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Consensus vs Seaml.es

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Seaml.es publishes a starting price ($9.99); Consensus does not. Both have a free tier.

ConsensusSearch over peer-reviewed papers with claim summariesSeaml.esGenerates a draft literature review from a research description by pulling and synthesizing papers from Semantic Scholar.

Side by side

FactConsensusSeaml.es
CategoryAcademic Search & Literature ReviewAcademic Search & Literature Review
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at—$9.99 credit
Public APINoNo
PlatformsWeb, iOS, AndroidWeb
CompanyConsensusSeaml.es
Launched2021—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

Consensus

Useful when you want to know what a body of literature actually concludes rather than reading one paper at a time, but it orients you, it does not replace reading them.

Pros

  • Every answer is tied to specific papers with study design and sample size
  • Free tier is a standing plan rather than a time-limited trial
  • The yes-or-no consensus meter is a fast orientation device
  • Covers a very large index of peer-reviewed literature

Cons

  • Summaries can flatten real disagreement between studies into false consensus
  • Coverage skews to indexed English-language biomedical work
  • Pricing cannot be verified from outside; the site blocks automated access
  • Free allowance of the deeper analyses runs out quickly in real use

Seaml.es

Seaml.es is narrower than a general research assistant, specifically drafting a literature review from a description of a topic, sourced from Semantic Scholar's index, rather than trying to be a full paper-writing workspace. The 20-query daily cap applies even on the unlimited-credit monthly plan, which is an odd limit to keep on a subscription marketed as unlimited.

Pros

  • Draws directly from the Semantic Scholar academic database rather than general web search
  • Produces citations and formatting aimed at academic standards
  • A pay-as-you-go option exists for occasional use instead of forcing a subscription
  • Also covers scholarship search and application essay guidance in the same account

Cons

  • A 20-query/24-hour cap applies even to the unlimited monthly and yearly plans
  • The homepage itself returned no readable content to an automated fetch, so some details rely on a secondary page and third-party summaries

Which one fits

Choose Consensus if you need

  • Checking whether a specific claim has support across published studies
  • Clinicians and students orienting quickly in an unfamiliar literature
  • Anyone who wants citations attached to every summarised claim

Choose Seaml.es if you need

  • Quickly drafting a starting-point literature review before manual refinement
  • Students also wanting scholarship-application essay help in the same account
  • Researchers wanting citations sourced specifically from Semantic Scholar's index

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