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Rayyan60SolidSystematic review screening and collaborative triageVerified 2026-09-14

Dossier · Systematic review

Rayyan

Rayyan flagship-ready dossier: Systematic review screening and collaborative triage.

What is Rayyan?

Decision

Systematic review screening and collaborative triage

Choose it when
  • Screening titles and abstracts in systematic or scoping reviews
  • Teams that need blinded/collaborative inclusion decisions before full-text review
Skip it when
  • You need collaborators to inherit premium features on reviews you do not own without an Institutional plan
  • You only need free screening for more than three active reviews simultaneously
Cost
Live 2026-09-14 from rayyan.ai/pricing: Free $0 — 3 active reviews, 2 free reviewers.
Privacy
Rayyan hosts review records, screening decisions, labels, collaborators, and AI-assisted review activity in a cloud platform.

Watch for Free tier caps active reviews and collaborators

Compare with ASReview LABHow we score

Synthesized6 sourcespricing checked 14 Sep 2026privacy checked 9 Jun 2026

What these labels mean
Editorial fit
0–100 desk score for research-workflow fit. Not stars, not a benchmark.
Evidence level
How close the desk got: self-run, hands-on, synthesized, or vendor claim.
Dossier depth
Flagship, Solid, Lightweight, and Draft describe how finished the page is — not which tool is best.
Verification date
When pricing or privacy was last opened at the source. Not a re-score of the whole dossier.
Benchmark status
Pending means no relevant first-party test is published yet. It is not a negative score.

Open the glossary · Read the methodology

Rayyan is a tool in the VerdictPal Systematic review set: Cloud systematic-review screening workspace for title/abstract triage, deduplication, labels, PICO extraction, PRISMA flow support, collaborators, mobile screening, and AI-assisted inclusion decisions. It scores 60 out of 100 on editorial fit.

Role: Systematic review screening and collaborative triageCategory: Systematic reviewSynthesized
Rayyan at a glance, with the date each field was checked.
FieldValue
Editorial fit60 out of 100
Dossier statusSolid
SetSystematic review
Role in a workflowSystematic review screening and collaborative triage
PricingFree Free · Essential (annual) $4.99/mo · Advanced (annual) $8.33/mo · Institutional $41.67/mo
Training on your dataNot recorded as a plan-wide guarantee. Check the dossier's privacy notes and sources.
Last verified2026-09-14

Editor's note

Rayyan is a workflow tool for people doing the least glamorous part of evidence synthesis: deciding what even deserves a full-text read. The tool should be strict about AI: suggestions can help sort and extract, but they cannot replace reviewer judgment or protocol discipline.

Public facts · vendor & repo

List prices and pay-as-you-go entry points we can cite without running our own bench. Each tile links to a source when possible.

Systematic reviewSetVerdictPal tool ↗
synthesizedEvidenceQuality gate ↗
6Sources checkedSources ↗
2026-06-07Pricing checkedQuality gate ↗

Limits & product surface

Non-price vendor claims — multipliers, caps, and API scope. Detailed matrices live in subscription and SDK sections below.

Primary surface
prosumer-saasTool identity ↗
Modalities
text, dataTool identity ↗
Workflow roles
[object Object], [object Object], [object Object]VerdictPal editorial ↗
Alternatives tracked
Covidence, DistillerSR, ASReview, EPPI-Reviewer, ColandrVerdictPal comparison set ↗

How it works · agent loop

The public positioning for this product — the loop we score against on VerdictPal.

Start with the wedge

Screening titles and abstracts in systematic or scoping reviews

Run the representative task

Import 50 records with deliberate duplicates and conflicting abstracts; screen with two reviewers and resolve conflicts.

Check the failure modes

Free tier caps active reviews and collaborators

Compare before recommending

Compare against Covidence, DistillerSR, ASReview before shipping advice.

