Consensus
AI-powered search engine that finds and synthesizes insights from millions of peer-reviewed research papers
- Also known as
- consensus
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Consensus?
Consensus helps researchers, clinicians, and students quickly find answers by searching through 220+ million peer-reviewed studies and using AI to synthesize findings with linked citations. Users can verify sources themselves by examining the original research, methodology, and study conclusions.
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 tier available. Paid plans available. API pricing from $0.10 per call plus platform fee.
Free
Free- Search peer-reviewed research
- AI-powered synthesis
- Citation linking
Paid
Premium plan with additional features
Add-ons
- Consensus API
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
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (5)
Independently observed- Zotero
- OpenAI
- ChatGPT
- Mendeley
- EndNote
Consensus alternatives
Other ai research agents we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- ElicitAI-powered platform for searching and synthesizing scientific researchlow · 37%
- TavilyWeb access API for AI agents to retrieve and ground responses in live datamedium · 55%
- GPT-Researcherlow · 35%
- ScholarcyAI-powered summarization and research organization for academic paperslow · 36%
- KhojOpen-source AI assistant that learns from your documents and web searches to provide personalized research and automationlow · 36%
- ResearchRabbitAI-powered academic research discovery platform that finds and visualizes connections between papers.low · 36%
Compare Consensus
Side by side against other ai research agents, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 75 | 0.05 | 3.6 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.08 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 22 | 0.04 | 0.9 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
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.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 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 · Anti hallucination grounding and fact checking layer: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 5 | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-21 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-21 · 75% |