Humata vs Sharly AI (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Humata and Sharly AI share a 2.2 GPA, both have a free plan, and Humata starts cheaper, at $9.99 a month against $12.50 a month.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Humata grades higher on ease of use. Sharly AI grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and features.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Humata
Document Q&A with cited answers across your uploaded files
Sharly AI
AI workspace for summarizing, comparing and citing documents
Which one is for you
Pick Humata if
- Fits if two or three of you want to share one $9.99 plan
- Works for companies that want document Q&A on their own website through the embed or API
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you read a lot, since Expert has 500 pages a month and each extra page is $0.02
- Skip it if your files are scans, because OCR needs the Team plan at $49 a user a month
- Not for you if you want a tool that finds papers, as this only answers from what you upload
- Too light for real work on the free plan: 1 user, 60 pages a month and, going by the homepage, 10 answers
- Watch out: the billing FAQ mentions a Student plan, but the pricing page doesn't list it or a price
Pick Sharly AI if
- Fits if you compare several documents and need citations
- Works for someone who keeps documents in Notion, Google Docs or Dropbox
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 5 documents a day and 50 messages a month, if the plan card is right
- Skip it if you share work, as Pro is for one user and sharing needs Team
- Pricey if you need SSO, audit logs or private deployments, which are sales-only on Business
- Watch out: monthly-billing prices aren't visible on the pricing page
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAHumataFair | 2.2GPASharly AIFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CExpert is $9.99 a month and up to 3 of you can share it, the low end here. But it's metered at 500 pages a month, then $0.02 a page, and OCR for scans, folder permissions and personalized answers all wait for Team at $49 a user. Low to start, dear once you need those. | CPro is $12.50 a month billed yearly, the upper end of a category whose middle is $10. Team is $24 per seat. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree is 1 user, 60 pages a month and, going by the homepage, 10 answers. That's a paper or two and you've seen how the citations work. A cap you'll hit in an afternoon, in other words. | CA free plan with 5 documents a day and 50 messages a month. The plan card says 5 a day, but the comparison table says 10 documents a month, so the cap is unclear. |
| Features | CIt does chat-with-your-documents fully: cited answers that link to the passage, Ask All to put one question to a whole folder, website import, and Grounded, Balanced and Creative modes. That's a smaller job than this category's, though. It only answers from what you upload. | CSummaries, sourced answers, cross-document comparison and citation formats. Shared workspaces and annotations need Team, and SSO and audit logs are on a sales-only Business plan. |
| Ease of use | BNo App Store rating on record, so this rests on the listing: a web app where you upload a folder, tick the files and ask, with nothing to install or connect. The one thing to watch is the page meter, since anything over your allowance is billed per page. | CNo store rating on record. You upload and connect documents and set up workspaces. |
| Platforms and integrations | CA browser tab and nothing else: no phone app, no desktop app, no extension, and the listing names no integrations with other apps at all. There is an API for importing documents and asking questions, and an embed for your own page, but neither gets Humata off the one place it runs. | BWeb only, with Notion, Google Docs and Dropbox. |
| Best for | small teams asking questions of shared files | summarizing and comparing documents with citations |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Humata and Sharly AI. How we grade
Price against what you get
Humata starts at $9.99 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Sharly AI starts at $12.50 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Humata starts $2.51 a month lower. Of the other AI research tools on the chart, 10 score higher than Humata for less, and 16 score higher than Sharly AI for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Sharly AI also covers documents.
At a glance
| Humata | Sharly AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $9.99 per month, billed monthly (covers up to 3 users) | $12.5 per month, billed yearly |
| Free plan | 1 user and 60 free pages a month with basic features. The homepage also limits it to 10 answers. | One user, 5 documents a day, fast answers and a 10k context length. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Tilda Technologies Inc. | VOX AI Inc. |
| Price read from | humata.ai | sharly.ai |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 12, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Humata
- The Free plan is limited to 1 user and 60 pages a month, and the homepage also caps it at 10 answers.
