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Consensus vs scite
Consensus or scite? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In short
- Both: Searches papers, Cites sources, API
- Only Consensus states: Summaries, Extracts data
Consensus
Consensus searches scientific literature and uses AI to summarize, compare, and cite research papers.
Plans
Free
Free
- Basic paper search
- 10 Pro messages per month
- Dynamic AI-powered search and analysis
- Up to 3 Deep reviews per month
Pro
- $12/mo
- $144 annually
- $20/mo
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited Pro messages
- Dynamic AI-powered search and analysis
- 15 Deep reviews per month
- Unlimited access to every research tool
- 500 API & MCP uses included per month
Deep
- $45/mo
- $540 annually
- $65/mo
- Everything in Pro
- Unlimited Pro messages
- Dynamic AI-powered search and analysis
- 200 Deep reviews per month
- Unlimited access to every research tool
- 2,000 API & MCP uses included per month
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Searches papers — “Consensus searches across a database of over 220 million peer-reviewed research papers.” source
- Cites sources — “Every AI-generated synthesis includes citations so you can trace claims back to the research used.” source
- Summaries — “Summarize findings across multiple papers” source
- Extracts data — “Extract details such as methods, sample size, and results” source
- API — “The Consensus API is now open to everyone.” source
Latest updates
- September 18th, 2026 - Full text now available in the Consensus API
The Consensus API can now return relevant full-text passages from open-access papers, including methods, results, doses, and more.
- September 15th, 2026 - Consensus is now available in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Consensus is now an official app in the Microsoft Marketplace, making it possible to search Consensus’s database of 220M+ peer-reviewed papers directly inside Microsoft…
- August 26th, 2026 - Consensus API now available to everyone
The Consensus API is now self-serve and available to everyone. Developers can bring Consensus search directly into their own apps, tools, and workflows.
scite
Scite helps researchers search scientific literature, evaluate citation context, and trace whether findings are supported, contradicted, or mentioned.
Plans
Connect
Free
- 25 MCP credits/month
- Use in ChatGPT, Claude, & more
- Grounded in 300M+ papers
- No Assistant or Search access
Basic
- $20 / month Billed yearly
- Full Assistant & Search access
- 250 MCP credits/month
- Article Smart Citation reports
- Collections up to 1,000 papers
- Citation alerts & dashboards
Pro
- $50 / month Billed yearly
- Everything in Basic, plus:
- API access
- $60 API credit included, limited time only
- 2,500 MCP credits/month
- Collections up to 10,000 papers
- Patent, clinical trial, & grant datasets
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Searches papers — “Scite Search lets you match on citation statements extracted from the full text” source
- Cites sources — “Unlike general-purpose AI tools, every answer is drawn from peer-reviewed literature and linked to its source.” source
- API — “and is available through our API for teams building their own tools.” source
Latest updates
- Citation Surfing with Scite MCP
Scite MCP includes a citation graph tool that lets AI agents like ChatGPT and Claude explore how papers are connected through citations.
- August 2026 Release Notes
Connect Scite to AI assistants, try Scite, and choose a plan.
- July 2026 Release Notes
Stay on top of research and get more visibility and control over using Scite across AI tools.