Semantic Scholar vs Consensus
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Semantic Scholar
Free AI-assisted academic search across 200M+ papers, from Ai2
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Consensus
AI search engine that shows what the research says
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Free tier | Search, paper pages, TLDRs (CS/biomed), Semantic Reader, alerts, feeds and the API are free; an API key gives 1 request/sec | 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) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 50m+ monthly visits | 500k+ users |
| Founded | 2015 | 2021 |
| Maker | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) | Eric Olson, Christian Salem |
| Verdict | Semantic Scholar remains one of the best free tools for finding and tracing academic literature, with excellent citation data and a generous free API that other research tools build on. Its AI features are narrower than... |
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... |
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