AI slide deck feature
AI Slides — Decks from PDFs, Notes & Topics
Generate slide decks from PDFs, notes, reports, study guides, and project outlines. Scholarly turns your own material into a structured PDF presentation you can present and share by link on every plan; PDF download and print require a paid plan.
Quick answer
What are Scholarly AI Slides?
Scholarly turns a PDF, notes, report, study guide, or topic into an organized PDF deck. Each deck includes clear titles, sections, and explanations drawn from your material. Use it for a class, meeting, client proposal, or research talk.
Upload or paste
Start from a PDF, notes, research outline, or a simple topic prompt. For a PDF, you can pick the exact page range to build from.
Generate a deck
Scholarly structures the content into clear slides with headings, bullets, and examples.
Present and reuse
Present the PDF deck and share a viewing link on every plan, or reuse the same source for flashcards and quizzes. PDF download and print require a paid plan.
Best uses for AI slides
Class presentations
Turn messy group notes into a coherent deck without rebuilding the whole thing manually.
Lecture decks
Create teaching-style slides with definitions, examples, and section breaks.
Study reviews
Make a visual review deck before an exam from notes or textbook chapters.
Source reuse
Use the same material for slides, flashcards, quizzes, podcasts, and video lectures.
Input
PDFs, notes, outlines, pasted text, and topic prompts.
Output
Structured slide decks designed for presentations, meetings, lectures, and studying.
Best for
Students, professionals, and researchers who want the deck and the rest of the workflow in one place.
AI slides built around study material
Most AI presentation tools start from a prompt and invent the structure. Scholarly starts from your actual course material, so the deck stays tied to the content you need to learn or present.
More than a presentation generator
After the deck is made, the same source can become flashcards, a practice test, notes, a podcast, or a narrated video lecture. That internal workflow is why AI slides belong in Scholarly instead of a separate design-only app.
Good for group work and exam review
Upload a group document, chapter summary, or lecture notes. Scholarly organizes the material into a PDF deck you can review and present.
Pick a visual theme
Every deck is generated in a visual theme that sets typography, color, and layout density. Pick Editorial for a warm textbook feel, Vibrant for energy, or Freestyle when you want AI to choose the best look. All three themes are free on every plan, and so is Custom Designs: save your own design profile — standing instructions plus up to 4 reference images — and every new deck follows it.
Keep exploring
AI slide workflows
Use the same source material across presentation and study formats.
AI Slide Generator
Generate a complete slide deck from notes or a prompt.
Notes to PowerPoint
Turn verified notes into a presentation-ready deck.
AI Video Lectures
Turn the same source into a narrated, chaptered visual lesson.
AI Presentation Generator
Build presentation decks with AI.
Slides to Video
Narrate a finished deck into a video lecture.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can Scholarly make slides from a PDF?
Yes. Use PDF to Slides AI to turn any PDF — a textbook chapter, research paper, or work report — into a deck, or use AI Slide Generator when you want a broader prompt-based deck. You can also select a specific page range of the PDF so the deck covers just the chapter you need.
Is this only for school presentations?
No. It works for class presentations, lecture decks, and study-review slides, and equally for work decks, client proposals, team updates, research talks, and topic explainers.
What format does Scholarly generate?
Scholarly saves the generated deck as a PDF. Every plan can present it in Slides View and share a viewing link; PDF download and print require a paid plan.
Can I turn the same source into flashcards?
Yes. Scholarly is built so one source — a chapter, a paper, or a work report — can become slides, flashcards, quizzes, notes, podcasts, and videos.
Which slide tool should I use for my source?
Use the AI Slide Generator for the canonical slide workflow from PDFs, notes, links, or a topic. Use Notes to PowerPoint when notes are your starting point, or Slides to Video when you want to narrate an existing deck. Generated slide decks are saved as PDFs. Free users get the recommended AI model automatically; choosing a specific model is a paid feature.
Create AI slides from your study material
Free to start. Upload notes or a PDF and generate your first deck.
Free
See what it does with one of your own sources.
- 3 AI Chat messages per day
- 1 free AI creation total
- 1 free file upload total (8MB)
- 5 quiz questions per day
- 1 exam attempt per day
- 15 voice minutes per day
- 32-page PDF to flashcards
- 500 autocomplete words per day
Use it to generate flashcards, improve a deck, or create a podcast, video lecture, slides, infographic, mind map, study guide, worksheet, spreadsheet, story book, timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline — or run Deep Research or turn a recording into AI Meeting Notes.
Premium
Steady weekly output from the material you already have.
