Best alternatives to SummarizeYT - YouTube Summary with ChatGPT (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to SummarizeYT, 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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SummarizeYT alternatives, compared
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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 21 months ago2 permissions- About 10× more users than SummarizeYT
- Rated 0.6 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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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 users4.3★ from 4.1K ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago1 permissions- About 2000× more users than SummarizeYT
- Rated 0.9 stars higher
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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YouTube Summary & ChatGPT by Glasp
Get transcripts and summaries of YouTube videos. Powered by ChatGPT & Claude.
≈100K users3.9★ from 215 ratingsUpdated 6 weeks ago1 permissions- About 100× more users than SummarizeYT
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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Youtube Summary with GPT
Download Youtube summary with GPT extension to summarize the videos
≈8K users3.6★ from 25 ratingsUpdated 3 months ago4 permissions- About 8.0× more users than SummarizeYT
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
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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 9 months ago2 permissions- A similar number of users to SummarizeYT
- Rated 1.5 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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YoutubeDigest: summarize using ChatGPT
Generates summaries for youtube videos using ChatGPT
≈60K users4.0★ from 364 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- About 60× more users than SummarizeYT
- Rated 0.7 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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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 3.0× more users than SummarizeYT
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 5)
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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 100× more users than SummarizeYT
- Rated 1.2 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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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 3.0× more users than SummarizeYT
- Rated 0.7 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 5)
- Listed under Tools
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Shortform: Summary of Web + YouTube / ChatGPT
Summarize anything on the web and YouTube in one click. Learn ideas better with context and counterarguments.
≈10K users4.0★ from 26 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago4 permissions- About 10× more users than SummarizeYT
- Rated 0.6 stars higher
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
- Listed under Education
SummarizeYT alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to SummarizeYT?
By users, the most popular alternative is YouTube Summary with ChatGPT & Claude with ≈2M users and a 4.3-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Summary with ChatGPT for Google and YouTube.
Which SummarizeYT alternative has the best rating?
ChatGPT Summarize has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings.
Is there a SummarizeYT alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
YouTube Videos Summary with ChatGPT AI asks for 0 permissions, against 5 for SummarizeYT.
How many alternatives to SummarizeYT are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to SummarizeYT on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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