Scholarly

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What Scholarly is

Scholarly is a browser-based AI workspace for working with source material. Users can add PDFs, recordings, notes, slides, webpages, videos, images, YouTube links, or pasted text, then use those materials to create flashcards, quizzes, practice exams, study guides, podcasts, video lectures, slides, mind maps, worksheets, timelines, and other outputs. AI chat responses include checked citations, and a Sources button opens the exact page used for a claim. Deep Research searches the web, evaluates sources, and creates reports with citations, charts, and inline links.

Scholarly runs in a browser on laptops, tablets, and phones, with work syncing through the user's account. Its Google Drive connection can select specific files as sources and save completed work as new Google Docs or Slides. Team plans include shared libraries, role-based access, central billing, and model controls. Scholarly says private User Content is not used to train general-purpose AI models by default; training requires a separate informed opt-in. The free plan has lifetime caps on chat messages, creation credits, uploads, quiz questions, voice minutes, and autocomplete words. Paid plans start at $12/user/mo billed annually, and a free trial is available.

Who it suits

Scholarly may suit students, researchers, educators, professionals, and training or research teams who want to turn their own materials into study or work outputs. Its cited chat and Deep Research features are relevant to people who need answers and reports tied to sources, while team plans offer shared libraries and central billing.

What it does well

Accepts files, links, recordings, and pasted text as sources.
Creates study materials and other outputs from source materials.
Chat answers provide checked citations that open the supporting page.
Deep Research produces cited reports with charts and inline links.
Google Drive can provide sources and receive finished Docs or Slides.
Runs in browsers on laptops, tablets, and phones.

What to know first

The free plan includes only 3 lifetime AI Chat messages.
The free plan includes one file upload total, capped at 8MB.
The free plan has lifetime caps on creation credits, quiz questions, and voice minutes.
Paid plans start at $12/user/mo billed annually.

Limits

The free plan includes 3 lifetime AI Chat messages, 1 AI Creation Credit total, 1 file upload total capped at 8MB, 5 lifetime quiz questions, 1 practice exam, 15 lifetime voice minutes, a 32-page PDF-to-flashcards limit, and 500 lifetime autocomplete words. Premium starts at $12/user/mo billed annually and lists 10 AI Creation Credits per week, uploads up to 300MB, and up to 10 sources per creation.

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Free	Free forever · 3 lifetime AI Chat messages · 1 AI Creation Credit total · 1 file upload total (8MB) · 5 lifetime quiz questions · 1 practice exam · 15 lifetime voice minutes · 32-page PDF to flashcards	Free
Laureate for Teams	$1,056 per seat billed yearly · 80 AI Creation Credits/member/week · Frontier models · shared workspace · Owner, Admin and Member roles · central billing	$1,056 a year
Laureate for Teams	Monthly · 80 AI Creation Credits/member/week · Frontier models · shared workspace · Owner, Admin and Member roles · central billing	$110 a month
Premium	Billed yearly at $144 · 15 AI Creation Credits/week · unlimited chat and autocomplete · uploads up to 300MB · podcasts up to 60 minutes · videos up to 45 minutes · 1,000-page PDF flashcards	$144 a year
Premium	Monthly · 15 AI Creation Credits/week · unlimited chat and autocomplete · uploads up to 300MB · podcasts up to 60 minutes · videos up to 45 minutes · 1,000-page PDF flashcards	$30 a month
Premium for Teams	$336 per seat billed yearly · 15 AI Creation Credits/member/week · shared workspace · Owner, Admin and Member roles · central billing	$336 a year
Premium for Teams	Monthly · 15 AI Creation Credits/member/week · shared workspace · Owner, Admin and Member roles · central billing	$35 a month
Laureate	Billed monthly · cancel anytime · 80 AI Creation Credits/week · uploads up to 1GB · 3,000-page PDFs · up to 20 sources per creation · 12 hours of voice mode/day	$99 a month

As scholarly.so lists them, read 15 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Getting started

Visit https://scholarly.so/ in a browser on a laptop, tablet, or phone.
Create or access a user account to sync work.
Add source material such as a PDF, webpage, video, or pasted text.
Choose a study or work output, or use AI chat or Deep Research.
Connect Google Drive if you want to select supported files as sources or save finished work as Docs or Slides.
Choose a plan; the free plan is available and a free trial is offered.

