Consensus records 6,014,388 monthly visits with -1.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Lection records 32,358 monthly visits with +6.7% growth and Freemium pricing.
AI academic search engine for peer-reviewed science
AI web scraper that turns any website into structured data
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | consensus.app | lection.app |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 6.01M (6,014,388) | 32.36K (32,358) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -71.39K (-1.2%) | +2.04K (+6.7%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (12.8%) | 🇺🇸 United States (23.5%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 2.92M | 12.96K |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.3 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
AI academic search engine for peer-reviewed science
Ask a research question in plain language and get answers synthesized from peer-reviewed studies, with each claim linked to its source paper.
A visual summary shows how the scientific literature leans on a yes/no question, indicating agreement, disagreement or mixed evidence.
Narrow results by study design, sample size, journal quality, publication year and more to prioritize high-quality evidence.
Aggregate findings across many studies into structured summaries that map what is known and where the gaps are.
AI web scraper that turns any website into structured data
Describe the fields you want in plain language and Lection's AI determines how to extract them, no selector configuration needed.
Scrape interactively in your browser, or schedule scrapes to run in the cloud even when your browser is closed.
Follow pagination and infinite scroll, then combine listing pages with detail pages into one unified table.
Export CSV, Excel, or JSON, or send rows straight to Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion, Supabase, Zapier, Make, n8n, Pipedream, or a custom webhook.
SpecialistCovers general web sources alongside academic papers, but lacks specialized scientific synthesis metrics and consensus ratings.
SpecialistCovers general web sources alongside academic papers, but lacks specialized scientific synthesis metrics and consensus ratings.
Free / Open-sourceCompletely free access to a massive scholarly index, but offers less automated natural-language evidence synthesis than Consensus.
Free / Open-sourceCompletely free access to a massive scholarly index, but offers less automated natural-language evidence synthesis than Consensus.
SpecialistA paid, ad-free search engine that answers to its users
SpecialistA paid, ad-free search engine that answers to its users
Provides deeper PDF reading and interactive literature analysis tools, but is less focused on quick evidence aggregation.
Provides deeper PDF reading and interactive literature analysis tools, but is less focused on quick evidence aggregation.
Run thousands of ready-made web scrapers and AI agents from one cloud platform
Run thousands of ready-made web scrapers and AI agents from one cloud platform
Performs advanced systematic review data extraction and evidence synthesis, but has a more complex interface than Consensus.
Performs advanced systematic review data extraction and evidence synthesis, but has a more complex interface than Consensus.
SpecialistThe AI workspace where researchers read, write, and cite with every claim traceable to its source
SpecialistThe AI workspace where researchers read, write, and cite with every claim traceable to its source
SpecialistAI-assisted systematic review software for screening, extraction, and evidence synthesis at scale
SpecialistAI-assisted systematic review software for screening, extraction, and evidence synthesis at scale
Tracks how papers are cited with Smart Citations to gauge reliability, but features a less direct Q&A synthesis.
Tracks how papers are cited with Smart Citations to gauge reliability, but features a less direct Q&A synthesis.
SpecialistExcellent for visual citation mapping and literature discovery, but lacks automated paper Q&A and evidence synthesis.
SpecialistExcellent for visual citation mapping and literature discovery, but lacks automated paper Q&A and evidence synthesis.
SpecialistVisualizes research connections through interactive graphs for literature discovery, but does not provide direct Q&A synthesis.
SpecialistVisualizes research connections through interactive graphs for literature discovery, but does not provide direct Q&A synthesis.
