Consensus

About

Consensus is ranked #5 of 28 in AI research assistants on Inferse. It runs on Android, API, Browser extension, iOS, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $20/mo.

Compared on AI research assistants

Free plan

Yesconsensus.app

Facts

Product

Consensus is an AI workspace and academic search engine for scientific research.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Research database

The Help Center says Consensus searches a database of over 220 million peer-reviewed research papers, updated weekly.help.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Research Agent

Research Agent plans multi-step searches, chains tools such as citation crawling and DOI lookup, and returns citation-backed answers grounded in peer-reviewed research.help.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Search filters

Users can filter papers by publication date, open access, citations, journal rank, study design, population, sample size, duration, publisher, field, and country.help.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Medical Mode

Medical Mode searches a curated subset of about 8 million papers and 50,000 clinical guidelines from the top 1,000 medical journals.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Citation grounding

Consensus says every citation in its AI summaries is mapped to an exact quote from the paper, with the source section shown and PDF text highlighted when available.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Integrations

Consensus supports Zotero library import and exports CSV or RIS files compatible with reference managers including EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero.help.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

AI integrations

Consensus is available in ChatGPT, Claude, and Microsoft 365 Copilot, and its API and MCP requests share a monthly usage pool.help.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

API limit

The API and MCP share monthly call allowances by plan, and paid plans can enable additional calls for $0.05 each up to their plan limit.help.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Privacy

Consensus says user content sent for AI processing is not used to train its models or third-party models, and it does not attach account identifiers to that content.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Support

The company offers support through in-product Support Chat and at [email protected].help.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Who it serves

Consensus describes its users as researchers, students, and clinicians, and offers team plans for research groups, labs, and academic departments.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Mobile access

The privacy policy references Consensus mobile applications for iOS and Android.consensus.app · 29 Sept 2026

Company

Founded

2021consensus.app · 23 Sept 2026

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United Statesconsensus.app · 23 Sept 2026

Where it ranks on Inferse

• Best AI Research Assistants in 2026#5 of 28
• Best AI Search Engines in 2026#4 of 27

Sources

• consensus.app/home/about-us/· checked 29 Sept 2026
• help.consensus.app/en/articles/10055108-consensus-research· checked 29 Sept 2026
• help.consensus.app/en/articles/12641232-research-agent· checked 29 Sept 2026
• help.consensus.app/en/articles/9922799-advanced-search-fil· checked 29 Sept 2026
• consensus.app/home/blog/introducing-medical-mode-focu· checked 29 Sept 2026
• consensus.app/home/blog/what-has-changed-in-consensus· checked 29 Sept 2026
• help.consensus.app/en/articles/9922811-how-to-export-conse· checked 29 Sept 2026
• help.consensus.app/en/articles/11954907-consensus-product-· checked 29 Sept 2026
• help.consensus.app/en/articles/16516328-the-consensus-api· checked 29 Sept 2026
• consensus.app/home/privacy-policy/· checked 29 Sept 2026
• help.consensus.app/en/articles/10073509-faqs· checked 29 Sept 2026
• consensus.app· checked 23 Sept 2026