EPPI-Reviewer 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Iris.ai 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.0
Ranking	#1 in AI Literature Review Software	#8 in AI Literature Review Software
Best for	Flexible academic evidence synthesis	Organizations analyzing document collections
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	Free plan · 10-day trial
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	10 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Docs	Email, Docs
Integrations	2 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features EPPI-Reviewer 3/4 · Iris.ai 0/4
Screening workflow	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
AI paper summaries	—	Not checked yet
Full-text analysis	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Systematic review support	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Collaboration seats	1	Not checked yet
Export formats	RIS, Harvard, Chicago, Excel, HTML, JSON	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Combines screening, coding, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis and meta-analysis Supports deduplication, clustering, priority screening and study-type classification Offers Zotero integration, OpenAlex discovery and browser-based access	Explore literature from text, URLs, or DOI links Chat answers are grounded in dataset documents and linked sources Extract structured data from PDFs, spreadsheets, images, graphs, and tables
Cons	Collaboration adds a £35-per-review monthly fee LLM-assisted features require separately purchased credit LLM-assisted work is described as evaluation-only	Not centered on a dedicated systematic-review screening workflow The 10-day free trial requires a payment card Self-hosted deployment may not suit teams seeking a web-only service
Our verdict	EPPI-Reviewer is web-based software for managing and analysing literature reviews, including systematic reviews, meta-analyses, framework synthesis and thematic synthesis. It is designed for individual researchers and collaborative review… Read the review →	For research-intensive organizations and regulated enterprises, Iris.ai combines a research workspace with tools for analyzing organizational document collections. Its RSpace workspace supports literature exploration from text, URLs, or… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• EPPI-Reviewer — where it wins

  • Combines screening, coding, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis and meta-analysis
  • Supports deduplication, clustering, priority screening and study-type classification
  • Offers Zotero integration, OpenAlex discovery and browser-based access

  Where it doesn't

  • Collaboration adds a £35-per-review monthly fee
  • LLM-assisted features require separately purchased credit
  • LLM-assisted work is described as evaluation-only

• Iris.ai — where it wins

  • Explore literature from text, URLs, or DOI links
  • Chat answers are grounded in dataset documents and linked sources
  • Extract structured data from PDFs, spreadsheets, images, graphs, and tables

  Where it doesn't

  • Not centered on a dedicated systematic-review screening workflow
  • The 10-day free trial requires a payment card
  • Self-hosted deployment may not suit teams seeking a web-only service

• EPPI-Reviewer9.2/10 · Paid

  A broad evidence-synthesis workspace with strong analysis tools and paid collaboration costs.

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• Iris.ai8.0/10 · Free plan · 10-day trial

  Explore research collections, ask source-grounded questions, and extract structured information.

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