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Consensus

AI search engine that answers questions from peer-reviewed papers

Free planAI ResearchChecked Oct 5, 2026
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What is Consensus?

Consensus is an AI search engine for academic research. It answers questions from an index of more than 220 million peer-reviewed papers and links each claim to the paper it came from. Deep Search plans and runs a literature search, screening up to 1,000 papers and reporting on the 50 most relevant. A paper library with Zotero import, a citation graph, an API and an MCP connector for AI assistants sit alongside search.

Consensus's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. See every plan

Good for

  • Checking what peer-reviewed studies say about a specific question
  • Students and researchers starting a literature review
  • Teams that want cited paper search inside ChatGPT, Claude or their own tools

Worth knowing

  • Paid prices could not be confirmed: the pricing page did not show them when read, 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.

Key features

Cited answers from 220M+ 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.

Consensus pricing

We could not confirm Consensus’s current pricing from its own site, so we are not listing plans here. See consensus.app for current prices.

Ways to pay less

  • EducationUp 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 1 year free, then 40% off until graduation.

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Common questions

Is Consensus free?

Consensus has a free plan. Basic paper search across 220M+ 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.

What platforms does Consensus work on?

Consensus is available on Web and Android.

Does Consensus offer any discounts?

Consensus publicly lists the following: Up to 40% off for students, faculty and US clinicians.

Does Consensus have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Consensus is listed for Web and Android.

Does Consensus have a Windows app?

No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Consensus is listed for Web and Android.

Is Consensus open source?

Consensus is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.

Does Consensus have an API?

Yes. Consensus offers a public API, according to its own site.

What does Consensus integrate with?

Consensus's listing names Zotero, ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot and LibKey. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.

Does Consensus have a student discount?

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 1 year free, then 40% off until graduation.

Who makes Consensus?

Consensus is made by Consensus NLP, Inc. It dates from 2021.

What are the alternatives to Consensus?

The closest alternatives to Consensus in our directory are Elicit, SciSpace, Scite, Undermind and Semantic Scholar. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Consensus.

Sources for this page

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026.