Consensus

Consensus is a web-based AI academic search engine for researchers, graduate students, and clinicians who need fast, citation-backed answers from peer-reviewed literature.

Key capabilities include:

• AI search across 200M+ peer-reviewed papers, with research quality indicators and AI-powered filters to narrow by study design, timeframe, population, and more
• Consensus Meter that summarizes how much the evidence agrees or disagrees for clear yes-or-no research questions
• Deep Search that analyzes up to 50 papers to build a thorough view of the literature, including conflicting findings and citation-graph exploration
• Paper-level analysis tools such as Study Snapshots, Pro Analysis (GPT-4-powered), and Ask Paper for interacting with individual PDFs

Pricing: Freemium. Free includes limited Deep Searches, Pro Searches, Study Snapshots, and Pro Analyses. Paid plans include Premium (about $9 to $11.99/month), Deep ($45/month), Teams ($9.99 to $12.99/seat/month), plus Enterprise pricing; a 40% student discount is available for Premium with a verified educational email.

What makes it notable is its focus on transparent, evidence-based synthesis (with citations) plus library access support via LibKey for paywalled articles, making it practical for literature reviews and clinical questions where source quality matters.