Verdict

Choose Scholarly if you want to turn source material into study resources or cited reports, with browser access and optional team tools. The free plan is tightly capped, so regular use may require a paid plan, which starts at $12/user/mo billed annually.

Questions

Does Scholarly have a free plan?

Yes. The Free plan is billed Free forever, with lifetime limits on chat messages, creation credits, uploads, quiz questions, voice minutes, and autocomplete words.

How much do paid plans cost?

Paid plans start at $12/user/mo billed annually. The Premium plan is listed at $12.00 per year, billed yearly at $144, with a monthly option at $30/month.

Which devices can I use it on?

Scholarly runs in a browser on laptops, tablets, and phones, and syncs work through the user account.

What source material can I add?

Sources can include PDFs, recordings, notes, slides, webpages, videos, images, YouTube links, and pasted text. Google Drive can also provide selected Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDFs, Word files, PowerPoints, and text files.

Does Scholarly provide citations?

Yes. AI chat answers provide checked citations, and the Sources button opens the exact page used for a claim. Deep Research reports include citations and inline source links.

Does Scholarly offer team features?

Yes. Teams support shared libraries, Owner/Admin/Member roles, central billing, and model controls. A free trial is available for teams of up to three seats.

Facts from Scholarly's own pages

AI chat citations: Chat answers include a Sources control that opens the exact source page or timestamp used, and citations are checked before saving. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
AI limitation: The terms warn that AI outputs can be inaccurate, incomplete or unsuitable and should be reviewed before consequential use. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Anki export: Paid plans can export flashcard decks as Anki .apkg files. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Audience: Scholarly describes use by students, researchers, educators, professionals, training teams, research groups, and organizations. · scholarly.so, 30 Sept 2026
Browser access: Scholarly runs in a browser on laptops, tablets, and phones and syncs work through the user account. · scholarly.so, 30 Sept 2026
Citations: AI chat answers provide checked citations with a Sources button that opens the exact page used for each claim. · scholarly.so, 30 Sept 2026
Deep Research: Deep Research investigates questions across attached sources and the open web, returning briefs, comparison tables, cited reports or slide decks. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Documentation: The official help center provides getting-started guides, feature documentation, troubleshooting, team guidance and an email contact address. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Domain fact: Scam Detector reports the scholarly.so domain was registered on May 8, 2023, through NameCheap. · scam-detector.com, 15 Oct 2026
Flashcards: The service generates editable active-recall flashcards and supports spaced-repetition scheduling. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Google Drive: The Google Drive connection lets users select specific Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDFs, Word files, PowerPoints, and text files as sources and save finished work as new Google Docs or Slides files. · scholarly.so, 30 Sept 2026
Google Drive integration: Users can select specific Google Drive files as sources and export finished work as new Google Docs or Google Slides files. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Headquarters: United States (USA) · scholarly.so, 28 Sept 2026
Independent feature summary: AIChief reports instant flashcards, adaptive quizzes, lecture transcription, podcast creation, video lectures, spaced repetition and exports to Anki and Quizlet. · aichief.com, 15 Oct 2026
Independent security score: Scam Detector assigns scholarly.so a 68/100 trust score and labels it Known, Vetted, Low Risk. · scam-detector.com, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: learning curve: AIChief lists a learning curve for some advanced features as a drawback. · aichief.com, 15 Oct 2026
Limit: source quality: AIChief says effectiveness depends on the quality of the material uploaded by the user. · aichief.com, 15 Oct 2026
Maker identity: The terms identify the service provider simply as Scholarly and state that it is based in the United States. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Meeting notes: The browser can record meetings or lectures, transcribe them and produce summaries, decisions, action items and timestamped topics. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Mobile availability: The maker says there is no native iPhone, iPad or Android app; Scholarly runs in a mobile browser and can be added to a home screen. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Notable news: October 13, 2026: The changelog says chats began automatically receiving subject-based names and icons. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Notable news: October 5, 2026: The changelog says meeting recordings no longer consume AI Creation Credits and have weekly meeting allowances by plan. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Pages editor: The page editor supports autocomplete, tables, equations, images, spelling and grammar checks, chat-based editing, and Word, PowerPoint and Google exports. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026
Podcasts: Scholarly creates multi-speaker podcast episodes from PDFs, text, images or topics, with transcripts and chapter slides. · scholarly.so, 15 Oct 2026