ChatPDF vs Consensus
A side-by-side comparison to help you choose between ChatPDF and Consensus.
| ChatPDF | Consensus | |
|---|---|---|
| Description | AI document assistant that answers, summarizes, cites, translates, and organizes PDFs and related documents across devices. | AI research workspace for searching, synthesizing, and organizing evidence from 220M+ peer-reviewed papers with citations. |
| Category | 搜索研究与知识管理 | 搜索研究与知识管理 |
| Pricing | freemium · ChatPDF did not expose a standalone public pricing page during retrieval; /pricing returned a not-found page. Official pricing was verified from the Plus upgrade modal on chatpdf.com and the official App Store listing. The web Plus modal lists monthly billing at US$15.99/month and annual billing at US$6.42/month with a "save 60%" label. The iOS App Store listing shows Monthly Plus Subscription at $14.99 and the ChatPDF Yearly Plus Plan at $89.99. Official public pages state that free users can analyze two documents or PDFs per day. The Plus modal lists unlimited PDFs, unlimited questions, 2,000 pages per PDF, 50 PDFs per folder, and a high-quality model. The API documentation exposes endpoint and file limits but did not show public API prices on the reviewed documentation page. | freemium · Consensus has a free individual tier, paid Pro and Deep individual tiers, a Teams plan for organizations up to 200 seats, Enterprise custom pricing, and an application-only Search API. The official pricing page currently displays annual-equivalent individual pricing: Pro $12/mo billed $144 annually and Deep $45/mo billed $540 annually. The official team pricing page displays Teams at $20/seat/mo billed $240 annually and Enterprise as custom. The Help Center article last updated April 30, 2026 still lists Pro as $15/month or $120/year, and Deep as $65/month or $540/year. Because both are official sources, this record preserves the discrepancy rather than silently normalizing it. |
| Rating | 4.0 | 4.4 |
| Features | Cited source answersMulti file conversationsPDF summarizationLanguage translationSide by side view | Natural language queryingConsensus synthesisEvidence rating displayFilter by study designCitation extraction |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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