- Based on official vendor pages, quoted and linked below
- Product page checked: 2026-10-27
- Pricing checked: 2026-10-27
- Catalogue as of 2026-10-27
Plans & pricing
Checked 2026-10-27. Confirm prices and terms with the vendor before buying.
Free
$0/month
Basic paper search; 10 Pro messages per month; up to 3 Deep reviews per month
Pro
$20/month monthly-billed ($12/month billed annually, $144/year)
Unlimited Pro messages; 15 Deep reviews per month; 500 API & MCP uses included per month
Deep
$65/month monthly-billed ($45/month billed annually, $540/year)
200 Deep reviews per month; 2,000 API & MCP uses included per month
Free usage: Some usage renews; other limits also apply.
Usage, billing & important limits
- Team and Enterprise tab exists but was not confirmed.
- Key creation requires a signed-in account (API/MCP dashboard); core search signup requirement not checked.
- Free Tier - Cost: $0 - Features: Unlimited Papers searches per month, 10 Pro messages per month, 3 Deep reviews per month, 10 " Unlimited Papers searches = standing component; the Pro-message/Deep-review/Snapshot/API quotas renew monthly (renewable component), so mixed.
- Not a trial.
More plan details
- Monthly and annual-billed figures are listed separately.
- Annual equivalents: Pro $12/mo ($144/yr), Deep $45/mo ($540/yr).
- Plans include API & MCP uses (500/mo Pro, 2,000/mo Deep) with $0.05/use beyond included caps.
- Student/faculty/clinician discount up to 40% (school email or US NPI).
- Platform: web only; mobile is add-to-home-screen via Safari/Chrome - NO native app (vendor help).
- API: self-serve on every plan; included calls/month Free 30, Pro 500 (max 1,000), Teams 500, Deep 2,000 (max 10,000), Enterprise custom; 1 req/sec; Free tier max 20 papers/request, no pagination past page 1, no full-text excerpts; shares monthly pool with Consensus MCP.
- "Consensus is free to use, with optional subscription plans available for additional features.
- Identity: 'Consensus is the AI-powered academic search engine' (consensus.app homepage, 2026-10-27); 400M+ peer-reviewed papers per vendor copy.
Pricing source & billing notes
Prices reflect the source and date shown, not a checkout quote. Regional prices, tax and extra usage may change your total.
Annual billing: Discount listed; see plan terms
Task tags
Task tags are taxonomy labels, not a checked or tested feature list.
Features stated by the vendor
- Academic search: “Search & analyze 400M+ peer-reviewed research papers”
- Deep reviews: “More comprehensive and thorough Lit Reviews of many studies”
- Cited analysis: “Cited AI analysis of peer-reviewed research”
The vendor's own wording, quoted from official pages (see Sources). Read the linked vendor pages for the full feature conditions.
At a glance
- Sign-in
- Account setup is documented. Whether all basic search requires login was not confirmed.
- Platforms
- Web
- API available
- Yes
- Information based on
- Official vendor pages
Sources
Product page checked: 2026-10-27. Features above are vendor statements, not a performance rating.
Workflows that use Consensus
- Write a quick review of the evidence on a question
- Assess whether effect sizes can be pooled
- Plan the order to read about a new subject
- Prepare an environmental change summary from dated images and field records
- Prepare an evidence table of published findings on a named drug target
Used in 5 workflows. Browse the workflow library.