Q: How is this the same or different from Consensus and/or Elicit
Are there any notable differences? (Especially if I already have the other two)
Mallik_Paperguide
Apr 23, 2025A: Hi. Thanks for your question. Paperguide is an all-in-one research assistant for discovering (AI search & literature review features) reading (chat with pdf/extract data0 managing (reference manager) and writing research(AI writer). While consensus and elicit help you with finding research-backed answers similar to paperguide, there are limited to one or couple of features when compared to paperguide. Consensus only helps with finding research backed answers and conducting a deeper analysis. It does not have writer, reference manager or literature review/extract data features. Elicit also does not have writer and reference manager (they have a basic library feature to save files)
You can find detailed comparisons here:
https://paperguide.ai/blog/paperguide-vs-consensus/
https://paperguide.ai/blog/paperguide-vs-elicit/
But with Consensus and Elicit, you pay for a monthly subscription. So, I guess you cannot say that you "have" them. You have them only if you pay for their respective monthly subscriptions.
I have subscriptions to both. Hence, my question