Consensus AI

Consensus AI is an AI-powered academic search and research platform designed to help users find, understand, and synthesize scientific research. It searches a large database of peer-reviewed research papers and connects AI-generated answers directly to the underlying studies, making it easier to trace claims back to published evidence. Consensus is designed for students, researchers, academics, clinicians, professionals, and anyone who needs evidence-based information without manually reviewing large numbers of papers.

The platform combines semantic search and keyword search to identify relevant academic literature. Consensus then prioritizes results using factors such as relevance, recency, citation count, and journal quality. Users can ask research questions in natural language and receive results grounded in published studies rather than relying on general web content. The platform currently searches more than 220 million peer-reviewed research papers.

Consensus includes several AI-powered research tools. Pro Search provides AI-generated summaries of findings from relevant papers, while Deep Search performs more extensive research across larger collections of studies. Consensus Meter helps users understand whether research generally supports, contradicts, or remains uncertain about a yes-or-no question. Study Snapshots provide important details such as study design, population, sample size, methodology, and outcomes. Users can also chat with the full text of supported papers, collections, or uploaded documents.

For more advanced research, Consensus provides Research Agent, which can plan multi-step searches, chain research tools together, apply academic filters, and return citation-backed answers grounded in peer-reviewed literature. This makes the platform useful for literature reviews, evidence discovery, academic research, and complex research questions.

Consensus also provides a My Library workspace for organizing papers into custom lists. Researchers can import references using formats such as DOI, RIS, and BibTeX and can import Zotero collections. Papers and research results can also be exported for use with reference-management and academic writing workflows.

For organizations and developers, Consensus offers Teams and Enterprise plans, centralized account management, library integrations, and an API. The Consensus API allows applications and internal AI assistants to retrieve peer-reviewed research, paper metadata, relevance scores, and advanced filtering options. API pricing starts at $0.10 per call plus a platform fee, with access available by application.

Consensus also supports multilingual research. The platform announced support for searches in 100+ languages, while its AI features have included 31 language options for translations, summaries, and paper takeaways.

Overall, Consensus AI is best suited to research workflows where accuracy, academic evidence, citations, and access to peer-reviewed literature are more important than general-purpose web search.