AI Document Understanding Tool

What is Anara?
Anara is an AI workspace designed for scientists, students, and research teams to search for papers, extract key passages, organize research, and write with automatic citations—without sacrificing academic rigor. It can respond using your uploaded files (reducing hallucinations by limiting responses to those files), automatically find citations, and search major databases like PubMed, arXiv, and JSTOR. It also lets you generate flashcards and practice quizzes, build a single searchable library for all your projects, and collaborate with others. Anara is backed by Y Combinator and trusted by millions of researchers and students.
Is there a free option to try Anara?
Yes. Anara offers a free option to get started (no credit card required). You can also request a demo to explore paid plans.
How does Anara help with my research workflow?
- Search for papers and extract key passages
- Organize research and manage citations with automatic links to original sources
- Get concise, scholarly answers drawn from major databases
- Limit responses to your uploaded files to reduce hallucinations
- Generate flashcards and multiple-choice questions from your materials
- Build a single, searchable library for all your projects
- Collaborate with teammates in a shared workspace
Which sources and databases does Anara search to answer questions?
Anara searches major academic databases to deliver comprehensive responses, including PubMed, arXiv, and JSTOR.
How does Anara ensure accuracy and provide citations?
Every insight links to its original sources so you can verify information with a single click. Anara also highlights sources and automatically generates citations from the relevant materials.
What file types can I upload to Anara?
Anara is designed to respond to and understand your uploaded files. It can handle a variety of materials (for example, lecture slides, textbooks, or videos) and interpret any file or group of files. The exact list of supported formats isn’t specified.
Can Anara generate study materials like flashcards and quizzes?
Yes. Anara can generate flashcards and multiple-choice questions tailored to your uploaded materials.
Can I collaborate with others in Anara?
Yes. Anara supports solo work and team collaboration, providing a centralized space for all scholarly work and collaborative features.
How do I build and manage my library of sources in Anara?
Anara helps you build a single, searchable library for all your projects, linking insights to original sources so you can verify and reuse references easily.
How can I verify AI responses or sources in Anara?
You can verify information by clicking through to the original sources linked in Anara’s insights. This makes it easy to confirm details and citations directly from the sources.
How can I access Anara (web app, extensions, etc.)?
Anara is available as a web application and a Chrome extension, and it includes components such as a PDF viewer to help you read and annotate documents within the platform.
What security and compliance does Anara provide?
Anara emphasizes privacy and security with compliance indicators including GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001. Sub-processors include Stripe, Vercel, and AWS. The platform is backed by Y Combinator.
Who is Anara for, and why trust it?
Anara is built for scientists, students, and research teams. It’s trusted by 2,000,000+ researchers and students and has millions of files analyzed and hundreds of thousands of citations generated, with billions of insights delivered across users.
What resources are available to help me use Anara?
You can access a user guide, changelog, join Discord, read the blog, and browse FAQs. You can also get help by requesting a demo or starting with the free option.
How do I get started or request a demo?
- Get Anara free to start right away
- Request a demo to explore paid plans and features


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