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ProductLens vs Consensus: Demo Automation for Small Sales Teams

Consensus and ProductLens solve the same problem: your team gives the same first demo over and over, to every new stakeholder on a deal. Both replace that with a recorded demo the buyer can watch and share, and both show you who engaged.

The difference is who they're built for.

The short version

  • Choose Consensus if you run a large presales organization, need a broad enterprise feature set, and have the budget and time for an annual rollout.
  • Choose ProductLens if you're a team with a few AEs and SEs that wants one demo link per deal, visibility into the buying committee, and something live this week.

Who each is built for

Consensus's published case studies feature companies like Oracle, IBM, Salesforce, Siemens, BlackLine and Coupa: large presales teams rolling demo automation out across many reps.

ProductLens is built for smaller sales teams, including teams where the AEs run their own demos because there's no SE team yet.

Pricing

Consensus doesn't publish pricing. Third-party trackers report a Starter plan around $600/month billed annually for 5 users, and Vendr reports a median contract of about $45,750 a year. More in Consensus pricing in 2026.

ProductLens publishes its pricing: Essentials at $49/month, and Growth at $59 per seat per month from 3 seats. Monthly billing, cancel anytime; annual plans save about 20%.

Trial and setup

Consensus is bought through a sales conversation, and onboarding is a rollout project.

ProductLens has a 7-day free trial with no credit card required. Most teams have their first demo link out in about a day.

Support

Consensus works through an account team. With ProductLens you get direct support from the founder, who has spent years running demos as an SE.

What ProductLens shows you after every send

  • Who watched: name, role and company for each viewer.
  • What they skipped: time spent and completion for each section.
  • Who it got forwarded to: new viewers from the same company show you who else is evaluating.
  • What they asked: an AI demo assistant answers questions on the buyer's time, and you see the questions.

When Consensus is the better choice

If you need enterprise administration across many teams, a broad set of integrations, and features for live demos as well as recorded ones, Consensus is the more complete platform. If you have a small team and a buying-committee problem, you probably don't need all of that yet.

Start a 7-day free trial and send your first demo link on a live deal.

Consensus pricing is from third-party trackers as of October 2026. Check with Consensus for a current quote.