Pick Consensus if
students and clinicians who want a paper-backed answer with a Pro/Deep meter.
Read the Consensus pageConsensus vs Perplexity
Our take
Pick Consensus if students and clinicians who want a paper-backed answer with a Pro/Deep meter. Pick Perplexity if researchers, analysts, and anyone who wants a sourced first pass before opening ten tabs. Skip Consensus if people who need a systematic-review screening table (Elicit) or a general cited web search (Perplexity). Skip Perplexity if teams that cannot send queries to Perplexity, or users who need a
Best for
Consensus A question over peer-reviewed papers
Perplexity Research with sources you can click
Free plan
Consensus $0 · /mo. Basic paper search; 10 Pro messages/month; up to 3 Deep reviews/month
Perplexity $0 · standard Search on the public composer
Lowest paid
Consensus Pro (annual display) $12/mo
Perplexity Pro $17/mo yearly
Next step up
Consensus Deep (annual display) $45/mo
Perplexity Max from $167/mo yearly
Coding agent
Consensus
Perplexity API platform
Runs where
Consensus Hosted
Perplexity Hosted
Watch out
Consensus Free Pro messages and Deep reviews are capped
Perplexity Citations are not a guarantee
Last checked
Consensus 2026-10-19 · consensus.app/pricing
Perplexity 2026-10-19 · perplexity.ai/pro
Which one, then?
Pick Perplexity if
researchers, analysts, and anyone who wants a sourced first pass before opening ten tabs.
Read the Perplexity page