Consensus vs Keenious
Consensus
consensus.app
Keenious
keenious.comSide by side
| Figure | Consensus | Keenious |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $20/mo | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 8 |
| Spec score · Research Paper Discovery Tools | 9.3 (#1) | 7.9 (#8) |
| Spec score · AI Search Engines | 9.4 (#1) | 8.0 (#11) |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California, United States | Tromsø, Norway |
| Privacy | Consensus says user content sent for AI processing is not used to train its models or third-party models, and it does not attach account identifiers to that content. | The site says uploaded PDFs and conversations are automatically deleted after one day, and PDFs have a 20 MB size limit. |
| Research corpus | The service says its database contains more than 220 million peer-reviewed research papers. | The site says Keenious provides access to more than 250 million academic works from OpenAlex and identifies open access works through Unpaywall. |
| Support | The company offers support through in-product Support Chat and at [email protected]. | Team and institution plans include dedicated customer and user support; institutional plans also include training, workshops, and webinars. |
| Who it serves | Consensus describes its users as researchers, students, and clinicians, and offers team plans for research groups, labs, and academic departments. | Keenious describes audiences including students, researchers, librarians, and universities. |
Plans
Consensus
- ProPriced on request
- DeepPriced on request
- Free TierFree
- Pro$20 a month
- Deep$65 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- TeamsPriced on request
Keenious
- FreeFree
- Plus for Individuals$10 a month
- Plus for Teams$20 a month
- For InstitutionsPriced on request
- Plus for Individuals$10 a month
- Plus for Teams$20 a month
- FreePrice not published
- InstitutionsPriced on request
In their own words
Consensus
Consensus is an AI workspace and academic search engine for scientific research, available on web, Android, iOS, and as an extension. It searches more than 220 million peer-reviewed papers, with the database updated weekly, and offers filters for publication date, access, citations, journal rank, study design, population, sample size, and other paper details. Its Research Agent plans multi-step searches, uses tools such as citation crawling and DOI lookup, and returns citation-backed answers. Consensus says citations in its AI summaries correspond to exact paper quotes, with the relevant section identified and PDF text highlighted when available. Medical Mode searches a selected collection of about 8 million papers and 50,000 clinical guidelines from the top 1,000 medical journals. Users can import Zotero libraries and export CSV or RIS files for reference managers. Consensus also works in ChatGPT, Claude, and Microsoft 365 Copilot; API and MCP calls share a monthly allowance. The Free Tier costs nothing. Pro is $20 a month, or $144/year billed annually; Deep is $65 a month, or $540/year billed annually.