Consensus vs Evidence Hunt (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Consensus grades higher than Evidence Hunt: 2.6 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 9, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Consensus grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Consensus
AI search engine that answers questions from peer-reviewed papers
Free plan
Evidence Hunt
Medical literature search and chat with cited evidence
Free plan · from €16.5/mo
Which one is for you
Pick Consensus if
- Fits if you want to know what peer-reviewed studies say about one specific question
- Works for teams that want cited paper search inside ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot or their own tools
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need the price before you sign up, as the paid prices couldn't be read
- Tight if you're staying free, with 10 Pro messages and 3 Deep Searches a month
- Tight if you lean on Deep Search, with 15 a month on Pro and 50 a seat on Team
- Watch out: API calls past your plan's credits cost $0.05 each, with 500 included on Pro and Team
- Not for you if you want an iPhone app, since none was found on the US App Store
Pick Evidence Hunt if
- Fits if you are a clinician or medical affairs person who wants PICO searching on PubMed
- Works for people who want answers tied to cited studies
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: low-cost models and 3 Pro-quality questions
- Pricey if you need systematic review, data extraction or document search, which are paid add-ons
- Watch out: projects, SSO and user management are limited to Team or Organisation, sold through sales
- Watch out: prices are in euros, and the monthly-billing price was not readable
- Skip it if you want apps on your phone or desktop, as only the web is listed
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAConsensusGood | 2.0GPAEvidence HuntFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNobody can put a number on this one. The pricing page didn't show its paid prices on two readings, and Consensus's own pricing summary leaves the dollar amounts out, so it lands where every unpriced tool lands. Pro has 15 Deep Searches a month, Deep has 200, and students get up to 40% off. | CPro is EUR 16.50 a month on yearly billing, between the $14 that starts the dearer quarter of research tools and the $23 of the dearest tenth. |
| Free plan and trial | CBasic paper search across 400M+ papers is free and the Citation Graph comes with every account, which is more than nothing. But the AI is rationed to 10 Pro messages and 3 Deep Searches a month, so the bit you came for runs out in an afternoon. | CBasic is free with low-cost models and 3 Pro-quality questions, PubMed search and history, and Pro has a 7-day trial. |
| Features | BIt covers the whole job: plain-language questions answered from their source papers, filters for study type, journal rank and sample size, Deep Search across 1,000 papers, a citation graph, a Zotero library, an API and an MCP connector. Its rivals cover the same ground, mind, several of them screening more papers. | CChat, PICO and Boolean search, evidence signals, open-access full text and a table builder. Systematic review, extraction and document search are paid add-ons. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record either way, so this rests on the product: you type a question the way you'd ask a colleague, and the answer comes back with its papers attached. Nothing to connect or configure first. | CNo store rating on record. PICO and Boolean searching asks for some research know-how. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb and an Android app, with an API and an MCP connector that puts Consensus search inside ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot. It imports from Zotero too. No iOS app was found on the US App Store when it was checked. | CWeb only, with an API as an add-on. Its PubMed, OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar links are data sources, not connections to your tools. |
| Best for | asking what the studies actually say | medical literature search with cited answers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Consensus and Evidence Hunt. How we grade
Where they differ
- Consensus also covers AI agents.
- Evidence Hunt also covers chat assistant.
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At a glance
| Consensus | Evidence Hunt | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | €16.5 per month, billed yearly |
| Free plan | Basic paper search across 400M+ papers, plus 10 Pro messages and 3 Deep Searches per month. Paid tiers are Pro, Deep, Team and Enterprise; their prices could not be read. | Basic plan: free chats with low-cost models plus 3 pro-quality questions, PubMed search, history and 1 evidence signal. |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial of Pro |
| Web | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Consensus NLP, Inc. | EvidenceHunt |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | evidencehunt.com |
| Checked | Oct 9, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Consensus
- Paid prices could not be confirmed: the pricing page did not show them on two readings, and Consensus's own pricing summary leaves out dollar amounts.
- The free tier allows 10 Pro messages and 3 Deep Searches per month. Pro includes 15 Deep Searches, Deep 200 and Team 50 per seat.
- API calls beyond a plan's included credits cost $0.05 each; 500 are included on Pro, Team and Enterprise and 2,000 on Deep.
- An Android app is listed on Google Play. No iOS app was found on the US App Store when checked.
Evidence Hunt
- Prices are shown in euros; the monthly-billing price was not readable on the rendered page.
- Systematic review, data extraction and document search are paid add-ons, not part of Pro.
- Projects, SSO and user management are limited to Team or Organisation, sold through sales.
- Free Basic chats use low-cost models, with only 3 Pro-quality questions.
Key features
Consensus
- Cited answers from 400M+ papers
- Ask a research question in plain language and get a summary tied to its source papers, with filters for study type, journal rank, citation count, sample size and year.
- Deep Search
- Builds and runs a search strategy, screens up to 1,000 papers and writes a report on the 50 most relevant. The monthly allowance depends on the plan.
- Research agent
- Chains citation crawling, DOI lookup, author search and similar-paper search, and can build a comparison table from the full text of the results.
- Citation Graph
- Starts from one or more seed papers and maps what they cite and what has cited them since. It is included with every account.
- Library with Zotero import
- Imports papers from Zotero, BibTeX, RIS or PDF, then searches the collection, looks for gaps in it and generates bibliographies.
- API and MCP connector
- The API returns ranked papers with metadata for use in other tools, and the MCP connector links Consensus search to ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot.
Evidence Hunt
- Evidence chat
- Ask clinical questions and get answers grounded in medical literature. Pro adds higher-quality models and unlimited Pro chats.
- PICO and Boolean search
- Traditional search in PubMed using PICO or Boolean queries is included on every plan.
- Evidence Signals
- Track new literature automatically with email updates: 1 signal weekly on Basic, up to 5 daily on Pro, up to 10 on Team.
- Open-access full text
- Pro chats with full-text open-access articles from PubMed and the medical sections of OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar.
- Table Builder
- Design custom comparison-table layouts; Pro can upload documents such as SmPCs to map data into reusable tables.
- Add-ons and API
- Data extraction, document processing and systematic review workflows are add-ons; a credit-based API costs €0.125 per credit.
Plans
Consensus
Pricing could not be confirmed. See consensus.app.
Evidence Hunt
Basic$0
Free chats on low-cost models plus 3 Pro-quality questions, PICO or Boolean search, history and 1 signal.
Pro€16.5
per month, billed yearly
Pro chats on the best models, open-access full text, filters, answer formatting and up to 5 signals.
Team or OrganisationCustom
Adds projects, management, SSO, shared documents and up to 10 signals; contact sales.
Ways to pay less
Consensus
- Education
Up to 40% off for students, faculty and US clinicians
Students and faculty with a valid school email, and US clinicians with a valid NPI number, can claim up to 40% off. Consensus's pricing summary gives students 40% off for 12 months with a verified student email.
Evidence Hunt
- Annual discount
Save 18% with annual billing
The pricing page's Annual toggle states a saving of 18% compared with monthly billing for Pro.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Consensus or Evidence Hunt?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Consensus has no price we could confirm, and Evidence Hunt starts at €16.5 per month, billed yearly.
Which has a free plan, Consensus or Evidence Hunt?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Consensus and Evidence Hunt have a free plan.
Which platforms do Consensus and Evidence Hunt run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Consensus lists an Android app. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.