Consensus AI

Consensus AI is an AI-powered academic search engine that searches a database of over 220 million peer-reviewed scientific papers and returns synthesized, evidence-backed answers with inline citations — not a list of blue links, and not hallucinated responses from general web content. Founded in 2022 and backed by $30M in funding from Union Square Ventures, Draper Associates, DJ Patil, and Nat Friedman, Consensus has grown to serve 5+ million researchers, students, doctors, and fact-checkers globally.

What makes Consensus distinct from general AI assistants like ChatGPT or Perplexity is its strict source discipline: every answer is grounded in peer-reviewed literature from Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, PubMed, and ArXiv — no blogs, no forums, no unverified sources. Its signature Consensus Meter shows at a glance the percentage of studies that support, contradict, or are mixed on a given research question. Deep Search generates comprehensive literature review reports in minutes, while Scholar Agent (built on GPT-5) runs multi-step agentic research pipelines across the full corpus. Study Snapshots summarize methodology and limitations of individual papers, and Medical Mode adds responsible guardrails for health-related queries.

Consensus is the right tool for academic researchers, students writing theses, healthcare professionals validating clinical evidence, journalists fact-checking claims, and any professional who needs fast, trustworthy access to scientific literature without the hallucination risk of general-purpose chatbots.

Consensus offers a free plan with limited searches per month, paper summaries, and Consensus Meter access — enough to evaluate the platform without a credit card.

The Premium plan runs approximately $9.99–$15/month (billed annually at lower rates) and unlocks unlimited searches, Deep Search literature reviews, Study Snapshots, saved history, citation exports, and faster AI synthesis.

A Pro/Teams plan is available for research groups and organizations at approximately $65/month per seat or higher, adding collaboration features, usage analytics, and API access. Student discounts are available with a verified academic email address. Pricing is subject to change — verify current rates at consensus.app.