The Sharly AI Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Sharly AI in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Sharly AI
The Insider’s Guide
AI workspace for summarizing, comparing and citing documents
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI research tools, read from Sharly AI’s own pages.
Made by VOX AI Inc. · checked Nov 12, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Sharly AI’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Sharly AI’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.2
GPA, above 7 of the 49 other AI research tools we grade
Sharly AI is a web workspace for reading research documents with an AI assistant. It summarizes uploads, answers questions with sources attached, compares figures across several files, and formats citations in APA, MLA or Chicago. Team plans add shared workspaces and annotations.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Sharly AI, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You upload and connect documents and set up workspaces.
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Best for summarizing and comparing documents with citations
But the free plan's own numbers disagree between pages, and anything shared needs the Team plan.
- 2
Paid plans start at $12.50 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $12.5 per month, billed yearly.
- 3
There is a free plan
One user, 5 documents a day, fast answers and a 10k context length.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Summaries and key insights
Uploaded documents get an automatic summary, topics and highlights. PDF, DOCX, PPTX and Notion exports are listed as supported formats.
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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.
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Cross-document comparison
Key metrics from several documents can be lined up in a table, with matches, conflicts and missing data flagged.
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A 2.2 GPA, above 7 of 49
That is against the other AI research tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
Keep it
To replace Sharly AI you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Sharly AI at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $12.5 per month, billed yearly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- VOX AI Inc.
- Category
- AI Research Tools
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for summarizing and comparing documents with citations
Sharly AI summarizes, compares and cites documents, and the Pro plan is $12.50 a month billed yearly for solo researchers. But the free plan's own numbers disagree between pages, and anything shared needs the Team plan.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Pro 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 | C | A 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 | C | Summaries, 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 | C | No store rating on record. You upload and connect documents and set up workspaces. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, with Notion, Google Docs and Dropbox. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Sharly AI is for
- Fits if you compare several documents and need citations
- Works for someone who keeps documents in Notion, Google Docs or Dropbox
Who it is not for
- 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
Good to know
Good for
- Researchers who need answers tied to the pages they came from
- Analysts comparing figures across several reports
- Teams that want shared annotations on documents
Worth knowing
- 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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$12.50
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Sharly AI has a free plan. Paid plans start at $12.5 per month, billed yearly.
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.
Business
Custom
Unlimited seats, admin dashboard with role-based access, version history and audit logs, SSO / SAML, and private deployments. Sold through sales.
The free plan
One user, 5 documents a day, fast answers and a 10k context length.
Read from sharly.ai on Nov 12, 2026.
Ways to pay less
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.
Stated on sharly.ai
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
AI workspace for summarizing, comparing and citing documents. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, chat assistant, research, citations, documents.
Summaries, sourced answers, cross-document comparison and citation formats.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Notion
- Google Docs
- Dropbox
Sharly AI is made by VOX AI Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
7/49
Other AI research tools it is graded above
Sharly AI's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 7 of the 49 other AI research tools we grade, and level with 11.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 16 of 49) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $12.50 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 25 of the 35 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 16 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 50 AI research tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Sharly AI’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 6 of 49
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 49
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 49
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 49
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 16 of 49
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 40 AI research tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Sharly AI is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Sharly AI you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 31 of the 49 other AI research tools grade higher. It costs $150 a year.
What you could make
- Documents: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- A library of papers and sources to search.
- Citation records for millions of papers.
What this rests on. Sharly AI’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
ChatPDF, Humata, AskYourPDF, Paperguide and Scholarcy
The 5 tools Sharly AI is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.8GPA
ChatPDF
Free plan · from $89.99/yr
Ask questions about PDFs and get answers with citations.
- Only ChatPDF lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Sharly AI also covers documents.
- ChatPDF also covers AI search.
- 2.2GPA
Humata
Free plan · from $9.99/mo
Document Q&A with cited answers across your uploaded files.
- Sharly AI also covers documents.
- 2.4GPA
AskYourPDF
Free plan · from $11.99/mo
Chat with PDFs and other documents and get cited answers.
- Only AskYourPDF lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only AskYourPDF lists a browser extension.
- Sharly AI also covers documents.
- 2.6GPA
Paperguide
Free plan · from $12/mo
AI research platform for literature and systematic reviews.
- Only Paperguide lists a browser extension.
- Sharly AI also covers documents.
- Paperguide also covers AI search, AI agents and long-form writing.
- 2.6GPA
Scholarcy
Free plan · from $90/yr
Summarizes research papers into interactive flashcards.
- Only Scholarcy lists a browser extension.
- Sharly AI also covers chat assistant and documents.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Sharly AI free?
Sharly AI has a free plan. One user, 5 documents a day, fast answers and a 10k context length.
How much does Sharly AI cost?
Sharly AI lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Sharly AI work on?
Sharly AI is available on Web.
Does Sharly AI offer any discounts?
Sharly AI publicly lists the following: 20% off with yearly billing.
Does Sharly AI have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Sharly AI is listed for Web.
Does Sharly AI have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Sharly AI is listed for Web.
Is Sharly AI open source?
Sharly AI is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
What does Sharly AI integrate with?
Sharly AI's listing names Notion, Google Docs and Dropbox. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Sharly AI?
Sharly AI is made by VOX AI Inc.
What are the alternatives to Sharly AI?
The closest alternatives to Sharly AI in our directory are ChatPDF, Humata, AskYourPDF, Paperguide and Scholarcy.
How does Sharly AI compare with other AI research tools?
Sharly AI's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 7 of the 49 other AI research tools we grade, and level with 11.
Is Sharly AI good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Sharly AI C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $12.50 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 25 of the 35 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Sharly AI?
To replace Sharly AI you would be making an AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Sharly AI’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Sharly AI's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by VOX AI Inc. Prices change, so check sharly.ai before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
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Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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What else is on toolgpa.com
- Sharly AI, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/sharly-ai
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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