Consensus vs Keenious
Consensus scores 6.7 to Keenious's 5.1 among the literature search tools we rate, and is the better pick for 2 of the 5 kinds of buyer below.
Consensus wins, 6.7 to 5.1
A Word and Google Docs add-in for finding sources while you write is Keenious's edge over Consensus, which does not offer one. Keenious starts at $10 a month, billed annually, against Consensus's $20 a month. Consensus goes further on the research side: it answers a question with a written, cited answer, pulls study details from many papers into a comparison table, and writes a full literature review, none of which Keenious does, since it is built to find sources, not analyze them.
Pick Consensus if you want answers synthesized across the literature with citations.
Pick Keenious if you want a Word or Docs add-in while you write.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Pulls data from many papers into a table: Consensus yes, Keenious no
- Summarises papers: Consensus yes, Keenious no
- Writes a literature review for you: Consensus yes, Keenious no
- Monthly price, cheapest paid plan: $10 against $20
- Works with Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote and others: Zotero, EndNote, Mendeley, Paperpile against None
- Shared projects with your team: Consensus yes, Keenious no
- API: Consensus yes, Keenious no
- But Keenious leads on word or Google Docs add-in: Keenious yes, Consensus no
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other literature search tools we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Consensus leads on 3 of 6 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (19)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Consensus
Keenious
For everything else about each tool, read the full Consensus review and Keenious review.
Consensus vs Keenious: common questions
Which is better, Consensus or Keenious?
Consensus scores 6.7 and Keenious 5.1 out of 10 among the literature search tools we rate. Consensus is ahead on reading and analysing papers, citing and writing and access, teams and privacy. Keenious is ahead on pricing.
Is Consensus or Keenious cheaper?
Consensus's cheapest paid plan is $20/mo and Keenious's is $10/mo. Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
What can Consensus do that Keenious cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: pulls data from many papers into a table, summarises papers, writes a literature review for you, shared projects with your team and aPI.
What can Keenious do that Consensus cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: word or Google Docs add-in.
