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Consensus pricing

AI-powered academic search engine that searches and analyzes peer-reviewed research papers.

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Visit ConsensusPrices checked Oct 29, 2026

How much does Consensus cost?

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Free plan
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Watch out for

  • Their pages disagree: papers searched. "Search & analyze400M+ peerreviewed research papers" vs "Consensus draws on 250M+ research papers, including licensed full text"
  • Their pages disagree: user count. "Over 5 million researchers, students, and clinicians trust Consensus" vs "10 million researchers, students, and clinicians use Consensus"

How you buy and get started

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Setup
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What Consensus does

Consensus is an AI workspace for scientific research that searches peer-reviewed papers, offers Deep Search for literature reviews, and shows a Consensus Meter for yes/no research questions. It also has a Medical mode limited to clinical guidelines and top medical journals.

Good for
Researchers, students, clinicians, and university libraries doing literature reviews and evidence lookups.
Channels
web
Main product
AI academic search engine over peer-reviewed research papers
Also includes
Deep Search for literature review, Consensus Meter, Medical mode, Natural language filters, Licensed full text content from publishers
Public API
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MCP server
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  • Inline source citationsNot stated
  • Multi-step deep research reportsTurn days of literature review into a few minutes.
  • Academic paper database searchSearch and analyze peer-reviewed literature.
  • Upload and query own documentsNot stated
  • Connects to internal appsNot stated
  • Shared team workspaceNot stated
  • SSO and enterprise securityNot stated
  • No training on customer dataWe do not use your data to train large language models.
  • Export reports and tablesNot stated
  • API accessNot stated

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Security and your data

QuestionTheir answerWhere it says so
Trains AI on your data?no"We do not use your data to train large language models."privacy
HIPAA (signs a BAA)Not stated
SOC 2Not stated
GDPRNot stated
CCPANot stated
PCINot stated
ISO 27001Not stated
Single sign-onNot stated
Trust centerNot stated

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Every plan

No prices are published on Consensus's pricing page.

Their pages disagree: papers searched"Search & analyze400M+ peerreviewed research papers" vs "Consensus draws on 250M+ research papers, including licensed full text content from leadin"
Their pages disagree: user count"Over 5 million researchers, students, and clinicians trust Consensus" vs "10 million researchers, students, and clinicians use Consensus"

Fine print

Billing increment
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Billed beyond usage
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Contract
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Refunds
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Auto renew
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Price change notice
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About the company

Legal name
Consensus NLP, Inc.
Online since
Jul 27, 2020
Domain registration date
Founder
Christian Salem and Eric Olson, founded 2021
Customers
"10 million researchers, students, and clinicians use Consensus"
their claim

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Questions

Is Consensus free?

No free plan is stated on Consensus's pricing page.

Does Consensus train AI on your data?

No, according to Consensus: "We do not use your data to train large language models."