Three self-serve tiers and a sales-led institutional contract. Every tier browses the full public catalogue of listings; what paid tiers add is Prime listings not usually carried on the major public listing sites, deeper AI feedback on the drafts you write, and broader application management. Free covers discovery and tracking. No one can pay for rank, prominence, or a faster listing.
Independent academic career consultants can charge several hundred dollars for a single document review — rates vary widely by consultant and document type. Scholiad is built for the in-between work: AI-assisted feedback on your CV, cover letter, research statement, and teaching statement — many small, structural rounds a month — at a price that supports that volume.
A month of Plus is less than 5% of a single consultant review.
Use Scholiad alongside, not instead of, expert human review when stakes are highest.
Each plan unlocks a set of AI review features and gives you a monthly count for each — “3 of 5 remaining this month,” not a shared dollar pool. Counts reset on the first of the month for Plus & Premium. The Free tier includes a one-time AI sampler — so you can experience the matching and feedback tools before deciding whether to subscribe. Scholiad is designed to support your application work, not write for you: you write the documents, the AI reviews them.
Departments, programs, and career offices license Scholiad for their scholars under a sales-led contract — no public price list. Alumni and independent scholars are eligible for the academic rate.
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Every feature, side by side. Each cell is that tier's actual value — a monthly count, a check, or an explicit “locked.” No cumulative-tier guesswork; no marketing chrome.
| Capability | Tier IFree | Tier II · RecommendedPlus | Tier IIIPremium |
|---|---|---|---|
| i.Discovery & matching | |||
| Prime listingsOpportunities sourced by Scholiad — not usually on major public boards. Browsing public listings stays free; Prime listings unlock on Plus and Premium.sourced by Scholiad; not usually on major public boards | locked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Posting at a GlanceA color-coded structured popup of a posting's extracted fields — deadline, eligibility, funding — without leaving the feed.structured popup of a posting's key fields, without leaving the feed | 10 · one-time | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Search ProfilesA saved research focus with its own CV and its own stream of matched jobs. Make one per sub-field — it is not an extra user account.Each Search Profile = a research focus + its own CV + its own matched-jobs stream. | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Foundations & fellowshipsCoverage of grant, fellowship, and foundation funders across the humanities and social sciences.ACLS, NEH, Mellon, Folger, Newberry, Huntington… | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Professional societiesCoverage of scholarly-society listings and calls across disciplines.AHA, MLA, APA, ASA, AAR… | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ii.AI review & recommendationsPlus & Premium: per-feature monthly counts (reset on the 1st). Free: a one-time AI sampler (does not renew). | |||
| Quick AI match checkA fast, lightweight read on whether a single posting is worth your attention.Scan — lightweight per-posting check on potential matches | 30 · one-time | 100 / mo | 250 / mo |
| Deeper AI scoringA more thorough fit score for a posting, with the reasons behind the score.Review — deeper per-posting fit scoring | 3 · one-time | 15 / mo | 40 / mo |
| Deep AI assessmentThe most in-depth fit assessment, reserved for your strongest candidate postings. CFP and conference-fit checks draw from this same monthly pool.Appraisal — in-depth fit appraisal for top candidates | 1 · one-time | 5 / mo | 15 / mo |
| “Most relevant” relevance-ranked sortRe-orders your whole feed so the best-fitting postings rise to the top. Every posting stays reachable by browsing and filters.re-orders your whole feed by fit to your profile | locked | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| CV gap analysisReads your CV against a posting and points out missing or thin sections, with concrete suggestions you decide whether to use. | locked | 5 | 15 |
| CV tailoringSuggests how to reorder and reframe your existing CV for a specific posting. You keep authorship; it only advises. | locked | 5 | 15 |
| Cover letter feedbackStructural feedback on a cover letter you wrote — what is unclear, missing, or out of order. | locked | 5 | 10 |
| Handbook-grounded CV gapA CV gap analysis that also checks your CV against a department or field handbook's norms. | locked | 3 | 10 |
| Portfolio coherence auditReviews your whole set of drafts against one posting and flags places where they contradict each other or miss the posting's asks.reviews full set of drafts vs. one posting; flags contradictions & gaps | locked | 3 | 10 |
