Best alternatives to Summarize (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Summarize, 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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ChatGPT Summarize
ChatGPT summarize or chat with Websites / Youtube using ChatGPT + DeepSeek. Summary * AI Summarize * OpenAI * PDF Summary * Claude
≈100K users4.5★ from 1.7K ratingsUpdated 3 months ago9 permissions- About 10× more users than Summarize
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (9 vs 10)
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Kagi Summarizer
Summarize pages with Kagi Summarizer
≈4K users4.0★ from 8 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago3 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than Summarize
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 10)
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PDF Summarizer
Our PDF Summarizer helps quickly summarize pdf and includes ChatPDF for easy interaction. Extract key points with AI summary tool.
≈2K users4.3★ from 12 ratingsUpdated 16 months ago6 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Summarize
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (6 vs 10)
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Article Summarizer
Smart Article Summarizer is an efficient AI summary tool that helps you quickly summarize article and text into concise insights.
≈8K users4.8★ from 121 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago6 permissions- A similar number of users to Summarize
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (6 vs 10)
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SummYT - YouTube Summarizer
YouTube Summarizer - Summarize YouTube Videos with ChatGPT AI
≈10K users4.5★ from 148 ratingsUpdated 7 weeks ago4 permissions- A similar number of users to Summarize
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 10)
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LilysAI - Save and Summarize Everything
Powerful AI web clipper to save and summarize everything, including YouTube videos and web pages.
≈60K users4.7★ from 48 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago5 permissions- About 6.0× more users than Summarize
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 10)
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Google Transcribe & Summarize Live
meetXcc: Instantly summarize Google Meet transcripts. Your AI meeting assistant.
≈5K users4.0★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago12 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Summarize
- Asks for more permissions (12 vs 10)
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Youtube Summarizer - Syllaby
Use ChatGPT to summarize YouTube videos with syllaby
≈7K users3.9★ from 55 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- A similar number of users to Summarize
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 10)
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Summary Box
Read less, know more. An agent that reads the web for you and condenses it to what matters.
≈9K users3.8★ from 22 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago5 permissions- A similar number of users to Summarize
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 10)
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YouTube Video Summarizer
Summarize YouTube videos with AI using your own Gemini API key
≈2K users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago4 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Summarize
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 10)
Summarize alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Summarize?
By users, the most popular alternative is ChatGPT Summarize with ≈100K users and a 4.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is ChatGPT Summarize.
Which Summarize alternative has the best rating?
Article Summarizer has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 121 ratings.
Is there a Summarize alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Kagi Summarizer asks for 3 permissions, against 10 for Summarize.
How many alternatives to Summarize are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Summarize on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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