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Rayyan Systematic Review

AI systematic review tool for medical and academic research

★4.5ratingPricing · Freemium from $4.99/moHot
The FalcoScan Intel PanelRayyan Systematic Review · Research
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

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The Brief

What Rayyan Systematic Review does

Rayyan is a web platform for running systematic and literature reviews with AI assisted screening, deduplication and data extraction. It serves academic researchers, libraries and biopharma or HEOR teams. Named features include AI relevance predictions, a risk of bias tool, a workbench for dividing and randomizing workloads across a team, PICO framework support, data extraction, programmable hot keys, a mobile app with offline screening, API access and ResearchPilot for AI search and extraction. Reviews follow a workflow from import and duplicate detection through title, abstract and full text screening to PRISMA reporting. A free forever plan covers three active reviews; paid Essential, Advanced, Business or Academic and custom Enterprise plans add more capacity.

How Rayyan Systematic Review compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Rayyan Systematic Review does. Only Keenious Research lists a starting price, $10 a month. 3 of the 5 offer an API, as Rayyan Systematic Review does. Rayyan Systematic Review offers a web app. Of the 4 alternatives with platforms on record, all 4 offer a web app. Rayyan Systematic Review was founded in 2014; the alternatives were founded between 2006 and 2020, 1 of them earlier.

Market position · Research

How Rayyan Systematic Review compares in Research

Rayyan Systematic Review has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 145 live Research tools on FalcoScan. Across Research, the average opportunity score is 76.8 and the average saturation score 14.1. FalcoScan rates Rayyan Systematic Review's own market position as open. 42 of the 145 operating Research tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 5 shutdowns in the category.

Rayyan Systematic Review compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Rayyan Systematic ReviewFounded 2014HighOpenFreemium$4.99/moYesYesWebHot
Keenious ResearchFounded 2019HighOpenFreemium$10/moYesNoWebHot
Prolific Research PlatformFounded 2014HighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIRising
Zotero AI Research ManagerFounded 2006ModerateOpenFree—YesYesWeb, DesktopStable
Semantic Scholar APIFounded 2019HighOpenFree—YesYesAPIHot
Elsevier AI ResearchFounded 2020HighOpenPaid—NoNoWebDeclining

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Rayyan Systematic Review exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
ClassificationNlpData Extraction
Industry Verticals
HealthcarePharmaceuticalResearch
Tagged

Rayyan Systematic Review shows up when builders search for these

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Questions

Rayyan Systematic Review: common questions

Is Rayyan free?

As of Oct 2026, Rayyan has a free forever plan with 3 active reviews and 2 free reviewers, and the Essential plan costs $4.99 per seat per month billed annually.

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Is Rayyan Systematic Review free?

Rayyan Systematic Review has a free tier, with paid plans from $4.99 a month.

What are the best alternatives to Rayyan Systematic Review?

The closest alternatives to Rayyan Systematic Review that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Keenious Research, Prolific Research Platform, Zotero AI Research Manager, Semantic Scholar API, and Elsevier AI Research.

Is Rayyan Systematic Review still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Rayyan Systematic Review as operating at rayyan.ai.

Does Rayyan Systematic Review have an API?

Yes. Rayyan Systematic Review offers an API.

Who is Rayyan Systematic Review for?

Rayyan Systematic Review is built for researchers, medical reviewers, and academics.

How do I sign in to Rayyan Systematic Review?

Sign in on Rayyan Systematic Review's own website, rayyan.ai. FalcoScan reviews Rayyan Systematic Review but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Rayyan Systematic Review directly.

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