| Statement reviewStructural review of the statement drafts you write — research, teaching, diversity, personal, and research-proposal statements.structural review of the statement drafts you write — research, teaching, diversity, personal & research-proposal | locked | locked | 10 |
| Where to publish & presentDescribe your paper topic, or select your field from our discipline catalogue. Receive a grounded shortlist of journals, conferences, and calls for papers from Scholiad's vetted catalogue — with the angle to take and what each venue asks for. Cited and verifiable; verified signals, not scalar rankings; fit assessment, not acceptance odds — it suggests venues, it doesn't write or submit for you.describe your paper or pick your field — get a grounded shortlist of journals, conferences & calls for papers from our vetted catalogue — verified signals, not a ranking | locked | locked | ✓ |
| iii.Application management | |||
| Deadline tracker & remindersA running list of your tracked deadlines, plus reminders that begin a set number of days before each one.reminders fire as a tracked deadline approaches | Tracker · reminders | Tracker · reminders | Tracker · reminders |
| Application PacketA per-posting workspace that assembles the documents an application needs, so you submit from one place.assemble CV, letters & statements per posting | locked | ✓ | ✓ |
| Saved searches & alertsSave a search and get a digest when new matching postings appear.cadence rises with tier | 1 · monthly | 3 · weekly | Unlimited · daily |
| Data exportExport your saved postings and notes at any time. Never Premium-gated.your tracked postings & notes, always exportable | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
¶Counts reset on the first of the month for Plus & Premium. Free's AI sampler is one-time and does not renew.
†All AI features review the documents you write; they do not write or generate materials. Your original draft and the feedback are kept together as an audit trail of your own work.
‡Every tier browses the full catalogue of public listings, with all filters and date / deadline / recency sorts. Reading and browsing are free and unlimited.
Packs expire 30 days after purchase. Valid only while subscribed (cancel → freeze; reactivate before expiry or forfeit). The Free tier cannot purchase add-ons. Add-ons extend caps within features you have already unlocked — they never unlock a feature.
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Plus unlocks Prime listings (sourced by Scholiad, not usually on the major public boards), the “Most relevant” relevance-ranked feed, unlimited Posting at a Glance, three Search Profiles, monthly AI feedback on the CV / cover-letter drafts you write, and application-packet assembly. Reading and browsing the full catalogue stay free on every tier.
It is the anchor tier: it turns Scholiad from a discovery tool into an application workflow — Prime listings plus recurring AI feedback on your own drafts — at a price that supports many small rounds a month.
Premium adds statement review (research, research-proposal, personal, teaching, and diversity statements — Premium-exclusive), the “Where to publish & present” venue discovery tool, higher monthly caps across every AI feature, and a daily digest.
You can cancel at any time — your access continues to the end of the period you've already paid for, and renewals are not refunded. Monthly and annual plans alike: if you ask for a refund within 14 days (monthly) or 30 days (annual) of your first charge, you get a full refund — no deduction for what you've used. That window applies once, to your first payment; a later request, for example after a renewal charge, is evaluated through our payment provider's discretionary refund policy, and there's no cap on how many times you can ask. Refunds are issued through our payment provider to your original payment method. If you are an EU, EEA, or UK consumer, your statutory withdrawal rights apply in addition to this policy. See our Refund & Cancellation Policy for the full policy.
Add-on packs extend your monthly caps within features you have already unlocked — they never unlock a feature for a tier that doesn't have it. Packs expire 30 days after purchase and are valid only while subscribed: cancelling freezes them; reactivate before expiry or forfeit. The Free tier cannot buy add-ons.
Verified students, post-docs, alumni, and independent scholars can access Plus at a reduced academic rate. It is an academic rate, not a promotional discount. Create an account to check eligibility →
Yes — departments, programs, libraries, and career offices license Scholiad under a sales-led contract. Write to the team and we'll scope it with you.
No. You write; the AI reviews. It gives structural feedback — the kind a writing-center advisor gives — on the draft you authored. Your original draft and the feedback are kept together as an audit trail of your own work. We never generate application materials.
The Free tier is free forever — sign up and begin. Or talk to us about institutional partnerships — we approach procurement as a collaboration, not a barrier.