Best alternatives to Shortform: Summary of Web + YouTube / ChatGPT (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Shortform, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Shortform alternatives, compared
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Gistly: YouTube AI Summary with ChatGPT
Summarize YouTube videos. Save time on long content. Get insights with AI, instantly and on point.
≈3K users4.1★ from 31 ratingsNot updated for 2+ yearsNo special permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Shortform
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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YouTube Summary with ChatGPT & Claude
Summarize YouTube videos, web articles, and PDFs to save time, powered by ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral AI, and Gemini.
≈2M users4.2★ from 4.1K ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago1 permissions- About 200× more users than Shortform
- Rated 0.3 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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Summary with ChatGPT for Google and YouTube
Summarize Google search results and YouTube video summaries with ChatGPT in one click.
≈10K users3.9★ from 52 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to Shortform
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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YouTube Summary & ChatGPT by Glasp
Get transcripts and summaries of YouTube videos. Powered by ChatGPT & Claude.
≈100K users4.1★ from 216 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago1 permissions- About 10× more users than Shortform
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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SummarizeYT - YouTube Summary with ChatGPT
Summarize YouTube videos with ChatGPT directly from the thumbnail
≈1K users3.4★ from 27 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago5 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Shortform
- Rated 0.6 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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YouTube Summary with ChatGPT & Claude
Automatically summarize articles, blogs, emails, and YouTube videos instantly with AI.
≈1K users4.9★ from 37 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago2 permissions- About 10× fewer users than Shortform
- Rated 0.9 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 4)
- Listed under Tools
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YouTube Videos Summary with ChatGPT AI
Easily summarize YouTube videos using ChatGPT AI. YouTube Summary via ChatGPT is a free chrome extension that leverages the power…
≈3K users2.8★ from 8 ratingsNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Shortform
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 4)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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AI Summary for YouTube
Get YouTube Video Summary in seconds and let you quickly get the content of the video, save time and learn quicker.
≈100K users3.2★ from 110 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago5 permissions- About 10× more users than Shortform
- Rated 0.8 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 4)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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YouTube Comment Summary with ChatGPT OpenAI
Summarize comments on YT videos with one click and quickly obtain core feedback and key issues.
≈3K users3.1★ from 21 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago4 permissions- About 3.3× fewer users than Shortform
- Rated 0.8 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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YouTube Summary with AI
Summarize any YouTube video in one click with ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Mistral or Grok. Fast, lightweight and free.
≈30K users3.6★ from 278 ratingsUpdated 10 days ago4 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Shortform
- Rated 0.3 stars lower
- Updated more recently
- Listed under Tools
Shortform alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Shortform?
By users, the most popular alternative is YouTube Summary with ChatGPT & Claude with ≈2M users and a 4.2-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Gistly: YouTube AI Summary with ChatGPT.
Which Shortform alternative has the best rating?
YouTube Summary with ChatGPT & Claude has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 4.1K ratings.
Is there a Shortform alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Gistly: YouTube AI Summary with ChatGPT asks for 0 permissions, against 4 for Shortform.
How many alternatives to Shortform are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Shortform on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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