- Pages beyond a plan's monthly allowance are billed per page: $0.02 on Expert and $0.01 on Team.
- OCR for scanned text, department and folder permissions and response personalization need the Team plan.
- The billing FAQ mentions a Student plan, but the pricing page does not list it or show a price.
Sharly AI
- The pricing page shows only yearly-billed prices; the monthly-billing prices are not visible, so the monthly cost of month-to-month billing is not confirmed.
- The free plan's limits are shown as 5 documents a day in the plan card but 10 documents a month in the comparison table, so the exact cap is unclear.
- Pro is for one user; shared workspaces and annotations need Team, which lists up to 100 seats.
- SSO / SAML, audit logs and private deployments are on the sales-only Business plan.
Key features
Humata
- Chat with your files
- Upload files or whole folders and ask questions about them. Each answer cites the relevant sections of the source documents, with highlighted links back into the file.
- Ask All across files
- Tick several files or a folder and use Ask All to put one question to all of them at once, for example to compare documents.
- Website import
- The From URL option in the upload dialog imports a website so that questions can be asked about its pages.
- Answer modes and custom prompts
- Grounded, Balanced and Creative modes set how closely answers stick to the documents, and a custom prompt can be sent along with every question.
- Team roles and permissions
- Admins invite members, assign admin or member roles, group people into teams and restrict access to folders. Department and folder permissions start at the Team plan.
- Embeds and API
- A chat view for a file or folder can be embedded in a web page, with white labeling on Enterprise. An API covers document import, conversations and questions.
Sharly AI
- Summaries and key insights
- Uploaded documents get an automatic summary, topics and highlights. PDF, DOCX, PPTX and Notion exports are listed as supported formats.
- Sourced answers
- Answers point back to the pages of the uploaded files they came from, and a docs-only mode restricts the assistant to your documents.
- Cross-document comparison
- Key metrics from several documents can be lined up in a table, with matches, conflicts and missing data flagged.
- Citation formats
- Citations can be switched between APA, MLA and Chicago styles. The comparison table lists a citation format switcher as a paid-plan feature.
- Team annotations
- The Team plan adds shared workspaces, annotations, and citation history for groups working across the same documents.
Plans
Humata
Free$0
1 user and 60 free pages a month, with basic features and up to 10 answers.
Expert$9.99
per month, billed monthly
Up to 3 users and 500 free pages a month, then $0.02 per additional page, with chat support.
Team$49
per user / month, billed monthly
For teams of up to 10: 5,000 free pages a month, then $0.01 per page, plus department and folder permissions, OCR and response personalization.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited users and custom page allowances, with a SOC-2 certificate, uptime SLA and early access to new features.
Sharly AI
Free$0
One user with instant summaries and AI answers, 5 documents a day, PDF, DOCX and Notion uploads, 50 messages a month.
Pro$12.5
per month, billed yearly
For solo researchers: unlimited uploads, 1,000 messages a month, reasoning capabilities, a 50k context length, and a stated no-training-on-your-data policy.
Team$24
per seat / month, billed yearly
Up to 100 seats, unlimited documents and chats, team annotations, knowledge retention, semantic extraction, and analytics with citation history.
BusinessCustom
Unlimited seats, admin dashboard with role-based access, version history and audit logs, SSO / SAML, and private deployments. Sold through sales.
Ways to pay less
Humata
No public discounts listed.
Sharly AI
- Annual discount
20% off with yearly billing
The pricing page marks the Yearly option as 20% off; the prices shown are the yearly-billed ones.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Humata or Sharly AI?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Humata is cheaper to start with: $9.99 a month, against $12.50 a month for Sharly AI. Humata starts at $9.99 per month, billed monthly (covers up to 3 users), and Sharly AI starts at $12.5 per month, billed yearly.
Which has a free plan, Humata or Sharly AI?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Humata and Sharly AI have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.