# Silvi review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Literature review platform with AI screening and data extraction Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** AI Research Tools - **Made by:** Silvi - **Website:** https://silvi.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you want AI screening or extraction, which need Plus at €19 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## 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. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | €19 per month for 1 seat, billed as €230 yearly | Unlimited reviews, AI functions and advanced collaboration. | | Plus Team | €55 per month for up to 5 seats, billed as €660 yearly | The Plus features for a team of 5 seats, with unlimited reviews. | Read from https://silvi.ai/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Silvi before buying. ## 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. ## Good for - Individual researchers who want a free review tool - Small teams of up to five sharing a review - Reviewers who want each extracted value linked to a PDF highlight ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: C.** Plus 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. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Basic is free with unlimited reviews and the core import, screening and extraction functions. One person can really live on that. - **Features: B.** Import, 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You set up a review and import studies before it does anything. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with PubMed, OpenAlex, ERIC, Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote and Web of Science. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it 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. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-research ## Keep it, 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. - You could not: A library of papers and sources to search. - You could not: Citation records for millions of papers. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. - You could not: It plugs into other products, PubMed, OpenAlex and ERIC among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with PubMed, OpenAlex, ERIC, Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, Web of Science **Tags:** Research, Citations, AI features, Real-time collaboration ## Alternatives - [Rayyan](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rayyan): Systematic review screening with AI relevance predictions. 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