Consensus records 6,014,388 monthly visits with -1.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Qwen 4 (Alibaba Qwen4) records 35,101,353 monthly visits with -6.2% growth and Freemium pricing.
AI academic search engine for peer-reviewed science
Alibaba Cloud's 4th-generation multimodal AI assistant and foundation model lineup (Qwen4-Max, Qwen4-Plus, Qwen4-Flash & open-weight Qwen4-27B) with 1M context.
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | consensus.app | qwen.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 6.01M (6,014,388) | 35.1M (35,101,353) |
| MoM Traffic Delta |
| -71.39K (-1.2%) |
| -2.34M (-6.2%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (12.8%) | 🇷🇺 Russia (37.2%) |
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| Direct Visits / mo | 2.92M | 25.02M |
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| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.7 |
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| Supported Platforms | Website | Website, API, Open Source |
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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.
Alibaba Cloud's 4th-generation multimodal AI assistant and foundation model lineup (Qwen4-Max, Qwen4-Plus, Qwen4-Flash & open-weight Qwen4-27B) with 1M context.
Covers every compute envelope from the multi-trillion-scale Qwen4-Max flagship and Qwen4-Plus/Flash APIs to the local PC-friendly Qwen4-27B open-weight checkpoint, plus qwen4-coder-plus and qwen4-omni-120b-think.
Pioneered in the Qwen3.8-Flash-Next architecture preview, combining ultra-lean active parameter routing (6B active out of 125B) with a 51B n-gram embedding layer that trades compute for instant memorized lookup.
Sizes the Qwen 4 generation at a full 1M-token context window across text, code, images, audio, and video for repository-wide coding and cross-document reasoning.
Trained via multi-cycle automated Recursive Self-Improvement across coding, math, and hardware EDA workflows—demonstrating 10,000+ autonomous tool calls in chip design and software engineering.
Free / Open-sourceProvides state-of-the-art open-weight reasoning models and low-cost APIs, but with less emphasis on multimodal Alibaba ecosystem tools.
Provides robust developer tools and multimodal APIs, but relies on Google's closed Gemini models rather than open-weight alternatives.
#2SpecialistCovers general web sources alongside academic papers, but lacks specialized scientific synthesis metrics and consensus ratings.
SpecialistAggregates hundreds of models behind one API gateway, but functions as a router rather than hosting native Qwen infrastructure.
Free / Open-sourceCompletely free access to a massive scholarly index, but offers less automated natural-language evidence synthesis than Consensus.
Offers competing Chinese foundation model APIs and agent builders, but specializes in Zhipu AI's GLM architecture.
Free / Open-sourceProvides lightweight open-weight models for local deployment, but offers smaller parameter sizes compared to top-tier Qwen variants.
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.
SpecialistDelivers ultra-fast inference speeds using custom LPU hardware, but supports a more limited selection of open models.
Performs advanced systematic review data extraction and evidence synthesis, but has a more complex interface than Consensus.
Offers robust serverless APIs for open-source models, but lacks native training integrations specific to Alibaba's ecosystem.
Free / Open-sourceProvides state-of-the-art open-weight reasoning models and low-cost APIs, but with less emphasis on multimodal Alibaba ecosystem tools.
Provides robust developer tools and multimodal APIs, but relies on Google's closed Gemini models rather than open-weight alternatives.
SpecialistCovers general web sources alongside academic papers, but lacks specialized scientific synthesis metrics and consensus ratings.
SpecialistAggregates hundreds of models behind one API gateway, but functions as a router rather than hosting native Qwen infrastructure.
Free / Open-sourceCompletely free access to a massive scholarly index, but offers less automated natural-language evidence synthesis than Consensus.
Offers competing Chinese foundation model APIs and agent builders, but specializes in Zhipu AI's GLM architecture.
Free / Open-sourceProvides lightweight open-weight models for local deployment, but offers smaller parameter sizes compared to top-tier Qwen variants.
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.
Performs advanced systematic review data extraction and evidence synthesis, but has a more complex interface than Consensus.
Offers robust serverless APIs for open-source models, but lacks native training integrations specific to Alibaba's ecosystem.
