Last updated: September 10, 2026
These Terms govern your use of Scholarly, a service based in the United States (USA). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you use Scholarly for an organization, you represent that you have authority to agree on its behalf.
These Terms apply to personal and team use. An applicable signed agreement or order form controls over conflicting provisions for the services it covers; a data-processing agreement controls the personal-data processing it covers. Nothing in these Terms waives rights that applicable law does not allow you to waive.
Scholarly is a source-grounded AI workspace for individuals, professionals, and teams. It helps you understand source material, research questions, and create useful outputs. Features may include:
To access certain features, you must create an account. You are responsible for:
You must be at least 13 and meet any higher minimum age required where you live. If you are below the age of legal majority, a parent or guardian must permit your use and accept these Terms on your behalf where required. Do not share individual account credentials; use team invitations for other people.
You retain your rights in material you upload, create, or share (User Content). You give Scholarly a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to process that content only as needed to provide the Service, follow your instructions and sharing settings, and meet the limited operational purposes below. We may extend these permissions to service providers only as needed for those purposes:
This license does not let us publish private content independently, sell it to data brokers, or use it without restriction to train AI models. It ends when the relevant content is deleted, except as needed to complete deletion, comply with law, or retain limited records for the purposes and periods explained in the Privacy Policy. Previously authorized recipients may retain their own copies.
You must have the rights and permissions needed to submit material and instruct its processing or sharing, including permission relating to other people’s personal information, confidential work material, and recordings. Uploading a source does not give you rights you do not already have in that source.
As between you and Scholarly, you retain your input rights and own outputs to the extent ownership rights exist under applicable law. Scholarly assigns to you any rights it may hold in outputs generated for you, excluding our underlying software and third-party material. You may use those outputs for personal, professional, and commercial purposes, including after cancelling a subscription or closing your account. You understand that:
Our Service, including software, text, graphics, and other materials, is owned by Scholarly and protected by intellectual property laws. You may not reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works without permission.
You agree not to use the Service to:
Scholarly offers both free and paid subscription plans. For paid plans:
Plan allowances, AI credits, reset periods, and any purchased credit-pack terms are shown in the product or at purchase. Credits are service allowances, not money or a stored-value account, and are not transferable or redeemable for cash except where law requires. Generation may consume different amounts depending on the feature and model. Third-party payment processors handle payments.
Refund PolicyYour privacy is important to us. Our collection and use of personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms.
Our processing follows the Privacy Policy and any applicable data-processing agreement. In particular:
Do not submit health, financial, legal, or other regulated or confidential information unless you have authorization and have determined the Service meets your obligations. These Terms do not establish a HIPAA business associate agreement, a professional advisory relationship, or a guarantee of a particular data location.
We strive to maintain high availability but cannot guarantee uninterrupted service. We may:
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW:
AI outputs may be inaccurate, incomplete, or unsuitable for a particular purpose. Review them before publication or reliance, especially for medical, legal, financial, safety, or other consequential decisions. The exclusions above apply only where lawful and do not limit liability or remedies that cannot legally be excluded.
You may stop using the Service or request account deletion. We may suspend or terminate access for material violations, abuse, security risks, nonpayment, or legal requirements, with notice where reasonable and permitted. On termination:
We will notify you of material changes through the Service or by email, stating when they take effect and providing advance notice where required. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by law. Where affirmative agreement is required, we will obtain it. New terms do not retroactively authorize unrelated uses of previously collected content.
Scholarly is based in the United States (USA). Applicable US law governs subject to mandatory law and conflict-of-law rules. Nothing in these Terms removes the consumer protections or access to courts you are entitled to where you live. Please contact us first if you wish to seek an informal resolution; doing so is not a prerequisite to exercising legal rights. These Terms do not require binding arbitration.
Scholarly, United States (USA). Questions, support requests, and rights or infringement notices can be sent to hello@scholarly.so.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.
An organization controls membership, roles, shared libraries, and projects in its workspace. Owners and administrators can manage access and view the activity and usage reports the product makes available. Their role does not automatically give access to every private personal item. Ownership and control of work material depend on the organization’s arrangements with its members and applicable law; Scholarly does not resolve those ownership disputes.
Members should follow their organization’s rules for uploading, sharing, and exporting content. Before removing a member or deleting an account, review ownership and transfer any eligible work material using the available project controls. Organization-controlled copies may remain after a member leaves. Personal account deletion is not a request to delete every organization copy or terminate every organization contract. Any signed team or data-processing agreement also applies.
Choose sharing permissions carefully. A public or link-accessible item can be accessed by its permitted audience, and recipients may keep downloaded or independently duplicated copies. Removing a link does not recall those copies. You are responsible for obtaining required permissions and giving required notices before recording, transcribing, uploading, or sharing other people’s voices, images, or information.
Connections grant access according to the permissions you authorize and the features you use. You remain responsible for the source account and its terms. Disconnecting stops future access but does not automatically delete previously imported files or outputs. Third-party services may have their own terms and availability limits; Scholarly’s permission to process content does not override those restrictions.