Who it fits, where it fails

Best for

  • Screening titles and abstracts in systematic or scoping reviews
  • Teams that need blinded/collaborative inclusion decisions before full-text review
  • Students learning review workflows who need dedupe, labels, PICO hints, and PRISMA support in one workspace
  • Institutions that want centralized review workflows with ResearchPilot and larger reviewer/viewer pools

Avoid if

  • You need collaborators to inherit premium features on reviews you do not own without an Institutional plan
  • You only need free screening for more than three active reviews simultaneously
  • You want PRISMA automation or AI screening without checking tier limits and audit requirements
  • Your review library includes sensitive, unpublished, or identifiable material that cannot live in a cloud review workspace

Strengths

  • Title/abstract screening
  • AI/ML/NLP prioritization
  • labels/facets/filters
  • duplicate detection
  • auto-resolve duplicates on paid tiers
  • PICO extraction AI on Advanced
  • PRISMA Flow Diagram Generator
  • mobile app as premium feature
  • Free/Essential/Advanced reviewer-viewer pools
  • institutional ResearchPilot suite
  • subscriptions auto-renew by default

Weaknesses

  • Free tier caps active reviews and collaborators
  • Free reviewers/viewers do not inherit premium AI/PICO/mobile features
  • Institutional plans cannot be purchased online and require sales setup
  • Quarterly billing costs more than annual
  • ResearchPilot is institutional-only beyond help mode
  • AI screening/extraction still require human audit

How it could improve

  • Institutional policy friction could be reduced with a local/on-prem deployment option, or at minimum with clear data-handling documentation that compliance teams can review without an NDA.
  • Institutional policy friction could be reduced with a local/on-prem deployment option, or at minimum with clear data-handling documentation that compliance teams can review without an NDA.
  • Opportunity cost scores 49/100, the weakest dimension on this dossier. Addressing this would meaningfully raise the editorial fit.
  • Privacy posture scores 53/100, the weakest dimension on this dossier. Addressing this would meaningfully raise the editorial fit.
  • Data portability scores 49/100, the weakest dimension on this dossier. Addressing this would meaningfully raise the editorial fit.

Search modes · 4 lenses

One input box, many retrieval postures. Filter by tier.

01Free

Workspace

Workspace path for Rayyan — verify limits on the live product.

02Pro

Collaboration

Collaboration path for Rayyan — verify limits on the live product.

03Pro

Automation

Automation path for Rayyan — verify limits on the live product.

04Max

Admin & billing

Admin & billing path for Rayyan — verify limits on the live product.

Competitive lens

Where Rayyan wins for cited research — and where a rival still belongs in the stack.

Rayyan is stronger when screening titles and abstracts in systematic or scoping reviews; Covidence may still win for narrower fit, procurement, or specialist depth.

Rayyan

  • Screening titles and abstracts in systematic or scoping reviews
  • Teams that need blinded/collaborative inclusion decisions before full-text review

Covidence

  • You need collaborators to inherit premium features on reviews you do not own without an Institutional plan
  • You only need free screening for more than three active reviews simultaneously

Scores and evidence

Metric lab · 16 dimensions

Click a tile for the editorial note. Color follows score: coral, yellow, mint.

Shape

Avg 71 · 49–98

60Editorial fit

Weighted roll-up across 13 dimensions for Systematic review; pending desk verification if rescored from public facts.

By group

Fit75
  • Editorial fit60
  • Wedge task fit76
  • Feature depth90
Cost69
  • Free-tier utility79
  • Cost-to-value78
  • Opportunity cost49
Trust74
  • Source grounding66
  • Privacy posture53
  • Failure transparency98
  • Evidence strength55
  • Transparency98
Workflow65
  • Integration reach57
  • Setup friction70
  • Reliability76
  • Competitive position75
  • Data portability49

Benchmark ledger

Public rows are vendor or third-party claims we logged with a date. Desk rows are reserved for VerdictPal self-run results.

