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-powered academic search across 236M+ papers, all fields.
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Consensus
AI search engine that shows what the science actually says
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Free tier | Full access to all features for free | 20 searches per day with basic features |
| Paid from | — | Pro $15/mo ($10/mo annual); Deep tier for power users/researchers |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 50m+ monthly visits | 500k+ users |
| Founded | 2015 | 2022 |
| Maker | Allen Institute for AI | Eric Olson, Christian Salem |
| Verdict | Semantic Scholar, run by the nonprofit Allen Institute for AI, indexes over 236 million papers and ranks them by meaning rather than keyword overlap, which is where it beats Google Scholar's plain matching. The TLDR one-... |
Consensus answers research questions by pulling from peer-reviewed literature rather than the open web: type a question, get a synthesized answer with citations, a Consensus Meter showing what share of studies actually a... |
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