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Alethea vs Consensus vs Mini.Course

All three are research tools. Here is what separates them.

	Alethea	Consensus	Mini.Course
What it is	ALETHIA AI is a research and development studio building at the intersection of two of the most transformative technologies of our time: Generative AI and…	Answers a yes-or-no research question by aggregating what the papers actually found.	The complete AI Course Creator and intuitive eLearning Authoring are combined in perfect harmony. Turn course ideas into reality faster.
Category	Research	Research	Research
Pricing	Paid	Freemium · Free · from $8.99/mo	Free · Free
How it bills	Not published	Flat monthly	Free
Free tier	No	Yes	Yes
Rating	Not yet rated	Not yet rated	Not yet rated
Features	—	Evidence-based answers from papers Consensus meter across studies Study quality indicators Citation export Filters by study type	—
What works	Sits in Research, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare	Shows disagreement rather than hiding it Every answer traces to papers Good free tier	Has a free tier, so it can be tried before paying Free to use Sits in Research, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare
What does not	No free tier — it has to be paid for before it can be tried Does not publish a price on its own site, so the cost is only clear after signing up 44 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job 12 tools in the same category have a free tier	Only covers questions research has addressed Consensus meter oversimplifies Field coverage is uneven	44 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job