Consensus
Evidence-based research discovery from peer-reviewed studies, powered by AI and ad-free
- Also known as
- consensus
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Consensus?
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.
Consensus pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free web search. API pricing from $0.05 per call with plan credits (500-2000/month depending on tier).
Pro
- credits
- 500/month
Team
- credits
- 500/month
Enterprise
- credits
- 500/month
Deep
- credits
- 2000/month
What Consensus does
The capabilities that matter for ai research agents, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Architecture model
- Managed saas application
- 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
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- Zotero
- OpenAI
- ChatGPT
- Mendeley
- EndNote
Consensus FAQ
Common questions about Consensus, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Consensus?
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
Is Consensus free?
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
What platforms does Consensus support?
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
Can Consensus be self-hosted?
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
What does Consensus integrate with?
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
What security certifications does Consensus have?
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.
Where is Consensus available?
Consensus is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.
Source: https://consensus.app
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Compare Consensus
Side by side against other ai research agents, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Consensus, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.05 | 5.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.04 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 20 | 0.04 | 0.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: usage_based_api · Architecture model: managed_saas_application · Recursive multi step iterative searching: Yes · Strict inline citation generation with links: Yes · Export to word pdf markdown with bibliography: Yes · Academic verified journal database querying only: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-09-29 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-06 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-21 · 75% |
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