Standout features
Consensus is built for one job: ask a research question and get an evidence-weighted answer drawn from peer-reviewed papers, summarised at a glance by its Consensus Meter.
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Consensus is the fastest way to gauge what the literature actually says on a specific claim.
- Purpose-built for evidence-weighted answers.
- The Consensus Meter gives an at-a-glance verdict.
- Every answer cites peer-reviewed papers.
It combines semantic search over papers with LLM summarisation.
- Strong on binary, well-studied questions.
- Less suited to open-ended exploration than discovery tools.
- Quality indicators help weigh each study.
A free tier with monthly-refreshed credits exists; Plus unlocks heavier use.
Consensus fits fast evidence checks.
- Clinicians and analysts checking a specific claim.
- Students validating an argument with citations.
- Writers needing quick evidence backing.
- You need full structured extraction — Elicit fits better.
- You want broad discovery and citation maps.
Its strengths come from a narrow scope.
- Best for binary, well-studied questions.
- Weaker for open-ended literature exploration.
- Answers depend on coverage in the corpus.
- Still requires reading the cited studies.
- ✓Consensus Meter at-a-glance verdict
- ✓Evidence-weighted, cited answers
- ✓200M+ paper corpus
- ✓Monthly-refreshed free credits
- ✓Great for binary claims
- ✕Narrow to well-studied questions
- ✕Weaker for open exploration
- ✕Coverage-dependent answers
- ✕Not a full extraction tool
Users reach for Consensus to settle a specific claim fast, and the Consensus Meter is the most-praised feature for its at-a-glance read. The honest note is that it shines on well-studied yes/no questions more than open-ended reviews.
Consensus is an AI-powered research search engine that answers questions using evidence from peer-reviewed papers. Its Consensus Meter summarises the weight of evidence on a claim, drawing on a corpus of 200M+ papers with per-study quality indicators.
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