$30/month
Everything in Free, plus:
- 10 AI creations per week
- Unlimited AI chat & autocomplete
- Unlimited file uploads (up to 300MB)
- Unlimited study sessions
- Unlimited exams & quizzes
- 1000-page PDF to flashcards
- Export to Anki
- Priority support
Laureate
For work where being right matters more than the price.
billed monthly · cancel anytime
Everything in Premium, plus:
- Any Frontier model — Claude Opus 5, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.6
- 75 AI creations per week
- 20 Frontier creations per week
- 20 Frontier Chat messages per week
- Unlimited uploads up to 1 GB, plus 3,000-page PDFs
- 12 hours of voice mode per day
- Priority support and early access to new Frontier models
Pricing shown in USD. Local currency may be available for Premium in app.
Compare plans
AI chat
Premium and Laureate include unlimited AI chat. Frontier Boost on makes Auto (Laureate) use Claude Opus 5; off uses GPT 5.6 Luna.
- Free
- 3/day
- Premium
- Unlimited
- Laureate
- Unlimited
Chat Frontier Boosts
Premium includes recommended access to Grok 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and Claude Sonnet 5. Laureate adds the remaining Frontier catalog plus 20 Frontier creations and 20 Frontier Chat responses each week; Auto uses Claude Opus 5 while boosts remain and GPT 5.6 Luna afterward.
- Free
- —
- Premium
- —
- Laureate
- 20/week
AI creations
AI creations are used for AI Flashcards, deck edits, AI Podcasts, AI Video Lectures, AI Slides, worksheets, AI Infographics, mind maps, study guides, spreadsheets, story books, timelines, SOPs, flowcharts, lesson plans, outlines, AI Meeting Notes, and Deep Research reports.
- Free
- 1 total
- Premium
- 10/week
- Laureate
- 75/week
Creation Frontier Boosts
Frontier Boost on makes Auto (Laureate) use Claude Opus 5; off uses GPT 5.6 Luna. Laureate includes 20 boosts within its 75 weekly creations. Flashcards never spend a boost.
- Free
- —
- Premium
- —
- Laureate
- 20/week · included
Video lectures
- Free
- Uses AI creations
- Premium
- Included in 10/week
- Laureate
- Included in 75/week
File uploads
- Free
- 1 total (8MB)
- Premium
- Unlimited (300MB)
- Laureate
- Unlimited (1 GB each)
PDF to flashcards
- Free
- 32 pages
- Premium
- 1000 pages
- Laureate
- 3000 pages
Practice questions
- Free
- 5/day
- Premium
- Unlimited
- Laureate
- Unlimited
Practice exams
- Free
- 1/day
- Premium
- Unlimited
- Laureate
- Unlimited
Voice mode
- Free
- 15 min/day
- Premium
- 2 hr/day
- Laureate
- 12 hr/day
Autocomplete
- Free
- 500 words/day
- Premium
- Unlimited
- Laureate
- Unlimited
Export to Anki
- Free
- —
- Premium
- Included
- Laureate
- Included
Support
- Free
- Standard
- Premium
- Priority
- Laureate
- Priority
What customers say
Scholarly has enhanced the quality of notes and questions I administer to my tutees. Insightful, to the point.
TD Georgas
Tutor
I have very good experience with Scholarly it summarize me scientific text in hovel academic level with citation. I use this for any therapeutic area . It is great and useful tool.
Diana
Scholarly user
Scholarly has been a valuable tool for my studies. The AI-generated flashcards and intuitive features make organizing and retaining information much easier.
Briana
Scholarly user
This app is great for studying for big test. Drop your PDF's in the system and it'll do the trick. You can organize it specifically for your needs.
Kelvin
Scholarly user
Your questions, answered
Is Scholarly free to use?
Yes! The free plan includes core study tools with clear limits: 3 AI Chat messages per day, one free AI creation total, 1 free file upload total, quizzes, practice exams, and manual flashcard creation. Upgrade to Premium for 10 AI creations per week and unlimited uploads.
What uses my free AI creations?
Generating flashcards, improving a flashcard deck, making a podcast, creating a video lecture or infographic, building slides, a spreadsheet, or a story book, making a mind map, study guide, or worksheet, having an AI Agent create a timeline, SOP, flowchart, lesson plan, or outline, running Deep Research, or processing a recording uses your free AI creation. It is a lifetime free credit and does not reset. AI Chat messages, quizzes, and exams still have separate daily limits; free file uploads are also lifetime credits.
Can I cancel anytime?
Absolutely. There are no contracts or commitments. You can cancel your subscription at any time from your account settings, and you'll keep access until the end of your billing period.
What payment methods do you accept?
We accept all major credit and debit cards through Stripe. Pricing is displayed in USD by default, but local currency is available in the app.
Can I use Scholarly with a class or school?
Yes. For a school or organization-wide rollout, contact us at hello@scholarly.so and we'll help you find the right setup.
What happens when I hit a free plan limit?
You'll see a prompt to upgrade. Your existing work is never lost — limits only apply to new actions. Free AI creations and the free upload are lifetime credits and do not reset. Premium includes 10 AI creations per week and unlimited uploads.