Consensus Free plan (AI academic search, 10 Pro messages and up to 3 Deep reviews per month)
Consensus
Free plan at 0 USD per month: unlimited basic paper search, 10 Pro messages per month (AI analysis with citations), and up to 3 Deep reviews per month
Official pricing page (rendered), Free card verbatim: "Free", "Keep using basic paper search for free, without any AI analysis.", "$0/mo", "Basic Paper search", "10 Pro messages per month", "Dynamic AI-powered search and analysis", "Up to 3 Deep reviews per month". For comparison, the Pro tier has: "Unlimited Pro messages", "15 Deep reviews per month", "500 API & MCP uses included per month".
The only AI analysis in the Free plan is the 10 Pro messages per month; once they are used up, only basic paper search remains (the card's first sentence says you keep using basic paper search for free, without AI analysis). API and MCP usage is only included from Pro upward and is not in the Free plan. The student and faculty discount is up to 40% off paid tiers, not free, and is not covered by this entry. The pricing page does not state the sign-up method, so email is listed; access from mainland China was not tested.