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  "schemaVersion": "fewertools.student-tool-observations.v1",
  "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
  "method": "Official plan documents; public browser pricing view; no comparative winner",
  "records": [
    {
      "name": "Consensus",
      "slug": "consensus",
      "tasks": [
        "sources"
      ],
      "summary": "Search academic papers, inspect study snapshots and use plan-limited research analysis.",
      "free": "The official Free plan lists unlimited Papers searches, 10 Pro messages, up to 3 Deep reviews and 10 Study Snapshots per month.",
      "paid": "Paid plans are available. The support page displays Pro at $20/month with monthly billing or $144/year ($12/month equivalent); its currency code was not established in this check.",
      "limit": "Research features have separate quotas. These are documented limits, not an accuracy test or a guarantee of full-text access.",
      "plans": [
        {
          "plan": "Free",
          "amount": 0,
          "currency": null,
          "billing": "Free access",
          "unit": "User",
          "allowance": "Unlimited Papers searches; 10 Pro messages, up to 3 Deep reviews and 10 Study Snapshots per month"
        }
      ],
      "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://help.consensus.app/en/articles/10087865-subscription-plans",
          "excerpt": "10 Pro messages per month"
        }
      ],
      "reviewScope": "Exact official plan documentation and visible pricing view. No native product task, purchase or accuracy test. Displayed $ is not promoted to an established currency code."
    },
    {
      "name": "Connected Papers",
      "slug": "connected-papers",
      "tasks": [
        "sources"
      ],
      "summary": "Explore related academic papers through similarity graphs, prior works and derivative works.",
      "free": "The official Free plan includes 5 graphs per month and the listed graph features.",
      "paid": "Academic and Business Premium remove the graph-count restriction. Paid amounts and currency could not be established from the rendered cards, so no numeric paid quote is recorded.",
      "limit": "A related-paper graph is a discovery aid, not a complete systematic search or a judgment of a paper’s quality. Academic eligibility includes personal, academic and nonprofit use.",
      "plans": [
        {
          "plan": "Free",
          "amount": 0,
          "currency": null,
          "billing": "Free access",
          "unit": "User/month",
          "allowance": "5 graphs per month"
        }
      ],
      "checkedOn": "2026-10-20",
      "sources": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.connectedpapers.com/pricing",
          "excerpt": "5 graphs per month"
        }
      ],
      "reviewScope": "Exact official plan documentation and visible pricing view. No native product task, purchase or accuracy test. Displayed $ is not promoted to an established currency code."
    }
  ],
  "elicitCurrencyStatus": "Unresolved after Academic Monthly and Yearly controls and official terms were read. API USD billing does not establish subscription currency. Retain incomplete quotation labels."
}