Consensus vs Elicit vs Notion AI vs Perplexity Pages
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Consensus
AI search engine that shows what the research says
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Elicit
AI literature search, extraction and systematic reviews with sentence-...
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Notion AI
Notion's built-in agent, search and meeting notes, included in Busines...
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Perplexity Pages
Perplexity's cited research pages, retired pending a promised rebuild
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 6.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Subscription | Subscription |
| Free tier | Basic paper search, 10 Pro messages and up to 3 Deep reviews a month | Basic: unlimited search of 138M+ papers, unlimited summaries and full-text paper chat, Zotero import; limited Research Agent and Reports usage | Limited trial only: Free and Plus workspaces get a small amount of Notion Agent and meeting-notes usage to try | — |
| Paid from | Pro $12/mo billed annually ($20 monthly); Deep $45/mo annually ($65 monthly) | From $11/month (academic Plus billed yearly, or $19 monthly); industry Pro $49/month yearly | $20/member/month (Business, billed yearly; $24 monthly), the cheapest plan that includes Notion AI | Not available on any Perplexity plan while the feature is retired |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 500k+ users | 200k+ researchers | 100M+ total users; 4M+ paying customers (AI is gated to Business/Enterprise) | Available to all Perplexity users |
| Founded | 2021 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Maker | Eric Olson, Christian Salem | Andreas Stuhlmuller | Notion Labs, Inc. | Perplexity AI |
| Verdict | Consensus answers research questions from academic literature rather than the open web: a cited synthesis, natural-language filters for population, design and time frame, and a Consensus Meter showing how far studies agr... |
Elicit is the most complete AI tool for structured literature work: search, screening, extraction tables and cited reports in one place, with every claim tied to a source sentence. Published studies support it as a secon... |
Notion AI's value is context: the agent, search and meeting notes work over the pages and databases a team already keeps in Notion, plus connected tools like Slack and Google Drive, with no copy-paste. Custom Agents exte... |
Pages was a good idea: it turned Perplexity's cited research into an editable, shareable article for explainers and briefings. It cannot be used today. Perplexity retired page creation and has said since at least Septemb... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.