Consensus vs Elicit
Consensus (Consensus) and Elicit (Elicit) side by side on public data, as of Oct 6, 2026.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Consensus | Elicit |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Score | 43 | 36 |
| Overall rank | #68 | #102 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | — | — |
| Downloads, 7-day change | — | — |
| Downloads, 30-day change | — | — |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | — |
| GitHub stars | — | — |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | — |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 0 | 0 |
| Latest stable release | — | — |
| Stable releases, 90 days | ||
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free + $20/mo | Free + $49/mo |
| License | ||
| First released | — | — |
| Interfaces | — | — |
| Models |
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Consensus
An AI search engine for peer-reviewed research whose Deep Search mode plans many searches, reviews large numbers of papers and writes a cited, structured literature-review report.
Pricing: Free tier available. Pro is $20/month billed monthly and includes 15 Deep reviews a month; a higher Deep plan includes 200.
Elicit
An AI research platform that searches academic papers and runs a research agent, automated research reports and systematic literature review workflows (screening and data extraction). It spun out of the nonprofit Ought.
Pricing: Free plan with limited research agent and report usage. Pro $49/month billed monthly, Scale $169/month, Enterprise custom.