Consensus and Elicit are the two top AI research tools. Consensus searches across 200M+ scientific papers. Elicit is built for academic literature reviews. We used both for 50+ real research questions.
AI search across peer-reviewed papers
AI research assistant
Consensus is the better general-purpose research tool — it answers questions with citations from peer-reviewed papers. Elicit is the better academic tool — it's designed for systematic literature reviews and paper analysis. For most users, Consensus. For academic researchers, Elicit.
Winner: Consensus (general) / Elicit (academic)
Both tools were used for 30-60 days across real-world tasks. We scored on quality, ease of use, features, pricing, and support. We don't accept payment for reviews — see our full disclosure.