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Consensus vs Elicit

Features, pricing, ratings, and pros and cons, side by side.

Verdict

Consensus and Elicit are both Education & Research tools. Elicit scores higher in FinderAtlas's editorial review (8.3 vs 8.0 out of 10). Both have a free plan or trial. Only Consensus is available on Android. Only Elicit offers an API.

Best overall

Elicit

  • Academic researchers
  • Graduate students
  • Life sciences and pharma teams
  • Policy and government analysts

Choose Consensus if

  • You want a tool built for quick literature scans, finding citable peer-reviewed sources, checking what the evidence says on a yes/no question.
  • Every answer links back to cited peer-reviewed papers.
  • Consensus Meter gives a quick view of agreement on yes/no questions.

Choose Elicit if

  • You want a tool built for literature reviews.
  • Free plan with unlimited search across 138M+ papers.
  • Sentence-level citations for AI-generated claims.
Best for beginners
Consensus
Best for business
Consensus

Features

17 features compared.

  • Pro Search and Deep Search
    Consensus
    Available
    Elicit
    Not available
  • Consensus Meter
    Consensus
    Available
    Elicit
    Not available
  • Study Snapshots
    Consensus
    Available
    Elicit
    Not available
  • Ask Paper
    Consensus
    Available
    Elicit
    Not available
  • Threads
    Consensus
    Available
    Elicit
    Not available
  • Medical Mode
    Consensus
    Available
    Elicit
    Not available
  • Citation Graph
    Consensus
    Available
    Elicit
    Not available
  • Citation Export and Collections
    Consensus
    Available
    Elicit
    Not available
  • Research Agent
    Consensus
    Not available
    Elicit
    Available
  • Research Reports
    Consensus
    Not available
    Elicit
    Available
  • Systematic Literature Review
    Consensus
    Not available
    Elicit
    Available
  • Data extraction tables
    Consensus
    Not available
    Elicit
    Available
  • Library
    Consensus
    Not available
    Elicit
    Available
  • Routines
    Consensus
    Not available
    Elicit
    Available
  • Chat with papers
    Consensus
    Not available
    Elicit
    Available
  • Zotero import
    Consensus
    Not available
    Elicit
    Available
  • API and MCP server
    Consensus
    Not available
    Elicit
    Available

Pricing

Plans as listed by each vendor. Check their sites for current prices.

  • Pricing model
    Consensus
    Freemium
    Elicit
    Freemium
  • Free plan
    Consensus
    Yes
    Elicit
    Yes
  • Starting price
    Consensus
    $0
    Elicit
    $0
  • Plans
    Consensus
    4 plans
    Elicit
    4 plans

Consensus plans

  • Free

    $0

    Basic paper search for free, without AI analysis

    • Basic paper search
    • 10 Pro messages per month
    • Up to 3 Deep reviews per month

  • Pro

    Most popular

    $20/month

    Unlimited Pro messages with cited AI analysis of peer-reviewed research

    • Unlimited Pro messages
    • 15 Deep reviews per month
    • All research tools
    • 500 API and MCP uses per month

  • Deep

    $65/month

    For researchers and clinicians doing frequent literature reviews

    • Everything in Pro
    • 200 Deep reviews per month
    • 2000 API and MCP uses per month

  • Team and Enterprise

    Custom/custom

    Plans for organizations, universities and research teams

    • Multi-seat access
    • Contact sales for details

Elicit plans

  • Basic

    $0

    Free plan with limited Research Agent and Reports usage

    • Unlimited search across 138M+ papers
    • Unlimited summaries
    • Unlimited chat with papers
    • View sources for answers
    • Zotero import

  • Pro

    Most popular

    $75/user/mo

    Billed monthly ($49 per user per month billed annually); standard usage for systematic reviews

    • Systematic review workflow screening up to 5,000 papers
    • 20 table columns
    • Reports from up to 135 data sources
    • Routines
    • Custom extractions from uploaded papers
    • API access

  • Scale

    $279/user/mo

    Billed monthly ($169 per user per month billed annually); 5x usage with collaboration

    • 5x Pro usage
    • Figure extraction
    • Live collaboration
    • Reports from up to 200 data sources
    • 30 table columns
    • Admin panel with usage tracking

  • Enterprise

    Custom/custom

    For companies and schools

    • Custom usage
    • Screen 40,000 papers with 40 columns
    • SSO and SAML
    • No training on your data by default
    • Custom data sources and templates
    • Unlimited API access

Our ratings

Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team. Last reviewed October 2026.

