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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
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| Category | Research | Research |
| Description | Consensus is an AI-powered academic search engine that uses language models to find and synthesize answers from peer-reviewed research. Ask questions in plain English and get evidence-based answers with citations from scientific papers. | SciSpace Copilot is an AI reading assistant that helps you understand complex research papers. Highlights text to get instant explanations, ask follow-up questions, and get summaries in simple language. Also helps with literature search and citation formatting. |
| Natural language search | Supported | Not supported |
| AI-synthesized answers | Supported | Not supported |
| Consensus meter (agreement level) | Supported | Not supported |
| Citation extraction | Supported | Not supported |
| Study snapshots | Supported | Not supported |
| 200M+ papers indexed | Supported | Not supported |
| Claim verification | Supported | Not supported |
| Research synthesis | Supported | Not supported |
| AI paper explanations | Not supported | Supported |
| Highlight-to-explain | Not supported | Supported |
| PDF chat interface | Not supported | Supported |
| Literature search | Not supported | Supported |
| Citation generator | Not supported | Supported |
| Paper summaries | Not supported | Supported |
| Math and formula explanations | Not supported | Supported |
| Multi-language support | Not supported | Supported |
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