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Consensus

AI academic search engine for peer-reviewed literature—your research OS for finding, organizing, and analyzing science 10x faster.

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PricingFreemium
APIAvailable
PlatformsWeb
AddedJul 2026

Overview

Consensus is an AI academic search engine for peer-reviewed literature. Designed to act as an AI workspace for scientific research, it enables researchers, students, and clinicians to find, organize, and analyze scientific findings efficiently. It offers search across millions of scientific papers with synthesized AI summaries, natural language querying, consensus metrics on scientific topics, citation graphing, and custom citation exporting.

Key features

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Search 220M+ scientific papers

Pro Search and Deep Search modes with synthesized AI answers

Ask Paper to chat with any paper

Consensus Meter showing scientific agreement on yes/no questions

Study Snapshots with key findings and methodology

Citation Graph for paper relationships

Citation export in RIS, BibTeX, and CSV

Collections to organize research libraries

Consensus API integration

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Pros

  • Allows searching through over 220 million scientific papers.
  • Features Pro Search and Deep Search modes that synthesize papers into direct AI answers.
  • Allows users to directly chat with any paper via 'Ask Paper'.
  • Includes a Consensus Meter showing scientific agreement on yes/no scientific questions.
  • Provides Study Snapshots highlighting key findings and methodology.
  • Enables exported citations in specialized formats like RIS, BibTeX, and CSV.
  • Exposes an API to integrate citations and paper metadata directly into external tools.
  • Available for free accessibility, allowing users to try core capabilities without immediate payment.

Cons

  • No desktop software for macOS, Windows, or Linux is listed on the site.
  • No native mobile apps (iOS, Android) are listed in the product description pages.
  • Exact pricing details and plan figures for paid tiers are not disclosed in the text.
  • Requires JavaScript and a modern web browser to run, limiting accessibility on older systems.
  • The Consensus API is capped returning up to a limit of 20 papers per query.

Platforms

Web

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