Why not just use ChatGPT for this?
For general questions, do — it is free and it is good. The difference is accountability and memory. A general chatbot may quote a fee or deadline from training data of unknown age, forgets your profile between chats, and cannot do anything while you are not typing. AbroBot verifies institutions against ROR v2.8, labels every figure as verified or modelled, keeps a permanent profile, and tracks your deadlines whether or not you open it.
What happens to my documents?
Transcripts, passports and financial documents are stored encrypted and used only to answer your own questions. We do not sell student data to universities or agents, consent is asked before any document is processed, and you can request deletion at any time.
Do universities pay you to recommend them?
No. You pay us; no university pays us to place you. That is why AbroBot will tell you when a course is not worth the money or your profile is not ready this cycle — advice a commission-funded agent has no reason to give.
Is AbroBot actually free to use?
Yes. Every account gets 5 credits every month, forever, with no card and no trial that expires. Those credits refresh on the 26th. Credits you buy are separate: they are one-time purchases, they never expire, and the monthly refresh never removes them. Nothing auto-renews and we do not store your card.
What does "ROR-verified" mean?
The Research Organization Registry is an open, independent global registry of research institutions. We verify institution identity against ROR v2.8 rather than typing university names into a spreadsheet. You can look up any institution in ROR yourself and check it against what we show you.
Are the admission chances guaranteed?
No, and we say so on the number itself. Admission probability is a model estimate built from 25 lakh+ student outcomes. It is labelled MODELLED everywhere it appears, and our methodology page explains exactly how it is produced.
What is the difference between 25 lakh+ and 350,269?
Two different things. 25 lakh+ is the number of student outcomes in the dataset our models learn from. 350,269 is the number of students who have actually used AbroBot. We keep them separate because conflating them would be misleading.
What is the difference between the app and Concierge?
The app is self-serve software: 20+ AI tools, verified university data and deadline tracking, and you drive it yourself. It is free to start. Concierge is done for you — a named human counsellor chooses the universities with you, writes and corrects the documents, fills in and submits the admission forms, chases replies, and takes you through scholarships, finances and the visa. The same AI sits behind them. Concierge covers three levels: Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD. The app is a product you use; Concierge is a team you hire.
What do I get for free, exactly?
Three things, none of which need a card. A one-time 15-credit profile diagnostic when you create your account — your profile scored against 350,269 real student outcomes, with an honest verdict on how many of your targets are realistic. The deadline engine, free forever, sweeping every deadline on your list every morning. And 5 credits every month to keep asking the counsellor questions. What free does not include is the work itself: the full university list, the probability for each one, the documents and the applications.
Why would I buy a credit pack when the free tier exists?
Because the free 5 credits a month are a trickle, and an application season is not. Shortlisting, drafting an SOP, checking documents and modelling costs across a few universities runs into dozens of credits over a few weeks — more than free will give you in a year. A pack is a one-time purchase you make when you are actually working, and the credits never expire, so nothing is wasted if your intake shifts. If free is genuinely enough for you, stay on free. We would rather tell you that than sell you a pack you do not need.
How is Concierge priced, and how do I get it?
Concierge is by request only — you cannot buy it inside the app. It runs from ₹49,999 to ₹5.5 lakh. Where you land depends on the level you are applying at, how many countries and universities you are targeting, and how much of the work you hand to us. Send your query through the contact page: we read the profile, call you, tell you what is realistic, and only then send a written scope and a price. Full app access is included at every price, and we take no commission from any university.