MeasureResultSource
Import 50 records with deliberate duplicates and conflicting abstracts; screen with two reviewers and resolve conflictsimport fidelity, duplicate detection, auto-resolve accuracy, decision auditability, label clarity, export quality.PlannedVerdictPal benchmark plan
Compare AI suggestions/PICO extraction against a hand-coded answer keysensitivity, specificity, missed exclusions, incorrect PICO fields, confidence explanation, reviewer correction burden.PlannedVerdictPal benchmark plan
Model a solo student, two-reviewer thesis, five-person lab, and institutional libraryactive review limits, premium feature access, free reviewer/viewer limits, annual versus quarterly cost.PlannedVerdictPal benchmark plan

Editorial evidence · 0 entries

No editorial benchmark yet. The tool stays at status Solid until evidence lands.

Test scenarios · hands-on lab

How we exercised the product. Step through each run before you trust the scores.

Test run

Step 1 of 4

Start from the persona in best-for item 1.

Research log · desk notes

What we learned while building this dossier — not vendor copy.

Notion Tool pipeline (Card pipeline) ↗

Notion research pass

Rayyan is a focused systematic-review screening workspace with stronger plan mechanics and AI boundaries than the earlier tool captured. The product’s editorial value is title/abstract screening, deduplication, PICO extraction, PRISMA support, reviewer/viewer collaboration, mobile work, and institutional ResearchPilot. The gold-standard warning is unchanged: AI can assist review logistics, but the final inclusion/exclusion decision must remain human and auditable.

VerdictPal git ↗

Flagship-ready structure

Converted imported research into metrics, panes, scenarios, benchmark rows, comparison notes, and pricing deck.

What it costs, what it keeps

Pricing deck · checked 2026-09-14

Desk pick

Essential (annual)

$4.99

month

  • Imported from the current pricing summary.
  • Unit: per seat

Advanced (annual)

$8.33

month

  • Imported from the current pricing summary.
  • Unit: per seat

Institutional

$41.67

month

  • License-based; contact sales

RAW · checked 2026-09-14: Live 2026-09-14 from rayyan.ai/pricing: Free $0 — 3 active reviews, 2 free reviewers. Essential $4.99/seat/month billed annually or $8.33/month billed quarterly. Advanced $8.33/seat/month billed annually or $13.33/month billed quarterly (9 active reviews, PICO extraction AI). Business/Academic $41.67/license/month billed annually starting at 5 licenses ($2,500); academic discounts available. Enterprise contact sales. Annual billing saves up to 40%.

Privacy deep-dive · checked 2026-06-09

Rayyan hosts review records, screening decisions, labels, collaborators, and AI-assisted review activity in a cloud platform. Help Center lists SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA Compliant, GDPR, WCAG 2.2 AA, and D-U-N-S signals; project-specific policy review is still needed for sensitive reviews or PDFs.

Training on your dataNot recorded as a plan-wide guarantee. Check the dossier's privacy notes and sources.
EU data residencyNot recorded as a plan-wide guarantee. Check the dossier's privacy notes and sources.
SOC 2 attestationNot recorded as a plan-wide guarantee. Check the dossier's privacy notes and sources.
Local-first by defaultNot recorded as a plan-wide guarantee. Check the dossier's privacy notes and sources.

Under the hood

Vendors named on the product about page — useful for procurement and privacy reviews.

abstract screening
Rayyan
systematic review triage
Covidence
collaborative inclusion decisions
DistillerSR

Alternatives and context

Workflow roles

How this tool fits into a composed research stack:

abstract screeningsystematic review triagecollaborative inclusion decisions

Deep panes · 6 lenses

Editorial lenses only. Subscription and API pricing live in their own sections above.

