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Consensus

Consensus · AI Science Search Engine

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A search engine that finds answers to research questions by analysing the findings of peer-reviewed scientific papers.

PricingFreemium

Setupeasy

Runs onWeb

APINo

Open sourceNo

DocsYes

CategoryResearch

Science SearchEvidence-basedAcademic PapersCitationsResearchFact-checking

Best for

Non-experts and analysts who want clear, source-backed answers from the scientific literature

Not ideal for

Domain specialists needing full paper access or researchers requiring systematic review methodology

Who it's for

Healthcare professionals, journalists, and researchers who need evidence-backed answers from peer-reviewed science

Capabilities

Natural language questions answered from scientific literature
Results linked to peer-reviewed source papers
Plain-language synthesis across multiple studies
Filters by study type, year, and journal
Copilot mode for deeper AI-assisted synthesis

Limitations

Limited to published academic research — not suitable for current events or practical how-to questions
Quality depends on what has been published and indexed
Advanced features and higher usage limits require a paid subscription
Not ideal for teams that need deep workflow automation beyond search and synthesis

Use cases

Quickly checking what scientific evidence says on a health or policy question
Supporting claims with cited peer-reviewed sources
Comparing findings across multiple studies on a topic
Background research before a deeper academic review
Fact-checking claims against published science

Integrations & fit

Browser ExtensionAPI

Good fit forSolo / individual, Startup / small team

Pricing modelFreemium· Free tier available

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Alternatives to consider

Elicit

Researchers and students who need to process large volumes of academic literature efficiently

Freemium

Scite

Researchers and scientists who need to evaluate the evidentiary weight behind specific claims in the literature

Freemium

About Consensus

Consensus is an AI search engine built on top of a large corpus of peer-reviewed scientific literature. Users ask a research question in natural language and receive a plain-language summary of what the scientific evidence says on that topic, alongside links to the underlying papers. It is designed to make evidence-based information accessible without requiring academic database access or familiarity with scientific search syntax. Consensus is particularly useful for healthcare professionals, science communicators, journalists, and researchers who need to understand what published evidence says without performing a full systematic review. Unlike general AI assistants, it does not generate answers from its own training data — it synthesises directly from real papers and shows the sources. A free tier is available with limited daily searches; Consensus Premium unlocks higher usage, GPT-4-powered summaries, and study quality indicators that help assess the strength of the evidence behind each result.

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