Where writers do their research
Pile your sources into one workspace — articles, PDFs, interviews, videos. Ask questions, get answers grounded in your material with citations, and start every draft from real understanding instead of a blank page.
Free to start · No credit card required
How Writers Use Scholarly
Research before you draft
Ask a real question and let Deep Research read the sources for you — a clear, cited write-up you can interrogate, push back on, and build your piece from.
Chat with your source material
Question your PDFs, articles, and reference books directly. Answers cite the passage they came from, so every fact in your draft traces back to a source.
Turn interviews into usable quotes
Upload interview audio or record directly. Scholarly transcribes it, pulls out the key moments, and makes hours of tape searchable in seconds.
Beat the blank page
Draft outlines and first passes with AI that has actually read your research — structured, cited, and yours to rewrite in your own voice.
Features That Matter for Writing
Deep Research
Go from a question to a cited, structured brief in minutes — then follow up, go deeper, and pressure-test the claims before you write.
Notes & pages editor
Outline and draft in the same workspace as your sources, with AI that can cite, expand, restructure, or change the tone — without losing your material.
A source library that remembers
Every article, PDF, transcript, and video lives in one searchable library. Ask AI Chat to find the source you half-remember from last month.
Listen to your reading list
Turn background reading into conversational podcasts and audio overviews — get through research while you walk, drive, or do the dishes.
How It Works
Collect your sources
Drop in articles, PDFs, interviews, web pages, and videos — everything for the piece in one workspace.
Interrogate the material
Ask questions, run deep research, and get grounded answers with citations you can verify.
Draft from understanding
Build outlines and cited first drafts in the editor, then rewrite them in your own voice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Scholarly write my piece for me?
No — it does the research legwork. Scholarly reads your sources, answers your questions with citations, and gives you structured, grounded first passes and outlines. The voice, the argument, and the final draft stay yours.
Are the citations real?
Yes. Answers grounded in your uploaded material cite the exact passages they came from, and Deep Research reads and cites real external sources. You can always open the source and check the claim yourself.
Can I upload interviews and AI Meeting Notes?
Yes. Upload audio files or record directly in Scholarly. You get a transcript, AI notes, and a summary, and the whole recording becomes searchable — so finding that one quote takes seconds instead of an afternoon of scrubbing.
How is this different from ChatGPT?
ChatGPT answers from general knowledge. Scholarly answers from YOUR sources — the documents, interviews, and articles you uploaded — with citations pointing back to them, in a persistent workspace where your research accumulates project after project.
Keep exploring
Tools that pair well
Build a complete writing-research stack with these tools.
Essay Outline Generator
From idea to working structure.
Academic Writing Coach
Sharpen drafts and arguments.
Citation Generator
Clean citations in any style.
Website Summarizer
Articles and pages to key points.
YouTube to Notes
Videos to structured notes.
PDF Summarizer
Key points from any long PDF.
Audio to Notes
Interviews to clean, quotable notes.
Lecture Transcription
Accurate transcripts from any recording.
Research Paper Summarizer
Dense papers to clear summaries.
Notes to Podcast
Your research as a listenable recap.
Mind Map Generator
See the shape of your story.
YouTube Summarizer
Long videos to key takeaways.
Ready to Write From Real Understanding?
Join writers who turn piles of sources into grounded, citable drafts.
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.