Consensus
8.0overall
Elicit
8.3overall

  • Ease of Use

    Consensus
    8.8
    Elicit
    Not rated

  • Feature Depth

    Consensus
    8.2
    Elicit
    Not rated

  • Value for Money

    Consensus
    7.5
    Elicit
    Not rated

  • Performance & Speed

    Consensus
    8.3
    Elicit
    Not rated

  • Documentation & Support

    Consensus
    7.2
    Elicit
    Not rated

  • Academic Paper Search

    Consensus
    Not rated
    Elicit
    8.8

  • Structured Data Extraction

    Consensus
    Not rated
    Elicit
    8.7

  • Citation Transparency

    Consensus
    Not rated
    Elicit
    8.6

  • Systematic Review Support

    Consensus
    Not rated
    Elicit
    8.5

  • Pricing Clarity

    Consensus
    Not rated
    Elicit
    7.0

Scores weigh documented features, plan value, platform coverage, integrations and user feedback. A missing score means we have not rated that area yet.

Pros and cons

Consensus

Pros

  • Every answer links back to cited peer-reviewed papers
  • Consensus Meter gives a quick view of agreement on yes/no questions
  • Export to RIS, BibTeX and CSV fits existing reference workflows
  • Medical Mode narrows results to top medical journals and clinical guidelines
  • Free search available without payment
  • Stated use by students at over 10,000 universities (company claim)

Cons

  • Deep reviews are capped (3/month free, 15 on Pro), so heavy literature reviews need the $65 Deep plan
  • Corpus size claims differ across the company's own pages (200M+ vs 400M+)
  • Focused on academic literature, so it is not a general-purpose assistant

Elicit

Pros

  • Free plan with unlimited search across 138M+ papers
  • Sentence-level citations for AI-generated claims
  • Structured extraction of paper details into tables
  • Dedicated systematic review workflow and Routines for tracking new research
  • API and MCP server for use with other tools

Cons

  • Research Agent and Reports usage is limited on the free plan
  • Systematic reviews, Routines and API access need Pro at $75 per user per month ($49 billed annually)
  • Pricing page shows only annual-billing rates for Pro and Scale
  • Focused on research; not a general-purpose assistant
  • No mobile app

Platforms

  • Web
    Consensus
    Supported
    Elicit
    Supported
  • Windows
    Consensus
    Not supported
    Elicit
    Not supported
  • macOS
    Consensus
    Not supported
    Elicit
    Not supported
  • iOS
    Consensus
    Not supported
    Elicit
    Not supported
  • Android
    Consensus
    Supported
    Elicit
    Not supported
  • API
    Consensus
    Not supported
    Elicit
    Supported
  • Browser Extension
    Consensus
    Not supported
    Elicit
    Not supported

Integrations

Consensus

No integrations listed.

Elicit

4 integrations
  • Zotero
  • PubMed
  • ClinicalTrials.gov
  • MCP

Company

  • Company
    Consensus
    Consensus NLP, Inc.
    Elicit
    Elicit
  • Headquarters
    Consensus
    Boston, USA
    Elicit
    Oakland, CA
  • Monthly users
    Consensus
    Not listed
    Elicit
    5M+ researchers
  • Listing
    Consensus
    Claimed
    Elicit
    Claimed

Frequently asked questions

Is Consensus better than Elicit?

It depends on your workflow. Consensus is built for quick literature scans, finding citable peer-reviewed sources, checking what the evidence says on a yes/no question. Elicit is built for literature reviews.

What are the key feature differences between Consensus and Elicit?

Consensus: Search peer-reviewed research and get cited, evidence-based answers in seconds. Elicit: AI research assistant for literature search, systematic reviews and evidence reports.

Does Consensus or Elicit have a free plan?

Yes, both do. Consensus is freemium and Elicit is freemium, and each has a free plan or trial.

Which is cheaper, Consensus or Elicit?

Both can be used for free. Paid plans differ in limits and features, so compare the tiers in the pricing table above.