Consensus API
Instant access to relevant academic papers and peer-reviewed citations via API.
Executive Summary
The Consensus API provides developers and researchers with programmatic access to the intelligence of Consensus Search. It allows for the seamless integration of AI-powered research discovery and access to a curated corpus of over 200 million academic papers directly into internal tools, workflows, and applications. This enables automated retrieval of relevant academic papers and peer-reviewed citations, facilitating evidence-based insights and accelerating research processes.
Use Cases
- Integrating AI-powered research into internal tools and applications.
- Powering chatbots or GPTs with evidence-based academic information.
- Automating the discovery and retrieval of peer-reviewed citations for projects.
- Enhancing existing workflows with instant access to relevant academic papers.
Features
Intelligence
- Automated Research Discovery: Programmatically discover and access academic research without manual searching.
- Access to Trusted Sources: Retrieve information from a curated corpus of over 200 million peer-reviewed academic papers.
- Seamless Citation Integration: Easily embed peer-reviewed citations directly into your applications and workflows.
Technical Specifications
- Architecture
- RESTful API
- Deployment
- SaaS
- Authentication
- SAML 2.0
- API Available
- Yes
- MCP Server
- Yes
AI/ML Stack
- AI-powered academic search
- Dynamic AI-powered search and analysis
Integrations
- Okta
- Azure AD
- OpenAthens
- Google Workspace
- Research library
Pricing
- Model
- Usage-based with included usage tiers
- Starting Price
- $0.05/use after included uses; custom pricing & limits for Enterprise
- Target Customer
- Enterprise,Universities,SMB,Mid-Market
- Contract Type
- Monthly or annual; custom enterprise pricing
- Free Trial
- Yes
About Consensus
Consensus is an AI-powered research discovery platform and search engine for scientific literature, founded in 2020 by Christian Salem and Eric Olson. Headquartered in Boston, United States, the company aggregates and summarizes findings from academic papers, preprints, and conference proceedings to provide evidence-based answers. Its mission is to make scientific research more accessible for researchers, clinicians, and enterprise users, simplifying the process of finding, understanding, and trusting scientific information.
Alternatives to Consensus API
- Deep Research by Benchling — Answer complex scientific questions by reasoning over experimental data and literature.
- Deep Review by SciSpace — Synthesize literature at scale, extracting key findings and identifying gaps across thousands of PDFs.
- Gemini by Google — Google's AI assistant for writing, planning, brainstorming, and more.
- Ginkgo Datapoints by Ginkgo Bioworks — Transforming AI model training in biology with large-scale, automated lab data.
- Ginkgo R&D Solutions by Ginkgo Bioworks — Accelerate biotech R&D with customizable solutions for protein engineering, nucleic acid design, and cell-free systems.
- Hoppscotch Browser Extensions by Hoppscotch — Enhance your Hoppscotch API development workflow with browser extensions for proxying and CORS fixes.
- ideaPoint by Anaqua, Inc. — Revolutionize innovation management and accelerate IP programs with custom workflows.
- Iris.ai Researcher Workspace by Iris.ai Researcher Workspace — Accelerate scientific discovery with AI-powered research, analysis, and data extraction.