Silvi review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Literature review platform with AI screening and data extraction
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Silvi report card
Good · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for screening and extracting data for literature reviews
Silvi is a literature review platform with screening, data extraction and tables, and the free Basic plan has unlimited reviews. But its AI screening and AI extraction need Plus at €19 a month for one seat, with prices in euros.
Who Silvi is for
- Fits if you're running a literature review alone and want the basics free
- Works for a small team of up to 5 that wants AI screening and extraction
Who Silvi is not for
- Pricey if you want AI screening or extraction, which need Plus at €19 a month
- Tight if you work with others, since multi-reviewer workflows are paid
- Watch out: prices are in euros, and monthly-billing prices didn't show on the page
- Watch out: a Rapid plan is in the table with no price, and there's no app
Why Silvi gets a 2.6
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyPlus Individual is €19 a month billed as €230 a year, near the top of the research category, whose dearest tenth starts at $20. A team of 5 is €55 a month.
- BFree plan and trialBasic is free with unlimited reviews and the core import, screening and extraction functions. One person can really live on that.
- BFeaturesImport, screening, highlighted extraction, AI extraction, team workflows and tables. The AI parts and multi-reviewer workflows are paid, but the core review job is covered.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You set up a review and import studies before it does anything.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with PubMed, OpenAlex, ERIC, Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote and Web of Science.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Silvi's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/silvi#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/silvi.svg" alt="Silvi: 2.6 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Silvi stands among AI research tools
Silvi's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 33 of the 49 other AI research tools we grade, and level with 7.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 36 of 49) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at about $21.23 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 32 of the 35 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 50 AI research tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Silvi’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 6 of 49, level with 29
- BFree plan and trialAbove 36 of 49, level with 9
- BFeaturesAbove 34 of 49, level with 12
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 49, level with 27
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 49, level with 31
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 40 AI research tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Silvi, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Silvi you would be making a library of papers and sources to search. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 33 of the 49 other AI research tools we grade. It costs $254.72 a year.
What you could not
- A library of papers and sources to search.
- Citation records for millions of papers.
- Several people working in it at the same moment.
- It plugs into other products, PubMed, OpenAlex and ERIC among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Silvi’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Silvi?
Silvi is a web tool for literature and systematic reviews. It imports studies from databases such as PubMed and OpenAlex, supports bulk or one-by-one screening, and extracts data by highlighting passages in PDFs. AI screening and extraction suggestions sit on the paid plans, and it is developed in Copenhagen.
Worth knowing
- Prices are in euros, and the monthly figures shown are the yearly-billed rate; monthly and quarterly billing exist but their prices did not show on the page.
- The pricing table also lists a Rapid plan with no price displayed.
- AI screening, AI data extraction, multi-reviewer workflows and in-app chat support are not on the free Basic plan.
- The Plus Team plan covers 5 seats.
Key features
- Study import
- Studies can be uploaded or imported through integrations with databases such as PubMed, OpenAlex and ERIC, and from Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote.
- Screening
- Include or exclude studies in bulk or one at a time, with a PRISMA flow chart. AI screening suggestions are listed on the paid tiers.
- Highlighted data extraction
- Data is extracted by highlighting text in a PDF, and the highlight is stored so each value links back to its source.
- AI extraction
- The AI proposes extracted data and highlights it in the PDF; the reviewer decides whether it is correct.
- Team workflows
- Assign tasks, require multiple reviewers, blind decisions and resolve conflicts, with a decision log.
- Tables and plots
- Extracted data appears in configurable tables and plots, and exports to Excel.
Silvi pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Silvi has a free plan, and paid plans start at €19 per month for 1 seat, billed as €230 yearly.
- Starts at
- €19 per month for 1 seat, billed as €230 yearly
- Free plan
- Basic plan: unlimited reviews with the core functions.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | Unlimited reviews and the core import, screening and extraction functions. |
| Plus Individual | €19per month for 1 seat, billed as €230 yearly | Unlimited reviews, AI functions and advanced collaboration. |
| Plus Team | €55per month for up to 5 seats, billed as €660 yearly | The Plus features for a team of 5 seats, with unlimited reviews. |
Read from silvi.ai on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Silvi before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Silvi have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Silvi is listed for Web.
Does Silvi have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Silvi is listed for Web.
Is Silvi open source?
Silvi is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.