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Consensus vs Litmaps vs OpenSEO

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

	Consensus	Litmaps	OpenSEO
What it is	Answers a yes-or-no research question by aggregating what the papers actually found.	Litmaps accelerates your entire literature review. Discover important papers faster and transform how you do research with dynamic visualizations.	OpenSEO is the open source alternative to Ahrefs and Semrush. Keyword research, backlinks, rank tracking, and site audits, billed by usage instead of a $100-plus monthly subscription. Self-host it free, or connect it to your AI agents over MCP.
Category	Research	Research	Research
Pricing	Freemium · Free · from $8.99/mo	Paid · $10/mo	Freemium
How it bills	Flat monthly	Flat monthly	Not published
Free tier	Yes	No	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	Shows disagreement rather than hiding it Every answer traces to papers Good free tier	Publishes its price openly — $10/mo Sits in Research, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare	—
What does not	Only covers questions research has addressed Consensus meter oversimplifies Field coverage is uneven	No free tier — it has to be paid for before it can be tried 44 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job 12 tools in the same category have a free tier	—