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Consensus vs Perplexity

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Feature	Consensus Visit Tool	Perplexity Visit Tool
Pricing	Freemium — Free tier; from $11.99/mo	Freemium — Free; Pro from $20/mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Best for	Literature reviews and essays, Health and science questions with evidence, Policy and business research briefs, Fact-checking health claims	Quick factual research with sources, Competitor and market scans, Paper and report groundwork, Everyday “explain this” questions
Platforms	Web	Web
API	—	—
Strengths	Only mainstream tool answering from peer review; Consensus Meter prevents cherry-picked conclusions; Genuine time-saver for lit reviews	Citations make verification fast and natural; Faster than Google for “just tell me” questions; Pro Search handles genuinely hard queries
Weaknesses	Coverage follows published literature — new topics thin; Nuance still requires reading full papers; Not a general search engine	Still an AI — citations need spot-checking on big claims; Niche/local queries trail Google’s depth; Heavy research burns Pro quota quickly
Editor score	78/100	87/100

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