Brainly
brainly.com
Peer-to-peer homework Q&A community with added AI study tools (not live 1:1 tutoring).
Brainly is an education-technology company founded in 2009 in Kraków, Poland, now with dual headquarters in New York City and Kraków. It is a crowdsourced homework question-and-answer platform rather than a live tutoring service.
Students post questions and receive answers from a community of peers, parents and educators, spanning K-12 and general academic subjects. Brainly has layered in AI features, including AI homework help, an AI tutor and test-prep tools, repositioning itself as an "AI learning companion."
It operates on a freemium model: free, ad-supported community Q&A plus a Brainly Plus subscription that removes ads and unlocks verified expert answers and AI features. Brainly reports around 350 million registered users across 35+ countries and 13 languages, suiting students wanting fast, free crowdsourced answers and AI study help.
Pros & cons
Pros
- Huge, free, community-driven answer base across many subjects
- Available in 13 languages across 35+ countries
- Added AI homework help and test-prep tools
Cons
- Community-generated answers can be inaccurate or unverified
- Not live one-on-one tutoring; quality varies by question
Key features
- Peer-to-peer question-and-answer community
- AI homework help and AI tutor
- Verified expert answers (premium)
- Test preparation tools
Key facts
- Type
- Homework Help & On-Demand Q&A
- Model
- Subscription / group classes
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- New York City, USA / Kraków, Poland
- Regions served
- Global (35+ countries, 13 languages)
- Subjects
- Broad K-12 and general academic subjects
- Pricing
- Freemium; free community Q&A + Brainly Plus subscription
- Scale
- 350M+ registered users; ~15M daily active