AI search engines and academic paper summarizers.
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| Tool | User Rating | Starting Price | Core AI Model | Free Plan | GDPR Ready |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1Consensus | New | Free plan / paid plans | Proprietary | ✗ No | — |
| Elicit | New | Free plan / paid plans | Proprietary | ✗ No | — |
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Consensus is an AI-powered academic search engine for finding peer-reviewed literature and cited evidence-based summaries.
Elicit is an AI research assistant for literature reviews, paper summarization, data extraction, and evidence synthesis.