Consensus records 6,014,388 monthly visits with -1.2% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. ThesisAI records 224,434 monthly visits with +18.3% growth and Paid pricing.
AI academic search engine for peer-reviewed science
One prompt, fully cited academic drafts from your own sources
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | consensus.app | thesisai.io |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Paid |
| Monthly Visits | 6.01M (6,014,388) | 224.43K (224,434) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -71.39K (-1.2%) | +34.67K (+18.3%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (12.8%) | 🇺🇸 United States (11.5%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 2.92M | 43.33K |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| 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.
One prompt, fully cited academic drafts from your own sources
Import up to 500 papers and generate a first draft with inline citations that link to verifiable sources.
Write documents from 8 to 80 pages in a single prompt, depending on your plan.
Export finished documents as PDF, Word, LaTeX, or BibTeX, and push to Overleaf for manual editing.
Search for additional papers automatically via Semantic Scholar and connect Zotero or Mendeley libraries.
SpecialistProvides superior real-time web search with inline citations, but lacks dedicated academic manuscript formatting workflows.
SpecialistProvides superior real-time web search with inline citations, but lacks dedicated academic manuscript formatting workflows.
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
Better deep literature analysis and PDF reading tools, but less focused on automated first-draft generation.
Better deep literature analysis and PDF reading tools, but less focused on automated first-draft generation.
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.
Provides smoother inline academic autocomplete and citation formatting, but lacks ThesisAI's dedicated full-draft generation workflow.
Provides smoother inline academic autocomplete and citation formatting, but lacks ThesisAI's dedicated full-draft generation workflow.
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.
SpecialistVisualizes interactive literature maps and paper connections much better, but does not write or draft papers.
SpecialistVisualizes interactive literature maps and paper connections much better, but does not write or draft papers.
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.
Offers stronger systematic literature reviews and reference management, but is less streamlined for rapid paper drafting.
Offers stronger systematic literature reviews and reference management, but is less streamlined for rapid paper drafting.
Stronger automated essay drafting from verified scholarly sources, but less suited for deep scientific manuscript editing.
Stronger automated essay drafting from verified scholarly sources, but less suited for deep scientific manuscript editing.
