Consensus
AI powered scientific search engine for peer reviewed research
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The service ranks academic search results using study design quality, citation counts, journal ratings, and recency while excluding non-academic content like blogs. A specialized Medical mode restricts queries to guidelines and top medical journals. Available access options range from Free access to Pro, Team, and Enterprise subscription tiers.
- Category:
- Search
- Price:
- Free plan available
- Free plan:
- Yes
- Works on:
- Web, API
- Integrates with:
- Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex
- Prices checked:
- , against consensus.app
Consensus pricing
As printed on consensus.app on October 12, 2026
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At a glance
- Free trial
- Not listed
- Team plan
- Yes
- Open source
- Not listed
- Self-hostable
- Not listed
- Capabilities
- AI search Answer engine Citations Research Summarization Developer API
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What Consensus does well
- ✓ Finding and synthesizing peer-reviewed research papers
- ✓ Visualizing scientific agreement on specific research questions
- ✓ Connecting AI agents to verified scientific citations via MCP or REST API
Key features
- Consensus Meter to aggregate study verdicts into agreement distributions
- Medical mode filtering to clinical guidelines and top medical journals
- Natural language prompt parsing for timeframe and study design filters
- Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and REST API for agent workflows
People also ask
What sources does Consensus index? +
Consensus indexes over 200 million papers from Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, PubMed, and publisher feeds, while excluding non-academic websites.
What is the Consensus Meter? +
The Consensus Meter aggregates verdicts across multiple studies to show the overall distribution of agreement or disagreement for a research question.
How are search results ranked on Consensus? +
Results are sorted based on study design quality, citation count, journal quality scores, and published recency.
Is Consensus free? +
Yes, Consensus has a free plan, as of October 12, 2026. Its other tiers are priced on request.
How much does Consensus cost? +
As of October 12, 2026, Consensus lists 4 plans: Free, Pro (custom pricing), Team (custom pricing), Enterprise (custom pricing).
What platforms does Consensus run on? +
Consensus runs on Web, API.
What does Consensus integrate with? +
Consensus officially integrates with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex.
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