Medical Research
Consensus vs Scholarcy
Scores are legacy evidence and documentation scores, not product-performance ratings. How it is computed
Scholarcy's free tier stops at 10 summaries and its paid plan is $9.99 per month after a one-week trial. Consensus Pro is $12 per month billed annually, with a free tier of 10 Pro messages and 3 Deep reviews a month. The month-to-month Consensus price is not shown.
A resident with a stack of PDFs for journal club wants Scholarcy's structured summaries and flashcards. A clinician-researcher with a question and no paper in hand wants Consensus, which searches 250M+ papers (a vendor figure), and US physicians with a valid NPI can get up to 40% off.
Scholarcy is the worse buy for a resident working from scanned PDFs or non-English papers. One third-party review reports that its accuracy drops on both, as it does on odd formatting.
Research tools · Reviewed November 1, 2026
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When to pick each one
Consensus
- Searches 250M+ papers, a vendor figure
- Vendor says Medical mode covers 50,000 guidelines
- Pro $12 per month, billed annually
Scholarcy
- Structured summaries and flashcards from PDFs
- $9.99 per month after a one-week trial
Score
Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.
Consensus
Scholarcy
| Dimension | Consensus | Scholarcy | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peer-reviewed papers | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | 0 |
| RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review | 0 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 |
| Funding & adoption signal | 12 / 12 | 3 / 12 | +9 |
| Pricing transparency | 6.5 / 6.5 | 6.5 / 6.5 | 0 |
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Pricing
Consensus
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Not stated | Not stated | 10 Pro messages per month and up to 3 Deep reviews. |
| Pro | Not stated | $144 | Unlimited Pro messages and 15 Deep reviews per month. The month-to-month price is not shown. |
| Deep | Not stated | $540 | 200 Deep reviews per month. The month-to-month price is not shown. |
Scholarcy
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Not stated | Not stated | Limit of 10 summaries. Flashcards are exported one at a time. |
| Premium, monthly | $9.99 | Not stated | 1-week free trial, then billed monthly. Cancel any time. A yearly option exists (about $90 a year per third parties). Institutional licenses are custom. Refund terms are not stated. |
Compliance and integrations
Documented from each vendor’s own pages.
| Spec | Consensus | Scholarcy |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | No / unverified | No / unverified |
| SOC 2 Type II | No / unverified | No / unverified |
| EHR integrations | Not stated | Not stated |
| Founded | 2021 | Not stated |
| HQ | US | Not stated |
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Common questions
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Literature search, paper summarization, citation analysis, systematic-review extraction. Consensus and OpenEvidence have absorbed most clinician research traffic in 2026. We compared the full universe.
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