# Consensus vs GPT-Researcher

| Attribute | Consensus | GPT-Researcher |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.6 (26% (low)) | 57.4 (33% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 79 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 30,098 |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A research discovery API and web platform that provides access to peer-reviewed academic papers with metadata extraction and filtering capabilities. It enables organizations to embed research results into internal tools, AI systems, and custom applications for automated research discovery. It is indexed under AI Research Agents.","source":"https://consensus.app","question":"What is Consensus?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Consensus offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.05. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://consensus.app","question":"Is Consensus free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Consensus. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://consensus.app","question":"What platforms does Consensus support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Consensus, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://consensus.app","question":"Can Consensus be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 5 integrations for Consensus, including Zotero, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Mendeley and EndNote. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://consensus.app","question":"What does Consensus integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Consensus. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Consensus not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://consensus.app/home/privacy-policy/","question":"What security certifications does Consensus have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Consensus is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.","source":"https://consensus.app","question":"Where is Consensus available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"GPT Researcher automates the research process by planning subtopics, sourcing and validating documents, and generating organized reports with citations. It supports multiple export formats and can work with web sources, local documents, or a combination of both. It is indexed under AI Research Agents.","source":"https://gptr.dev/pricing","question":"What is GPT-Researcher?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"GPT-Researcher is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://gptr.dev/pricing","question":"Is GPT-Researcher free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"GPT-Researcher supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://gptr.dev/pricing","question":"What platforms does GPT-Researcher support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. GPT-Researcher can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://gptr.dev/pricing","question":"Can GPT-Researcher be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 12 integrations for GPT-Researcher, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Meta, Tavily, Microsoft and DuckDuckGo, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://gptr.dev/pricing","question":"What does GPT-Researcher integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. GPT-Researcher is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.","source":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher","question":"Is GPT-Researcher open source?","confidence":0.95}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Consensus is an AI-driven research search engine that helps researchers, students, and clinicians find answers grounded in academic studies and journals. It uses semantic search and machine learning to extract precise, cited answers and generate summaries from peer-reviewed research. | An autonomous research tool that plans queries, searches the web or your documents in parallel, filters sources for relevance, and generates detailed reports with inline citations in multiple export formats. |
| features.capabilities | `{"pricing_model":"usage_based_api","architecture_model":"managed_saas_application","recursive_multi_step_iterative_searching":true,"strict_inline_citation_generation_with_links":true,"export_to_word_pdf_markdown_with_bibliography":true,"academic_verified_journal_database_querying_only":true,"anti_hallucination_grounding_and_fact_checking_layer":true}` | `{"soc2_type_ii":false,"pricing_model":"free_open_source","architecture_model":"open_source_framework","bring_your_own_key_byok_api_support":true,"mit_or_apache_permissive_oss_license":true,"recursive_multi_step_iterative_searching":true,"multi_agent_expert_persona_debates_internal":true,"strict_inline_citation_generation_with_links":true,"export_to_word_pdf_markdown_with_bibliography":true,"academic_verified_journal_database_querying_only":false,"anti_hallucination_grounding_and_fact_checking_layer":true,"unstructured_pdf_upload_and_cross_document_synthesis":true,"tabular_data_extraction_and_literature_matrix_generation":false}` |
| integrations.count | 4 | 22 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Zotero"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"ChatGPT"},{"name":"Mendeley"},{"name":"EndNote"}]` | `[{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Anthropic"},{"name":"Google"},{"name":"DeepSeek"},{"name":"Meta"},{"name":"Tavily"},{"name":"Microsoft"},{"name":"DuckDuckGo"},{"name":"SearXNG"},{"name":"LangChain"},{"name":"LangSmith"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"Google Gemini","native":true,"direction":"outbound"},{"name":"LangGraph","native":true},{"name":"Bing","native":true,"category":"search","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Exa","native":true,"category":"search","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"arXiv","native":true,"category":"search","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"PubMed","native":true,"category":"search","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Jev","native":true,"category":"search","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Mistral","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Ollama","native":true,"category":"llm","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Claude Desktop","native":true,"category":"platform","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Cursor","native":true,"category":"platform","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"ChatGPT","native":true,"category":"platform","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"n8n","native":true,"category":"platform","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| language.primary | - | Python |
