AI PDF Summarizer

Choose the PDF or paste a direct link to it in the tool above, then create a free account to open the result. Scholarly reads the document and shows a quick summary of its main arguments, definitions, and conclusions. From there you can chat with the PDF or turn it into flashcards.

Yes, to start. A free account needs no credit card and covers 1 uploaded file for life, up to 8 MB, with the first 32 pages of a PDF read. Premium has unlimited uploads, reads up to 1,000 pages per PDF, and accepts files up to 300 MB.

Yes, within your plan's page limit. Free reads the first 32 pages of a PDF, Premium reads up to 1,000, and Laureate up to 3,000, so a research paper fits on Free and a full textbook needs a paid plan. The longer and denser the PDF, the more time a structured summary saves: you get the thesis, the key sections, and the conclusion before deciding what to read in full.

Not reliably. Scholarly needs readable text in the PDF, and a scan with no text layer may come back incomplete or empty. A text-based or exported PDF gives the cleanest result. If you only have a scan, run it through OCR first and upload the result.

Yes. Paste a direct link to a publicly accessible PDF and Scholarly fetches and summarizes it - no upload needed. For files behind a login or stored on your device, upload the PDF instead.

Your PDF is processed by Scholarly and its AI providers to create the summary, and it is stored in your account. Sharing follows the access settings you choose. Scholarly does not use your private content to train general-purpose AI models by default, and you can delete your content or request account deletion in Settings.

Yes. Once Scholarly has read your PDF, the same document can become flashcards, a full Summary that ends with a study guide section, or a quiz in one click - so the summary is the starting point for studying, not the end of it.

Yes. Save your notes as a PDF and upload them, and Scholarly shows a quick summary you can read in the app. A free account covers 1 upload of up to 8 MB and the first 32 pages. If your notes are plain text, the Study Notes Generator works on pasted text with no account.

Yes. After you upload a PDF, Scholarly can create a full Summary from it: a typeset document with a section for each major topic and a study guide at the end. A Summary is an AI Creation, and a free account includes one for life. The same PDF can also become flashcards or a quiz.

When every detail matters. A summary drops detail by design, so read the full text for contracts, methods sections, or anything you will be examined on line by line. A scanned PDF with no text layer may not be readable, and the free plan reads only the first 32 pages, so a long textbook needs a paid plan or a chapter-sized file.