Consensus, founded in 2021, searches specifically across peer-reviewed scientific literature and answers a research question with a distinctive Consensus Meter: a visual breakdown of the proportion of relevant studies that support, contradict, or show mixed results on that specific question, rather than a single synthesized paragraph treating the literature as if it agreed.
That meter format surfaces disagreement in the literature directly, useful for questions where the honest answer is that research findings are genuinely split, information a single blended-summary answer would tend to flatten into false consensus. Each claim links back to the specific studies behind it.
A free tier covers standard use, and paid plans start around $9 a month for more searches and features. For someone who wants to see whether the research literature on a specific question actually agrees, and by how much, rather than getting one confident-sounding summary that hides real disagreement between studies, Consensus's meter format addresses that directly.
