For Universities & Higher Education

The AI study & research workspace for universities

Give faculty, labs, and student cohorts one workspace grounded in their own course readings, lectures, papers, and slides — cited answers, study material, and research outputs from real material, not generic AI.

Free to start · No credit card required

Used by 170,000+ students, researchers & educators
170,000+
Students & researchers worldwide
70+
Languages supported
Cited
Every answer traces back to the source
Use cases

How Universities Use Scholarly

Turn the reading list into understanding

Students upload course readings, textbooks, and lecture slides, then ask questions in plain language. Answers are grounded in the material and cite the exact passage — so learning stays tied to the real source.

Capture every lecture and seminar

Record lectures, seminars, and office hours, or upload the audio. Get accurate transcripts, structured notes, and a short recap the whole cohort can review before exams.

Move faster through the literature

Labs and grad students bring papers, protocols, and datasets into one place, ask grounded questions with citations, and run Deep Research to get up to speed on a field or method.

Exam prep from the actual syllabus

Generate practice exams, quizzes, flashcards, and study guides from the course material itself — testing understanding of concepts and relationships, never rote recall of arbitrary values.

Features

Built for Teaching, Learning & Research

Grounded, cited chat

Ask questions across one reading or a whole semester of material — every answer cites the source passage, so students and faculty can verify before they rely on it.

AI video lectures & podcasts

Turn dense readings into narrated AI video lectures or conversational podcasts — a second explanation of hard material, and a way to review on the commute.

Deep Research

Get a structured, cited write-up on a topic, method, or field from the sources you provide — then drill into what matters for the paper or the lab.

Practice exams, quizzes & flashcards

Generate assessments straight from the course material — grounded in the real syllabus so studying reinforces understanding, not memorization of trivia.

Scholarly Teams

Put a Whole Department on One Plan

Scholarly Teams places an entire department, lab, cohort, or student org on one plan. Every paid feature unlocks for every member the moment they accept their invite — no per-person paywalls, no upgrade prompts, one central bill.

  • Every paid feature unlocks automatically for every member
  • Access Frontier models such as Opus 5, Sonnet 5, and GPT-5.6 Sol on supported features
  • Every member gets their own 450 AI credits per week, resetting weekly — not a shared pool
  • Shared source libraries so a cohort or lab works from the same readings
  • Admin controls: invite by email or link, Member and Admin roles, team-wide model access
  • One central Stripe bill with per-member usage broken down by feature and model

For new workspace access and billing, email hello@scholarly.so.

How it works

How It Works

01

Bring in your material

Course readings, lecture recordings, papers, slides, and links — everything for the class, lab, or cohort in one workspace.

02

Ask and understand

Chat with your sources, get summaries and recaps, and verify every answer against the cited passage it came from.

03

Turn it into study & research output

Generate practice exams, flashcards, study guides, slides, podcasts, AI video lectures, and cited research write-ups — all from your own sources.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How is this different from a general AI chatbot?

Scholarly is source-grounded: it answers from the readings, lectures, papers, and slides you upload, and cites the exact passage every time. Faculty and students can verify each answer against the real source instead of trusting a generic model that may invent facts.

Can I put my whole department or lab on one plan?

Yes. Scholarly Teams gives departments, labs, cohorts, and student organizations shared source libraries, admin controls, and central billing. New plans are arranged directly with us; email hello@scholarly.so to discuss your organization and workspace access.

Does it reinforce understanding or just memorization?

Understanding. Scholarly generates questions and study material that test grasp of concepts and relationships from your material — not rote recall of sample sizes, page numbers, or arbitrary values. Every output stays grounded in the source, so students learn the actual ideas.

What AI models do Teams get?

Teams can unlock Frontier models such as Opus 5, Sonnet 5, and GPT-5.6 Sol on supported AI features. Admins choose whether members may use Standard and Frontier models. Every member also gets their own 450 AI credits per week, resetting weekly.

Is our material private?

Your uploads are private to your account and are not shared with other users. On a team, members work from shared libraries you control, and you can delete materials at any time.

Pricing

Ready to Ground Learning in Real Material?

Start free, or contact us about Teams for your department, lab, or cohort.

Free

See what it does with one of your own sources.

$0/month

  • 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.

Most Popular

Premium

Steady weekly output from the material you already have.

$12/month

$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.

$99/month

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

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

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

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

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.