DeskReview checks research manuscripts against established reporting guidelines and links findings to the evidence—helping you prepare, assess and review research with greater clarity.
Upload a PDF · Processed by Mistral AI
For authors preparing to submit: check your manuscript with nothing to install.
Start free · Detailed guideline checks €1.99
For authors, editors and reviewers: read, check and review privately, with AI on your Mac.
Free beta · No per-review fees
Confidentiality can matter even for one paper. If the manuscript must stay off cloud AI, choose Local.
Mistral’s cloud AI processes your manuscript without using it for training or retaining it after processing. Your review history stays in this browser.
AI analysis runs on your Mac and may be slower depending on your hardware. You can optionally check metadata against online scholarly repositories; these checks can be switched off. A one-time model download is needed to get started.
General-purpose chatbots can offer useful feedback. DeskReview brings defined checks, manuscript evidence, and reporting guidelines into a dedicated review workflow. In a chatbot, these depend on the tools and setup you choose.
| Chatbot | DeskReview | |
|---|---|---|
| Consistent criteria | Varies | Built in |
| Evidence first | Varies | Built in |
| At-a-glance verification | Varies | Built in |
| Established guidelines | Varies | Built in |
Discuss custom guideline sets, submission integrations and bulk processing for your journal, publisher or research team. We can shape a custom plan around your workflow.