| license.spdx | - | Apache-2.0 |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"500 credits included, then $0.05 per additional call","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"call"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"500/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Team","summary":"500 credits included, then $0.05 per additional call","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"call"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"500/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"500 credits included, then $0.05 per additional call","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"call"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"500/month"}},{"free":false,"name":"Deep","summary":"2000 credits included, then $0.05 per additional call","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"call"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"2000/month"}}],"summary":"Free web search. API pricing from $0.05 per call with plan credits (500-2000/month depending on tier).","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://consensus.app","retrievedAt":"2026-09-06T13:48:35.076Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"call","amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}}` | `{"type":"open_source","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Open Source","summary":"Free and open source (MIT licensed). Pay only for underlying LLM and search provider costs.","features":["Full GPT Researcher Python package on PyPI","MIT license","Model Context Protocol server","Web and document research","Multi-format export (PDF, Word, Markdown, JSON, CSV)","Recursive deep research with subtopic exploration","Multi-agent support via LangGraph and AG2","Support for any LLM provider","Support for any retriever/search provider","MCP integration for custom data sources","Zero rate limits imposed by GPT Researcher"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"MIT-licensed open source Python package with no SaaS, API gateway, or rate limits imposed by GPT Researcher. You host it yourself and pay only your underlying LLM and search API providers.","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free and open source (MIT licensed). Operating costs only from your LLM and search provider.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://gptr.dev/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-14T22:38:44.365Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.05,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 25 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.7.0","date":"2026-09-26T17:46:25Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.7.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.6.1","date":"2026-08-24T06:58:47Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.6.0","date":"2026-07-18T07:56:56Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.6.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.5.1","date":"2026-06-23T18:08:17Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.5.0","date":"2026-05-28T07:24:31Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.5.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.4.4","date":"2026-04-16T17:40:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.4.3","date":"2026-03-13T14:06:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.4.2","date":"2026-03-01T14:20:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.4.1","date":"2026-02-21T07:19:02Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.4.0","date":"2026-01-29T11:56:28Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.4.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.3.9","date":"2026-01-25T06:41:51Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.9"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v.3.3.8","date":"2025-12-14T08:08:22Z","type":"stable","version":"v.3.3.8"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v.3.3.7","date":"2025-11-07T14:10:38Z","type":"stable","version":"v.3.3.7"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v.3.3.6","date":"2025-10-07T14:44:05Z","type":"stable","version":"v.3.3.6"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v.3.3.5","date":"2025-09-23T07:52:30Z","type":"stable","version":"v.3.3.5"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v.3.3.4","date":"2025-09-17T11:12:43Z","type":"stable","version":"v.3.3.4"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v.3.3.3","date":"2025-08-08T05:03:19Z","type":"stable","version":"v.3.3.3"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v.3.3.2","date":"2025-07-19T07:20:52Z","type":"stable","version":"v.3.3.2"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v.3.3.1","date":"2025-07-04T08:51:49Z","type":"stable","version":"v.3.3.1"},{"url":"https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/releases/tag/v3.3.0","date":"2025-06-08T17:45:48Z","type":"stable","version":"v3.3.0"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=gpt-researcher-ian&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (AI Research Agents)

| Capability | Consensus | GPT-Researcher |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Architecture model | Managed saas application | Open source framework |
| Recursive multi step iterative searching | ✓ | ✓ |
| Strict inline citation generation with links | ✓ | ✓ |
| Academic verified journal database querying only | ✓ | ✗ |
| Unstructured PDF upload and cross document synthesis | - | ✓ |
| Tabular data extraction and literature matrix generation | - | ✗ |
| Anti hallucination grounding and fact checking layer | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi agent expert persona debates internal | - | ✓ |
| Export to word PDF markdown with bibliography | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bring your own key byok API support | - | ✓ |
| SOC2 type ii | - | ✗ |
| Mit or apache permissive oss license | - | ✓ |
| Pricing model | Usage based API | Free open source |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:12:58.977Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*