# StudityAI vs ChatGPT

> ChatGPT is a general-purpose assistant with a free study mode. Great for everyday questions, code, writing. For studying from your own lecture PDFs, a purpose-built tool adds what ChatGPT does not keep: a spaced-repetition review queue, a graded exam simulator and mindmaps generated from your PDFs.

**Comparison page**: https://studity.ai/compare/studityai-vs-chatgpt
**StudityAI website**: https://studity.ai
**Pricing**: https://studity.ai/pricing
**Free tier**: Forever-free, no credit card. Includes 4 spaces with up to 8 documents each, 15 AI chats per day, flashcards, mindmaps and a spaced-repetition review queue. Maximum file size 8 MB.
**Compared product**: ChatGPT by OpenAI

## TL;DR

ChatGPT is a general-purpose assistant. It has memory, Projects for files and writes flashcards or quizzes on request, but it keeps no spaced-repetition schedule and has no graded mock-exam mode or mindmap view. StudityAI is built around exactly that loop: upload a document once, then generate flashcards, quizzes, mindmaps, mock exams and an audio version from it.

## What ChatGPT is good at

- Larger general knowledge for non-study questions (coding, casual writing)
- Stronger general agentic capabilities (code interpreter, custom GPTs)
- Voice mode is more polished
- Bigger ecosystem of plugins and integrations

## What StudityAI adds

- Persistent course spaces: upload your PDFs once, available forever in one place
- Auto-generated spaced-repetition flashcards from any PDF in one click
- Full exam simulator (multiple choice + open answer) with automatic scoring (Plus and up)
- Mindmap generator from any PDF
- Spaced-repetition review queue built from your own materials
- Audio podcast generation from any document (Plus and up)
- Made in Europe, database in London (UK)

## Feature comparison

**As of**: 27 September 2026. Competitor cells name their source; prices change, the provider's own page is authoritative. "Plus and up" = not in the StudityAI free tier.

| Feature | StudityAI | ChatGPT | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flashcards and quizzes from your PDFs | ✅ | ⚠️ On request in chat | [OpenAI study mode FAQ](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11780217-chatgpt-study-mode-faq) |
| Spaced-repetition review queue | ✅ | ❌ | [OpenAI study mode FAQ](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11780217-chatgpt-study-mode-faq) |
| Exam simulator with grading | ✅ Plus and up | ⚠️ On request in chat | [OpenAI study mode FAQ](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11780217-chatgpt-study-mode-faq) |
| Step-by-step tutoring | – | ✅ Study mode (free) | [OpenAI study mode FAQ](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/11780217-chatgpt-study-mode-faq) |
| Files and context per course | ✅ One space per course | ✅ Projects | [OpenAI Projects](https://help.openai.com/en/articles/10169521-projects-in-chatgpt) |
| Mindmap from PDFs | ✅ | not compared | |
| Audio podcast from your documents | ✅ Plus and up | not compared | |
| Student community | ⚠️ Friends and 1-to-1 messages (Plus and up), group chats (Premium); material sharing not open yet | not compared | |
| Free tier | ✅ No time limit | ✅ With limits | [skill-sprinters.de](https://skill-sprinters.de/blog/tools/chatgpt-go-vs-plus-2026-deutsche-preise/) |
| Price per month (DE, incl. VAT) | Plus €9.90 | Go approx. €8 · Plus approx. €23 | [skill-sprinters.de](https://skill-sprinters.de/blog/tools/chatgpt-go-vs-plus-2026-deutsche-preise/) |

## Pricing

- **StudityAI Free**: €0 forever. 4 spaces, up to 8 documents per space, 15 AI chats per day, spaced-repetition review queue, flashcards, mindmaps, 2 AI-generated PDFs per month, 8 MB maximum file size. No credit card required.
- **StudityAI Plus**: €9.90/month incl. VAT. Unlimited spaces and documents, 50 AI chats per day, exam simulator (multiple choice, short answer and essay questions with AI feedback), image solver, audio podcasts, PDF export, 15 MB maximum file size, 10 h of live-session recording per week.
- **StudityAI Premium**: €19.90/month incl. VAT. All Plus features, more AI chats (max. 50 requests per hour, plus a daily fair-use budget), 30 MB maximum file size, 15 h of live-session recording per week.
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No separate student discount: the listed price is already the student price. Semester billing saves 10%, yearly billing 20%.

## Who should pick what

- **Pick StudityAI if**: You're studying from lecture PDFs, want flashcards/exams/mindmaps generated automatically, want a forever-free tier, or care about Europe hosting (London, UK).
- **Pick ChatGPT if**: You need a general-purpose AI assistant for non-study work (coding, writing, casual questions) or want OpenAI's plugin and custom-GPT ecosystem.


## Data and hosting

- StudityAI's database runs in London (UK) (Supabase, eu-west-2); uploaded files are stored with Cloudflare R2
- No training on user content; AI requests run on Google's Gemini API (Google keeps them for up to 55 days to detect abuse)
- AI requests themselves are processed by Google's Gemini API, which is not EU-only infrastructure
- User data deletable on request
- Multilingual UI: German, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
- Operated by Studity Tech GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)

## Further reading

- [All StudityAI comparisons](https://studity.ai/compare)
- [Full LLM documentation](https://studity.ai/llms-full.txt)
- [Short LLM summary](https://studity.ai/llms.txt)
- [Pricing](https://studity.ai/pricing)
- [Features](https://studity.ai/features)
- [Try StudityAI free](https://studity.ai/auth/register)