EPPI-Reviewer vs Rayyan

EPPI-Reviewer9.2Visit Rayyan8.8Visit

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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Rayyan #2 in AI Literature Review Software 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 4 features Visit Rayyan

• EPPI-Reviewer fits best

  Flexible academic evidence synthesis

• Rayyan fits best

  Mobile collaborative screening

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Side by side

Feature	EPPI-Reviewer 9.2/10 Visit ↗	Rayyan 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.2	8.8
Ranking	#1 in AI Literature Review Software	#2 in AI Literature Review Software
Best for	Flexible academic evidence synthesis	Mobile collaborative screening
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	$8.33/seat/mo
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Mobile
Platforms	Web	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Email, Docs	Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs, Live chat
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features EPPI-Reviewer 3/4 · Rayyan 3/4
Screening workflow	✓	✓
AI paper summaries	—	Not checked yet
Full-text analysis	✓	✓
Systematic review support	✓	✓
Specs
Collaboration seats	1	1
Export formats	RIS, Harvard, Chicago, Excel, HTML, JSON	RIS, BibTeX, EndNote, CSV
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	Imports references from RIS, BibTeX, EndNote, CSV, NBIB, XML, CIW, and PDF Combines blinded collaboration, conflict resolution, deduplication, and AI ranking Supports mobile and offline screening on iOS and Android
Cons	Collaboration adds a £35-per-review monthly fee LLM-assisted features require separately purchased credit LLM-assisted work is described as evaluation-only	Individual plan prices are displayed monthly but billed quarterly Business / Academic pricing starts at five licenses ResearchPilot features beyond Help Center mode are limited to institutional plans
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 →	Rayyan is a web-based research collaboration platform for researchers, students, librarians, and review teams. It covers the main stages of a systematic review, including reference importing, duplicate detection, title and abstract… 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

• Rayyan — where it wins

  • Imports references from RIS, BibTeX, EndNote, CSV, NBIB, XML, CIW, and PDF
  • Combines blinded collaboration, conflict resolution, deduplication, and AI ranking
  • Supports mobile and offline screening on iOS and Android

  Where it doesn't

  • Individual plan prices are displayed monthly but billed quarterly
  • Business / Academic pricing starts at five licenses
  • ResearchPilot features beyond Help Center mode are limited to institutional plans

• EPPI-Reviewer9.2/10 · Paid

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

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• Rayyan8.8/10 · Free plan

  A collaborative screening workspace with AI ranking, PICO tools, and mobile access.

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