Consensus vs Semantic Scholar
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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Semantic Scholar
Free AI-assisted academic search across 200M+ papers, from Ai2
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Free tier | Basic paper search, 10 Pro messages and up to 3 Deep reviews a month | Search, paper pages, TLDRs (CS/biomed), Semantic Reader, alerts, feeds and the API are free; an API key gives 1 request/sec |
| Paid from | Pro $12/mo billed annually ($20 monthly); Deep $45/mo annually ($65 monthly) | — |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 500k+ users | 50m+ monthly visits |
| Founded | 2021 | 2015 |
| Maker | Eric Olson, Christian Salem | Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) |
| 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... |
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... |
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