StudyBitsAI training from your docs
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GuruAI knowledge platform

StudyBits vs Guru

Guru gives people verified answers from your company's knowledge; it doesn't build training. StudyBits does both — an assistant that answers from your docs with sources, and courses with quizzes that prove people learned it.

Facts about Guru from its public pages, checked October 28, 2026 · Sources

Features in the table
13vs4

of 14 rows fully covered — StudyBits vs Guru

Free plan
YesvsNone

StudyBits: free forever, 1,000 AI credits, no card

Try it on your own document
NowvsAfter a sales call

StudyBits builds a course on the homepage, before any account

The short version

Which one is right for you?

Both connect to the tools your knowledge lives in and answer questions from it, with citations and permissions respected. Guru is a sales-led knowledge platform built around verifying answers. StudyBits adds the part Guru leaves out: turning that knowledge into courses, assigning them, and measuring who understood.

Choose StudyBits if…
  • You need training, not just answers — courses, quizzes, assignments and completion
  • You want to see prices and start free instead of scoping a package with sales
  • You want to export courses as SCORM for an existing LMS
  • You want comprehension data: which ideas landed and which didn't
Where teams run into limits with Guru
  • No public pricing — packages are scoped with sales
  • AI usage is metered from a shared credit pool, down to single searches
  • Not a training tool: no course builder, quizzes, SCORM or assessments
  • Annual plans auto-renew, with written cancellation required before renewal
Side by side

Features, row by row

StudyBitsGuru
Create
Course generated from your own document
YesAbout a minute, from a file, link or topic
NoNo course builder
Builds from PDF, Word, PowerPoint or a link
YesPDF, Word, PowerPoint, text, Markdown, web pages
YesAs answer sources: PDF, Word, PowerPoint and more
Quiz questions written for you
YesWritten from your material, in every lesson
NoNot in the feature list
AI-generated video
YesNarrated videos from a prompt
NoNot in the feature list
Role-play practice conversations
YesGraded practice conversations
NoNot in the feature list
Know
Assistant that answers from your docs
YesCites the source of every answer
YesCited, permission-aware answers
Deliver & prove
Assignments, due dates and reminders
YesTeam plan and up
PartlyAnnouncements with read confirmation; no due dates
Completion tracking
YesTeam plan and up
PartlyAnnouncement read rates only
Comprehension insights (what people got right)
YesPer lesson and per team, Growth and up
NoNo assessments
SCORM export
YesSCORM 1.2, every plan
NoExports ZIP, PDF, CSV
SCORM import
NoBuild from the source documents instead
NoNot documented
Admin & buying
Single sign-on
YesCompany plan and up
YesSAML and Google
SCIM provisioning
YesCompany plan and up
YesSCIM 2.0, requires SSO
Sign up and start without a sales call
YesFree plan, no card — try before you sign up
NoTalk to sales
Yes Partly Paid add-on No Not published
Pricing

What would your team pay?

Guru doesn't publish prices any more — you scope a custom package with sales, and AI use is metered from a shared credit pool. Its last published price was $25 a seat a month. StudyBits publishes every price and starts free.

5200
StudyBits
$4,788/yr
Guruest.
~$12,000/yr

For 40 people, StudyBits costs an estimated $7,212 less a year — and covers everyone, not just paid seats.

StudyBits: billed annually — Team $199, Growth $399, Company $719 a month. Guru: Guru's last published price — $25 a seat a month billed annually, 10-seat minimum (March 2026); it's quote-only now. Guru's figure is an estimate — Last price Guru published (Mar 2026, via the Wayback Machine). List prices before tax and discounts.

StudyBits
  • Free$0
  • Team · up to 25$199/mo
  • Growth · up to 75$399/mo
  • Company · up to 200$719/mo

Billed annually · everyone in the band covered · no setup fee

Guru
  • Custom packageKnowledge Agents, 100+ integrations, verificationQuote only
  • Last publishedBilled annually, 10-seat minimum (Mar 2026)Est. $25/seat/mo
  • Typical contractVendr median, 168 purchasesEst. ~$39,500/yr
  • AI usageEach AI search or answer uses creditsCredits

Free plan: None · Trial: Not advertised · Fees: None published

Switching

Move from Guru in an afternoon.

Guru exports collections as ZIP, cards as PDF and card data as CSV. Connect your sources to StudyBits and its assistant answers from them, with citations — and the knowledge people must know becomes training you can prove.

  1. 01Connect your sourcesConnect the Drive, Notion, Confluence or Slack that Guru reads from — StudyBits respects the same permissions.
  2. 02Turn key cards into coursesExport the collections people must actually know as PDFs, and build a course with quizzes from each.
  3. 03Assign and measureAssign courses to teams and see who understood them — the part announcements can't tell you.

Some of the companies training with StudyBits

AccountingAerospaceApparel manufacturingArchitecture & interior designAutomotive manufacturingBiotechnologyCorporate travelConstruction technologyCybersecurityDigital healthcareCorporate educationEnvironmental consultingEvent productionFinancial technologyFood manufacturingFurniture & home goodsHotel managementHeating appliancesCommercial insuranceLegal servicesAccountingAerospaceApparel manufacturingArchitecture & interior designAutomotive manufacturingBiotechnologyCorporate travelConstruction technologyCybersecurityDigital healthcareCorporate educationEnvironmental consultingEvent productionFinancial technologyFood manufacturingFurniture & home goodsHotel managementHeating appliancesCommercial insuranceLegal services
FAQ

StudyBits vs Guru: questions

Is StudyBits a Guru alternative?

For teams that need answers and training, yes: StudyBits answers questions from your connected sources with citations, and also turns that knowledge into courses with quizzes, assignments and comprehension tracking.

Does StudyBits respect permissions like Guru?

Yes. The StudyBits assistant searches connected sources as the person asking, so people only get answers from what they could already open.

How does pricing compare?

Guru doesn't publish prices any more and meters AI by credits; the last price it published (March 2026) was $25 a seat a month billed annually with a 10-seat minimum, and Vendr's buyer data puts the median contract at about $39,500 a year. StudyBits is free to start, then $199 a month for up to 25 people, $399 for up to 75 and $719 for up to 200, billed annually — with unmetered AI on paid plans.

Can I use Guru and StudyBits together?

Yes, though you may not need both: the StudyBits assistant answers from your connected sources — Drive, Notion, Confluence, Slack and more — with citations, and StudyBits also turns what everyone must know into training you can prove.

Sources · checked October 28, 2026
  1. Guru — Pricing
  2. Guru — Features
  3. Guru Help — About Guru credits
  4. Guru Help — Announcements
  5. Guru Help — Exporting content
  6. Guru Help — Canceling your subscription
  7. Guru — Pricing as last published, Mar 2026 (Wayback Machine)
  8. Vendr — Guru buyer data

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