Consensus Alternatives

If you're looking for a Consensus alternative, Semantic Scholar is a more mature AI-backed research service that indexes more than 219 million papers across all scientific fields. It has powerful search filters, AI-generated summaries and tools to cite papers, manage research and create AI-powered research feeds. Semantic Scholar is free, with no subscription required, so it's a good choice for researchers and developers.

Epsilon is another serious contender, with a range of features including Investigate for summarized answers, Search for organizing publications, Validate for assessing claims and Synthesize for deeper summaries. It's used by more than 30,000 researchers around the world and offers several pricing levels, including a free option, so it's good for a range of users.

OpenRead offers a search service across more than 300 million papers, but also offers tools for taking notes and organizing research. Among its tools are Paper Espresso for summarizing papers, Paper Q&A for asking questions about papers, and a Related Paper Graph to show connections between research papers. OpenRead offers several pricing tiers for different needs, so it's a good choice for researchers.

If you're trying to write a research paper, Doclime can help automate the process of finding relevant literature, extracting facts and writing the paper. It includes tools for brainstorming, semantic search and an AI writing assistant. It's designed to help you work faster and overcome writer's block, which can be a challenge for academics with deadlines.