Rayyan vs Iris.ai

Rayyan8.8Visit Iris.ai8.0Visit

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

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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

• Rayyan fits best

  Mobile collaborative screening

• Iris.ai fits best

  Organizations analyzing document collections

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Side by side

Feature	Rayyan 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Iris.ai 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.0
Ranking	#2 in AI Literature Review Software	#8 in AI Literature Review Software
Best for	Mobile collaborative screening	Organizations analyzing document collections
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$8.33/seat/mo	Free plan · 10-day trial
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	10 days
Deployment	Cloud, Mobile	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, iOS, Android	Web
Support	Phone, Tickets, Community, Docs, Live chat	Email, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA	GDPR, ISO 27001
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Rayyan 3/4 · Iris.ai 0/4
Screening workflow	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
AI paper summaries	Not checked yet	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, BibTeX, EndNote, CSV	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	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	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	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	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	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 →	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

• 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

• 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

• Rayyan8.8/10 · Free plan

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

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

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

  Visit Iris.aiFull verdict →