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These tools sit in different sets (Research assistant vs Systematic review), so picking one over the other is mostly a question of which job you're doing. Elicit wins on citation honesty; Rayyan wins on privacy controls, speed, and value for money. Both pass our quality gate. The right pick is the one whose strengths match the job you're trying to do.
These tools sit in different sets (Research assistant vs Systematic review), so picking one over the other is mostly a question of which job you're doing. Elicit wins on citation honesty; Rayyan wins on privacy controls, speed, and value for money. Both pass our quality gate. The right pick is the one whose strengths match the job you're trying to do.
Paper discovery, evidence-table extraction, and systematic-review support — AI research assistant for searching, summarizing, chatting with papers, screening studies, extracting fields, generating research reports, and supporting systematic reviews across large scientific corpora and uploaded documents.
Systematic review screening and collaborative triage — Cloud systematic-review screening workspace for title/abstract triage, deduplication, labels, PICO extraction, PRISMA flow support, collaborators, mobile screening, and AI-assisted inclusion decisions.
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raw · Basic free: 2 reports/mo, search/summaries/chat, 2 columns · Pro USD 49/user/mo billed annually: 5,000-paper systematic review workflow, 144 reports/reviews/yr, 20 columns, API · Scale USD 169/user/mo annual: collaboration, figures, 240 reports/reviews/yr, 30 columns · Enterprise custom.
raw · Verified 2026-06-07 from official Rayyan pricing/help: Free $0 with 3 active reviews, up to 2 free reviewers/viewers, duplicate detection, Legacy Compute Rating, 15+ facets/filters; Essential $4.99/seat/mo annual or $8.33 quarterly with PRISMA diagram, auto-resolve duplicates, 5 free reviewers/viewers, mobile/premium features; Advanced $8.33/seat/mo annual or $13.33 quarterly with 9 active reviews shared, 10 reviewers/viewers, unlimited samples, PICO extraction AI, Advanced Compute Rating coming soon, priority support. Institutional Academic $25/license/mo annual; institutional plans require sales setup.
These tools sit in different sets (Research assistant vs Systematic review), so picking one over the other is mostly a question of which job you're doing. Elicit wins on citation honesty; Rayyan wins on privacy controls, speed, and value for money. Both pass our quality gate. The right pick is the one whose strengths match the job you're trying to do.
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These tools sit in different sets (Research assistant vs Systematic review), so picking one over the other is mostly a question of which job you're doing. Elicit wins on citation honesty; Rayyan wins on privacy controls, speed, and value for money. Both pass our quality gate. The right pick is the one whose strengths match the job you're trying to do.
Capabilities documented on the Elicit tool but not the Rayyan tool:
Capabilities documented on the Rayyan tool but not the Elicit tool:
Elicit: Basic Free · Pro $49/mo · Scale $169/mo · Enterprise Custom. Rayyan: Free Free · Essential (annual) $4.99/mo · Advanced (annual) $8.33/mo · Institutional Custom.
On editorial fit, Elicit scores 59 out of 100 and Rayyan scores 60 out of 100. The score is a fit judgement for source-heavy research work, not a quality ranking — read both dossiers before you pick.