Budget stack
Student Stack
Understand material faster, research with real sources, and present it properly.
- Built for:
- Students doing coursework, reading papers and writing assignments
- Outcome:
- From reading list to a finished, sourced assignment.
All stacksEstimated costs
The workflow
- 1ChatGPT— Explaining & drafting~$20/mo
Break down difficult material and structure your own argument — not write it for you.
- 2Perplexity— Sourced researchFree tier works
Find citable sources with links you can actually open and verify.
- 3Gamma— PresentationsFree tier works
Turn finished notes into slides without fighting a slide editor.
Cheaper or different swaps
ChatGPT PlusChatGPT free tiersaves ~$20/mo
Enough for occasional coursework; you hit limits during heavy weeks.
Where this stack falls short
- Most institutions have AI policies — check yours before using any of this on graded work.
- AI-generated citations are frequently wrong or invented. Open every source before citing it.
