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Consensus
$10/mofree tier available
AI search over research papers
Consensus is an AI-powered search engine designed to help researchers, students, and professionals quickly find and understand peer-reviewed scientific papers from over 200 million sources. It uses AI to synthesize evidence-based summaries with citations, provides a Consensus Meter to show research agreement on topics, and supports deep literature reviews with filtering by journal rank and study design. The tool searches Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, and its own scholarly web crawl, and integrates with citation managers like Zotero and EndNote.
Who it's for
researchers
Pricing · freemium
checked today| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 /mo | 20 searches per day · Basic AI summaries · Paper access · 15 Pro messages per month · 3 Deep Searches per month |
| Pro | $10 /mo | Unlimited searches · GPT-4 enhanced summaries · CSV export · 50 Deep Searches per month · Advanced filtering options |
| Deep | $45 /mo | All Pro features · Frequent literature review support · Enhanced analysis capabilities |
| Student | $9 /mo | 40% discount with .edu or .ac email · All Pro features · Academic verification required |
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Use it for
- — Literature reviews
- — Evidence-based decision making
- — Academic research synthesis
- — Finding scientific consensus on specific topics
- — Rapid literature exploration
- — Identifying research gaps
- — Comparative research analysis
Get the most out of it
- 01Use the Consensus Meter to quickly gauge researcher agreement on specific topics before diving into full papers
- 02Leverage Deep Search (50-per-month limit on Pro) for comprehensive literature reviews analyzing up to 50 papers instead of the default 20
- 03Filter results by journal rank and study design to focus on higher-quality sources and relevant methodologies for your research question
- 04Ask yes/no questions to get direct consensus answers backed by peer-reviewed papers, then adjust language for more exploratory searches
- 05Pair Consensus with your institution's library databases for paywalled articles and verify AI summaries against original papers for critical academic work
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