Sharly AI review
A collaborative web workspace for multi-document research, citations, and document comparison.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Sharly AI is a web-based research assistant for individuals, analysts, compliance groups, academics, and research teams. It accepts PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, spreadsheets, URLs, Google Docs, and Notion uploads, then provides summaries, answers, suggested follow-up questions, and chat across multiple documents. Responses can link to source passages, while docs-only answering helps keep answers focused on uploaded material. Citation formatting is available in APA, MLA, and Chicago styles, with metadata extraction for titles, authors, and DOIs.
Its strongest fit is collaborative document research rather than basic single-file summarization. Users can compare documents in natural language, identify contradictions, annotate shared libraries and workspaces, and retain knowledge across team workflows. Integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox, Notion, Google Docs, and Slack support a broader document ecosystem. Role-based permissions and activity logs add structure for teams handling shared research, while OCR support extends the workflow to scanned PDFs.
The Free plan includes instant summaries, AI answers, five documents per day, and PDF, DOCX, and Notion uploads. Pro adds unlimited uploads, advanced reasoning, inline citations, and advanced security protocols at $12.50 per seat per month with annual billing, or $15 per seat per month with monthly billing. Team costs $24 per seat per month with annual billing and adds unlimited documents and chats, team annotations, knowledge retention, semantic extraction, analytics, and citation history. Business adds unlimited seats, role-based access, audit logs, SSO/SAML, private deployments, and dedicated support. Sharly AI suits teams that need traceable, multi-document research; users seeking only lightweight PDF summaries may find the broader workspace unnecessary.
Sharly AI pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Chat across multiple PDFs and documents with linked inline citations
- Detect contradictions and compare information in natural language
- Shared workspaces, annotations, permissions, and activity logs
- Where it doesn't
- Free plan is limited to 5 documents per day
- Advanced collaboration and admin controls require paid tiers
- Access is provided through the web platform
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