Consensus capabilities

Beyond returning a list of papers, Consensus writes a synthesized answer that summarises and reconciles the findings across the retrieved studies, with inline citations back to each paper. Pro Analysis (the feature formerly called Copilot) lets you give a follow-up command so the AI drafts content, explains concepts, or collates the research for you.

An AI search engine that answers research questions by retrieving from a corpus of over 220 million peer-reviewed scientific papers, rather than the general web. Results are returned as a ranked list of real papers, each with an AI-extracted relevance summary, so every answer is grounded in citable published literature.

Consensus's signature feature: for a yes/no research question, it visualises the degree of scientific agreement across the analysed studies, showing how many support 'yes', 'no', or 'possibly/mixed'. It turns a body of literature into an at-a-glance read on where the science stands instead of a single unsourced answer.

Consensus is available inside ChatGPT and other AI assistants, so you can run its academic-paper search from within an AI conversation. Once connected and enabled, the AI can use Consensus to search real peer-reviewed papers and cite the research it finds, bringing scientific evidence into an existing workflow.

Consensus is sold as a freemium product with four tiers: Free, Pro, Deep, and Teams/Enterprise. The free plan covers unlimited basic search and limited monthly allowances of the AI-powered features; the paid tiers unlock higher-volume Deep Search and Pro Analysis usage.

Per-paper analysis tools. A Study Snapshot uses AI to extract the key details of a single study - population studied, study design, outcomes, results, and sample size - in one click. Ask Paper lets you chat with the full text of a paper, asking questions about its methodology, figures, or specifics and getting answers with the exact passage highlighted.