Lens 01

Positioning

Rayyan is framed here as Systematic review screening and collaborative triage. Rayyan is a focused systematic-review screening workspace with stronger plan mechanics and AI boundaries than the earlier tool captured. The product’s editorial value is title/abstract screening, deduplication, PICO extraction, PRISMA support, reviewer/viewer collaboration, mobile work, and institutional ResearchPilot. The gold-standard warning is unchanged: AI can assist review logistics, but the final inclusion/exclusion decision must remain human and auditable.

Checked
2026-06-07
Evidence
synthesized
  • Screening titles and abstracts in systematic or scoping reviews
  • Teams that need blinded/collaborative inclusion decisions before full-text review
  • Students learning review workflows who need dedupe, labels, PICO hints, and PRISMA support in one workspace
  • Institutions that want centralized review workflows with ResearchPilot and larger reviewer/viewer pools

Sources and provenance

Quality gate · Solid

Evidence ready

Verdict history

  • Rayyan is a focused systematic-review screening workspace with stronger plan mechanics and AI boundaries than the earlier tool captured. The product’s editorial value is title/abstract screening, deduplication, PICO extraction, PRISMA support, reviewer/viewer collaboration, mobile work, and institutional ResearchPilot. The gold-standard warning is unchanged: AI can assist review logistics, but the final inclusion/exclusion decision must remain human and auditable.
  • Converted imported Notion research into a full flagship-ready dossier template with metrics, panes, pricing deck, scenarios, benchmark rows, and comparison slices.
  • Live Rayyan: Essential $4.99 annual / $8.33 quarterly; Advanced $8.33 annual / $13.33 quarterly; Academic $41.67/license/month annual from 5 seats.
SynthesizedSolid
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Questions this dossier answers

Every answer below is assembled from the dated fields on this page. Nothing is written separately for search.

What is Rayyan?

Rayyan is a tool in the VerdictPal Systematic review set: Cloud systematic-review screening workspace for title/abstract triage, deduplication, labels, PICO extraction, PRISMA flow support, collaborators, mobile screening, and AI-assisted inclusion decisions. It scores 60 out of 100 on editorial fit.

Is Rayyan worth using?

Rayyan scores 60 out of 100 on editorial fit and carries Solid dossier status. Its job in a research workflow is: Systematic review screening and collaborative triage.

Who is Rayyan best for?

Rayyan earns its place when you need:

  • Screening titles and abstracts in systematic or scoping reviews
  • Teams that need blinded/collaborative inclusion decisions before full-text review
  • Students learning review workflows who need dedupe, labels, PICO hints, and PRISMA support in one workspace
  • Institutions that want centralized review workflows with ResearchPilot and larger reviewer/viewer pools

When should you not use Rayyan?

Skip Rayyan in these cases:

  • You need collaborators to inherit premium features on reviews you do not own without an Institutional plan
  • You only need free screening for more than three active reviews simultaneously
  • You want PRISMA automation or AI screening without checking tier limits and audit requirements
  • Your review library includes sensitive, unpublished, or identifiable material that cannot live in a cloud review workspace

What does Rayyan cost?

Free Free · Essential (annual) $4.99/mo · Advanced (annual) $8.33/mo · Institutional $41.67/mo. Pricing last checked 2026-09-14.

Does Rayyan train on your data?

Not recorded as a plan-wide guarantee. Check the dossier's privacy notes and sources.. Privacy terms last checked 2026-06-09.

What goes wrong with Rayyan?

The dossier publishes 6 failure modes for Rayyan, and they stay published whether or not the vendor likes them:

  • Free tier caps active reviews and collaborators
  • Free reviewers/viewers do not inherit premium AI/PICO/mobile features
  • Institutional plans cannot be purchased online and require sales setup
  • Quarterly billing costs more than annual
  • ResearchPilot is institutional-only beyond help mode
  • AI screening/extraction still require human audit

What are the alternatives to Rayyan?

The closest options to Rayyan are Covidence, DistillerSR, ASReview, EPPI-Reviewer, Colandr. Each one that has a tool in the atlas is linked from this dossier, with a head-to-head comparison.

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