Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! Use Anara for free up to 2000 words and 5 imports per day. No credit card required. Upload documents, ask questions, and see how it works with your materials. When you upgrade to a paid plan, you get a 7-day money-back guarantee if you're not satisfied.

No. Anara automates time-consuming tasks like database searches, citation formatting, and flashcard creation, but you still need critical thinking skills to evaluate sources, analyze findings, and draw conclusions. It's like having a research assistant handle data collection while you focus on interpretation and insight generation. Your core research skills remain essential and actively used.

Every answer includes clickable citations linking to exact locations in your source documents. Unlike general AI tools that work from memory and can hallucinate, Anara only analyzes materials you upload. It cannot reference sources outside your library, making fabricated citations impossible.

Your documents are encrypted in transit and at rest. We never use your data to train AI models or share it with third parties. You can delete your files anytime from your workspace. For teams, we offer granular permissions, SOC 2 compliance, and enterprise security controls.

For documents: PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, MD, TXT. For images: PNG, JPG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, HEIC. For audio/video: MP4, MP3, YouTube URLs. Upload textbooks, papers, lecture recordings, slides - anything relevant to your research.

We offer a 7-day grace period from the date of your first payment. To request a refund, send us a message by clicking "Support" and then "Live chat" in the app.

Anara helps you process information faster, but the learning and insights remain yours. It's like having a research assistant that finds relevant passages and organizes information - you still do the analysis and writing. Always check your institution's AI policy and cite Anara in your work if required by your school.

Yes! Import your existing library directly from Zotero with one click. Export citations in any format including LaTeX/BibTeX for seamless integration with your existing research workflow.

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Yes. You can cancel your subscription anytime without any cancellation fee. Go to "Settings", then "Billing" and choose the cancellation option. You'll retain access to paid features until the end of your billing cycle.

Anara handles specific tasks: searching your library and academic databases, generating citations, creating flashcards and forms, formatting data into tables, and conducting structured internet research. You control what gets searched, evaluate the relevance of results, analyze findings, draw conclusions, and make research decisions. The intellectual work remains entirely yours.

Anara can search your personal library for relevant documents, conduct internet research, find academic papers through specialized databases, generate proper citations with confidence levels, create structured forms for data collection, generate multiple types of flashcards (multiple choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank), and format data into organized tables. It handles the execution while you guide the research direction and analyze the results.

ChatGPT works from memory and can make up sources. Anara only works with documents you upload and provides verifiable citations to exact text locations. It's also designed specifically for research tasks like literature searches and citation management, not general conversation.

Both. Anara automatically searches your library and academic databases to find papers you might miss, generates comprehensive citations with confidence indicators, and creates structured data presentations. The source highlighting lets you verify every claim instantly. This makes your research more systematic and comprehensive, not just quicker.