Consensus records 6,014,388 monthly visits with -1.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Shutterstock AI Image Generator records 47,855,171 monthly visits with +3.2% growth and Paid pricing.
AI academic search engine for peer-reviewed science
Commercially licensed AI image generator aggregating frontier visual models with legal indemnification and stock asset integration.
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | consensus.app | shutterstock.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Paid |
| Monthly Visits | 6.01M (6,014,388) | 47.86M (47,855,171) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -71.39K (-1.2%) | +1.49M (+3.2%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (12.8%) | 🇺🇸 United States (15.2%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 2.92M | 12.47M |
| 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.
Commercially licensed AI image generator aggregating frontier visual models with legal indemnification and stock asset integration.
Provides single-dashboard access to leading third-party visual models—including OpenAI GPT Image 2, Google Imagen 4 Ultra, Gemini 3.1 Flash, and Runway Gen-4—with an automated recommender that matches prompts to the best engine.
Attaches a commercial Shutterstock Standard License and $10,000 legal indemnification to every downloaded AI image, with full human-reviewed indemnification available on Enterprise and Business tiers.
Includes browser-based inpainting, magic object erasure, background removal, image reference guidance, and aspect-ratio canvas expansion that routes royalties directly to the original contributor when editing stock photos.
Displays stock photos, vectors, 3D assets, and AI generation options in one workflow, complemented by official ChatGPT and Claude connectors for conversational asset discovery.
Commercially safe generative AI studio with built-in copyright indemnification and native stock asset ecosystem integration.
Commercially safe generative AI studio with built-in copyright indemnification and native stock asset ecosystem integration.
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.
SpecialistE-commerce focused visual editor specializing in product photography background removal and generative scenes.
SpecialistE-commerce focused visual editor specializing in product photography background removal and generative scenes.
SpecialistAll-in-one creative studio combining AI generation with robust photo editing and design tools.
SpecialistAll-in-one creative studio combining AI generation with robust photo editing and design tools.
Industry-leading image generator producing higher-fidelity visuals, though lacking native stock asset libraries and commercial indemnification.
Industry-leading image generator producing higher-fidelity visuals, though lacking native stock asset libraries and commercial indemnification.
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.
Stock photo platform combining traditional licensed media search with native AI image generation capabilities.
Stock photo platform combining traditional licensed media search with native AI image generation capabilities.
Stock media platform offering text-to-image generation backed by commercial licensing support.
Stock media platform offering text-to-image generation backed by commercial licensing support.
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.
SpecialistGenerate images, video and audio at scale with 50+ AI models
SpecialistGenerate images, video and audio at scale with 50+ AI models
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.
