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Free AI Tools for Students in 2026: What Each Free Plan Gives

Free AI tools can explain a topic in simpler words, summarise your own notes, suggest an outline, check grammar and help you plan revision. They work best as a study helper, not a replacement for your own thinking.

Tool Good for Free plan (official pages, October 2026)
ChatGPT Explanations, outlines Has a free plan with limits; check the current limits
Gemini Study help in the Google world Free plan with base limits
Claude Long texts, essay feedback Free plan with chat, web search and file creation
NotebookLM Questions about your own notes A free way to use it; check the current name and limits
Grammarly Grammar and tone in your own writing Free plan with spelling and grammar help and 100 AI prompts per month
Perplexity Research with sources Has a free plan; check the limits

Use AI honestly

  1. Read your school AI rules first. Some courses allow AI for brainstorming but not for writing answers.
  2. Verify facts, dates and sources yourself, because AI answers can be wrong.
  3. Write the final work in your own words.
  4. Do not paste private data into any tool.

Full guide: https://softhubtools.com/free-ai-tools-for-students-2026/

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