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Bring your papers, PDFs, and AI Meeting Notes into one place. Ask real questions, get citation-backed answers grounded in your sources, and turn weeks of reading into understanding you can build on.

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Use cases

How Researchers Use Scholarly

Survey a literature in days, not months

Upload a folder of papers and ask questions across all of them at once. Compare methods, findings, and limitations without re-reading every PDF from the start.

Get answers you can verify

Every answer is grounded in your sources and cites where it came from, so you can jump to the exact passage and check the claim before you rely on it.

Capture talks, seminars, and interviews

Record a seminar or upload interview audio. Scholarly transcribes it, summarizes the key points, and makes the whole recording searchable and quotable.

Listen to papers on the go

Turn dense papers into clear, conversational audio overviews — keep moving through your reading list on the commute or between experiments.

Features

Features That Matter for Research

Deep Research

Ask a real research question and get a structured, cited write-up built from actual sources — then push back, go deeper, and refine it.

Chat across multiple PDFs

Question a single 300-page document or your whole reading list at once, with citation-backed answers that point at the source.

Concept maps

See how the ideas in a paper or an entire field connect. Generate concept maps from your material to spot gaps and relationships.

Grounded drafting

Draft notes, summaries, and sections with AI that has read your sources — structured, cited, and yours to edit in the same workspace.

How it works

How It Works

  1. 01

    Upload your sources

    PDFs, papers, web pages, audio, and video — bring everything for a project into one workspace.

  2. 02

    Ask and explore

    Chat with your sources, run deep research, and get grounded answers with citations you can verify.

  3. 03

    Synthesize and share

    Turn what you learned into notes, summaries, slides, or an audio overview — without leaving your sources behind.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Do the answers cite real sources?

Yes. When you chat with your documents, answers are grounded in the files you uploaded and cite the passages they came from, so you can open the source and verify every claim. Deep Research reads and cites real external sources the same way.

Can I ask questions across many papers at once?

Yes. You can chat with a single paper or select multiple documents and ask comparative questions across all of them — useful for literature reviews, related-work sections, and checking how findings differ between studies.

How does it handle very long documents?

Scholarly is built for long material — 300-page PDFs, dissertations, and full conference proceedings. Upload the document and ask questions, request summaries, or generate an audio overview without splitting the file yourself.

Is my unpublished research private?

Your uploads are private to your account and are not shared with other users. You stay in control of your library and can delete your materials at any time.

Keep exploring

Tools that pair well

Build a complete research stack with these tools.

Research Paper Analyzer

Break down methods, findings, and limitations.

Research Paper Summarizer

Dense papers to clear summaries.

PDF Summarizer

Key points from any long PDF.

Citation Generator

Clean citations in any style.

Concept Map Generator

Map how ideas in a field connect.

Mind Map Generator

Visualize a topic at a glance.

Website Summarizer

Summarize articles and web sources.

YouTube Summarizer

Talks and lectures to key takeaways.

Audio to Notes

Interviews and seminars to clean notes.

Academic Writing Coach

Sharpen drafts and arguments.

PDF to Podcast

Listen to papers on the go.

Lecture Transcription

Accurate transcripts from any talk.

Scholarly for Teams

One Premium or Laureate plan for your whole lab — shared papers, protocols, and the chosen access for every member.

Pricing

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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.

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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 lifetime allowances: 3 AI Chat messages, 500 autocomplete words, 5 quiz questions, 15 voice minutes, 1 practice exam, one free AI creation total, and 1 file upload. These allowances do not reset. 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, autocomplete, quiz practice, voice, exams, and file uploads have separate lifetime allowances.

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-plan allowances are lifetime credits and do not reset. Premium includes 10 AI creations per week, podcasts up to 60 minutes, video lectures up to 45 minutes, unlimited uploads, chat, autocomplete, quizzes, and exams, plus more daily voice time.