Looking for a Vedantu alternative?
Vedantu is a coaching company that also publishes past papers; AcadXL is a past-paper platform that does not sell a course. If what you want is the questions, timed and marked, without being funnelled toward a batch, that is the difference.
Every paper is a real CBT. All of them. Free.
Every paper — and any chapter mix you build — runs as a real timed CBT with the actual marking scheme, free. Not a sample set, and nothing held back for a paid tier.
That matters because a PDF cannot time you, cannot apply the marking scheme and cannot tell you that you scored 48 with nine minutes left. Vedantu is a coaching company publishing paper PDFs; its timed test practice generally sits inside a paid course rather than beside the free papers.
What each one is
A free previous-year-question platform for JEE Main, JEE Advanced, NSEP, NSEC and IOQM. Runs in a browser, marks your attempt, and lets you download the papers.
A large online coaching company whose site also publishes free JEE Main previous-year question papers as PDF downloads.
What Vedantu does well
Written honestly — if Vedantu is the better fit for you, we would rather you knew it here.
- A very large, well-known content library covering JEE, NEET and school boards.
- Live classes and structured paid courses if you want taught instruction.
- Free previous-year paper PDFs on the public site.
Use Vedantu instead if: You want taught courses, live classes or material across NEET and school boards as well as JEE. AcadXL does not teach — it gives you the past papers and marks your attempt.
Where AcadXL is different
No course to buy
AcadXL's PYQ library is not a lead magnet for a paid batch. There is no upsell attached to the questions.
Attemptable, not only downloadable
Questions run in a timed CBT player with scoring and analysis, not only as PDFs to print.
Olympiad papers
NSEP, NSEC and IOQM, which general JEE/NEET portals rarely carry.
No account for PDFs
Paper PDFs download without signing up.
What you get on AcadXL, free
Every paper, timed
Full papers in a real NTA-style CBT interface with instant scoring
JEE and Olympiad
Papers for JEE Main, JEE Advanced, NSEP, NSEC and IOQM.
PDFs, no account
No account needed to download a paper PDF.
Common questions
Is AcadXL's JEE PYQ section really free?
Yes. 22,000+ previous-year questions with answer keys and solutions, free, with no paid tier and no course attached.
Do I need an account to use AcadXL?
Not to download paper PDFs. Attempting a test and saving your scores does use an account.
Which exams does AcadXL cover?
JEE Main, JEE Advanced, NSEP, NSEC and IOQM, from 2006 to 2026.
Try it before you decide
22,000+ official previous-year questions, chapter-wise and full papers, with answer keys and solutions. Free.
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