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Consensus
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AI academic search engine for scientific research; well-known, very high traffic.
5.7M visits/mo11K saves
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Outset.ai
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AI-moderated research platform for deep customer insights.
437K visits/mo5.8K saves
Pricing
Free: $0/mo
Premium: $8.99/mo
Teams: $9.99 per seat/mo
Enterprise: Custom
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦AI-powered search for scientific research
- ✦Instant insights and topic synthesis
- ✦Consensus Meter to see scientific agreement
- ✦Pro Analysis for style adoption and content drafting
- ✦Paper-level insights extraction
- ✦Search filters for study design, sample size, etc.
- ✦Quality indicators for citations and journal quality
- ✦Study Snapshot for key information
- ✦AI-moderated interviews
- ✦AI synthesis and highlight reels
- ✦Customizable AI interviewer persona
- ✦Multimodal research (video, voice, text)
- ✦Flexible participant recruitment
- ✦Advanced unmoderated testing
Use cases
- →Streamlining literature reviews for students and researchers
- →Quickly checking ingredients or chemicals for science organizations
- →Getting answers to patients’ questions for clinicians and doctors
- →Sourcing evidence-based insights for writers and journalists
- →Checking supplement safety and diet types for health & fitness experts
- →Market strategy
- →Segmentation & Personas
- →Brand Research
- →Innovation & Concept Testing
- →User Experience & Usability
- →Creative Testing
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