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Evidentum
What it is
Evidentum is a free web workbench for systematic literature reviews, covering search, screening, and research appraisal. Its PICO assistant creates editable concept blocks and search terms while showing live PubMed counts. Searches span PubMed, Europe PMC, Cochrane, Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Scopus, and ClinicalTrials.gov, with deduplication. Evidentum can prepare strategies for Ovid Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Web of Science, but users run those searches and import records themselves. Reporting checklists include CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE, CARE, and AGREE II; risk-of-bias tools include RoB 2 and ROBINS-I V2. A browser-local PDF Scanner runs selected checks on uploaded papers. AI appraisal accepts user keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, or xAI Grok, and sends paper content to the chosen provider. Projects and keys stay in the local browser. AI output is advisory and requires human verification. The non-commercial plan costs nothing.
For and against
For
- Searches and deduplicates multiple research databases
- Includes reporting and bias checklists
- Runs PDF scanning locally in browser
- Supports CSV, RIS, and BibTeX exports
- Offers free non-commercial plan
Against
- AI usage is billed through your provider key
- AI output requires human verification
- Scopus needs Elsevier API credentials
- Some database searches require manual importing
The verdict
Evidentum offers a broad browser-based review workflow without a listed subscription charge for non-commercial research. Its local storage model and external AI-provider data sharing deserve careful review.
Who it suits
It suits researchers conducting systematic reviews who need searching, screening, appraisal, and exports. Users must supply provider API keys for AI appraisal.
Plans and prices
Free, non-commercial research tool
Non-commercial research tool · AI appraisal requires your own provider API key
Read 8 Oct 2026 · evidentum.app
On the record
- AI providers
- AI appraisal supports API keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, and xAI Grok, and usage is billed to the user's key.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Appraisal tools
- The app offers reporting checklists including CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE, CARE, and AGREE II, along with risk-of-bias tools including RoB 2 and ROBINS-I V2.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Backup
- Users can export and restore project and screening data; API keys are excluded from backups by default.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Database search
- The workbench searches PubMed, Europe PMC, Cochrane, Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, Scopus, and ClinicalTrials.gov, and deduplicates results.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Data sharing
- When users initiate AI appraisal, the paper title, abstract, fetched full text, and prompt are sent to the AI provider they selected.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Human review
- Evidentum describes AI output as an advisory draft that a human reviewer must verify, not as a final eligibility or risk-of-bias judgement.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Institutional access
- LibKey settings provide one-click full-text access through a user's institution.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Makers
- The software citation on the site names Angus McNally and Andrew Duckworth as authors.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- Scopus requires an Elsevier API key, and off-campus use also requires an InstToken.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Other databases
- Evidentum can generate strategies for Ovid Embase, Cochrane CENTRAL, and Web of Science, but users must run those searches themselves and import the records.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- PDF scanner
- The standalone PDF Scanner reads uploaded papers locally in the browser and runs selected quality and risk-of-bias checklists.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The app says it has no Evidentum server and stores projects, screening decisions, notes, and API keys in the local browser.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Evidentum is an AI-powered systematic literature review workbench for searching, screening, and appraising research.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
- Search strategy
- Its PICO assistant drafts editable concept blocks and search terms, and reports live result counts from PubMed.evidentum.app · read 8 Oct 2026
