Consensus vs R Discovery
Consensus scores 6.7 to R Discovery's 6.5 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 6.5
Consensus costs $20 a month, against $12 a month for R Discovery's cheapest paid plan, Prime. R Discovery answers back with a native mobile app and a browser extension, neither of which Consensus offers. Consensus counters with a metered API, 500 uses included on its $20 plan, and a table that pulls study details like sample size and effect size across many papers at once, both missing from R Discovery.
Pick Consensus if you want API access and a cross paper comparison table.
Pick R Discovery if you want a mobile app and a browser extension.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Alerts for new papers: R Discovery yes, Consensus no
- Pulls data from many papers into a table: Consensus yes, R Discovery no
- Monthly price, cheapest paid plan: $12 against $20
- API: Consensus yes, R Discovery no
- Does not train AI on your data: Consensus yes, R Discovery does not say
- But R Discovery leads on browser extension: R Discovery 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. R Discovery 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
R Discovery
For everything else about each tool, read the full Consensus review and R Discovery review.
Consensus vs R Discovery: common questions
Which is better, Consensus or R Discovery?
Consensus scores 6.7 and R Discovery 6.5 out of 10 among the literature search tools we rate. Consensus is ahead on reading and analysing papers and access, teams and privacy. R Discovery is ahead on finding papers, pricing and citing and writing.
Is Consensus or R Discovery cheaper?
Consensus's cheapest paid plan is $20/mo and R Discovery's is $6/mo (Prime, billed yearly). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
What can Consensus do that R Discovery cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: pulls data from many papers into a table and aPI.
What can R Discovery do that Consensus cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: alerts for new papers, browser extension and mobile app.
