Brainly

Crowdsourced homework help where students and tutors answer posted questions

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What is Brainly?

Brainly is a peer knowledge-sharing site for schoolwork, operating as a question-and-answer community where students post a problem and other users answer it. Answers are voted on, and a volunteer moderation layer of trusted users and subject experts reviews contributions. The company has added an AI helper that drafts explanations and can read a photo of a problem. Its scale is the differentiator: for common textbook questions there is often an existing thread, and subjects are split by grade and language. A paid tier removes ads and raises the AI allowance.

Last updated: 2026-09-20. This site only provides an index; for exact features, pricing, and licensing, see the official website.

Key features

  • Question and answer community organised by subject, grade and language
  • Voting and a trusted-responder system that ranks answers
  • AI helper that drafts step-by-step explanations for posted questions
  • Photo scan so a camera image of a problem becomes a question
  • Browser and app access with text search across existing answers
  • Moderator review layer for reported or low-quality answers

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Large existing archive for common textbook questions
  • Free to read and ask, with answers in many languages
  • Human explanations can show working, not just a final result

Watch out for

  • Answer quality varies and some responses are simply wrong
  • Ad-supported free tier is cluttered and pushes the paid plan
  • Posting live homework can breach school integrity rules

Best for & use cases

homework explanations, subject revision, checking worked solutions, peer study help

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FAQ

Can I trust the answers?

Not without checking them. Answers come from other users, including students, so mistakes and partial solutions are common. Treat a response as a second opinion, verify it against your course material, and prefer highly rated answers that show their working.

Is using Brainly cheating?

That depends on your school's rules. Many institutions treat posting a live assignment as academic misconduct while allowing the site for revision. Reading the policy and asking your teacher is safer than assuming either way.

What does the paid plan add?

The subscription mainly removes advertising and increases how many AI answers you can request. Community questions and existing answers remain readable without paying, so the free tier is workable if you tolerate the ads.