Consensus vs Scholarcy
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
Visit
|
Scholarcy
Turns papers into structured flashcards: findings, methods, refs.
Visit
|
|
|---|---|---|
| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 6.3 / 10 |
| Capability | ||
| Value for money | ||
| Ease of use | ||
| ASEAN readiness | ||
| API quality | ||
| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Basic paper search, 10 Pro messages and up to 3 Deep reviews a month | Free plan capped — the pricing page says both 10 summaries and one a day |
| Paid from | Pro $12/mo billed annually ($20 monthly); Deep $45/mo annually ($65 monthly) | Scholarcy Plus from SGD 13.99 a month, priced by country |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 500k+ users | 1m+ researchers |
| Founded | 2021 | 2018 |
| Maker | Eric Olson, Christian Salem | Everway (acquired October 2025) |
| 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... |
Scholarcy does one job: feed it a paper and it hands back a structured summary — key findings, methods, tables, a pulled reference list — instead of you reading twenty pages to get there. The Chrome extension is the most... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
← Back to AI Directory
Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.