Description
OmniScholar is a smart research platform built for students, academics, and scientists who want to organize, analyze, and draw insights from their research libraries. Its core capability is chatting with your files: you can query PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint decks, images, and your entire paper collection using AI, and it can also pull from external sources such as arXiv, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, and OpenAlex, along with real-time web search that returns verifiable citations.
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The platform includes an intelligent PDF reader with a distraction-free reading environment, in-document highlighting and annotation, click-to-explain AI definitions, and a side-by-side chat for context while you read. Sources stay organized through unlimited nested collections, content-based auto-tagging, full-text search, and metadata extraction and management. Collaboration features let teams share papers and collections instantly, keep shared libraries updated in real time, apply granular permission controls, and build a collaborative knowledge base together.
OmniScholar runs in the browser on Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge with no installation, and is optimized for desktop, tablet, and mobile use, with real-time sync so you can start on one device and continue on another. Pricing includes a Free plan with 1,000 AI credits and 250 MB of storage, a Scholar plan with 10,000 credits and 1 GB, and a Researcher plan with 50,000 credits and 5 GB, plus team plans with centralized billing and a 20% per-member discount.
- CategoryAI Research Assistants
- Pricing ModelFreemium
- DeploymentCloud
- PlatformsWeb
OmniScholar's Core Features
Chat with PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, images, and your full paper library
Access external sources: arXiv, Semantic Scholar, PubMed, and OpenAlex
Real-time web search with verifiable citations
Intelligent PDF reader with highlighting, annotation, and click-to-explain definitions
Unlimited nested collections with content-based auto-tagging
Full-text search and metadata extraction and management
Team sharing, real-time updates, and granular permission controls
Browser-based access with real-time sync across desktop, tablet, and mobile
How to use OmniScholar?
Create an account: Start on the Free plan to access the platform from any browser.
Import your sources: Upload PDFs, documents, slides, and images, or pull papers from external indexes like arXiv and PubMed.
Organize your library: Sort sources into nested collections with auto-tagging and metadata extraction.
Chat and read: Query individual files or your whole collection with AI, and annotate papers in the built-in reader.
Collaborate: Share collections with your team and manage access with permission controls and centralized billing.
OmniScholar's Use Cases
- Literature review
- Focused reading
- Reference organization
- Team research
