Consensus vs FutureHouse
A side-by-side comparison of Consensus and FutureHouse, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.
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FutureHouse
ScienceAI agents that automate scientific literature research and discovery.
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| Attribute | Consensus | FutureHouse |
|---|---|---|
| Category (differs) | Research | Science |
| Pricing (differs) | FREEMIUM | FREE |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Platforms (differs) | Web, iOS | Web, API |
| Model support (differs) | Multi-model | — |
| Vendor (differs) | Consensus | FutureHouse |
| Capabilities (differs) |
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The honest brief
Consensus
Consensus Meter aggregates whether papers agree or disagree on a question, beyond surfacing individual citations.
- 200M+ peer-reviewed corpus
- Copilot drafts literature reviews
- Inline citations on answers
- Best answers behind paid tier
- Coverage skews to indexed journals
- Not for non-academic questions
FutureHouse
Unlike chat-based research tools, its agents are tuned and benchmarked on scientific literature tasks — PaperQA2 posted superhuman lit-search scores.
- Free to use
- Specialized science agents
- Open API access
- Strong lit-search benchmarks
- Narrow to research workflows
- Accuracy not guaranteed
- Smaller model ecosystem
- Newer platform
When to pick which
Consensus leans on Cited answers as a headline capability; FutureHouse treats it as secondary.
- Cited answers (primary capability)
They also differ on:
- Pricing
- FREEMIUM · FREE
- Platforms
- Web, iOS · Web, API
Their capability lists differ in recorded depth — compare the full lists above before deciding.