Consensus vs Perplexity Pro
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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Perplexity Pro
Perplexity's $17-a-month tier: model choice, Deep Research and Compute...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 8.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Subscription |
| Free tier | Basic paper search, 10 Pro messages and up to 3 Deep reviews a month | — |
| Paid from | Pro $12/mo billed annually ($20 monthly); Deep $45/mo annually ($65 monthly) | $17/month billed annually, with no month-to-month Pro price on the plan pages |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | 500k+ users | 1m+ Pro subscribers |
| Founded | 2021 | 2023 |
| Maker | Eric Olson, Christian Salem | Perplexity AI, Inc. |
| 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... |
Pro is a fair upgrade for people who search and research daily: you choose among seven current models, get Deep Research and bigger upload limits, and can hand some multi-step work to Perplexity Computer each week. Every... |
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