Best alternatives to Summary Box (2026)
5 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Summary Box, 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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Summary Box alternatives, compared
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Summarize
Summarize what you see. Articles, threads, YouTube, podcasts — anything.
≈10K users4.3★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 9 days ago10 permissions- A similar number of users to Summary Box
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 5)
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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.
≈20K users4.3★ from 273 ratingsUpdated in the last day4 permissions- About 2.2× more users than Summary Box
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 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 222× more users than Summary Box
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
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Youtube Summary with AI
Summarize YouTube videos using AI - get quick insights and key points from any video.
≈2K users4.8★ from 15 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago3 permissions- About 4.5× fewer users than Summary Box
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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TubeX.Chat: YouTube Summary and Chat with AI
Integrate the power ofClaude and Google Translate into your YouTube, making it a great tool for learning foreign languages
≈3K users4.4★ from 29 ratingsUpdated 2 months ago4 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than Summary Box
- Rated 0.6 stars higher
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
Summary Box alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Summary Box?
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 Summarize.
Which Summary Box alternative has the best rating?
YouTube Summary with AI has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.3 out of 5 from 273 ratings.
Is there a Summary Box alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
YouTube Summary with ChatGPT & Claude asks for 1 permissions, against 5 for Summary Box.
How many alternatives to Summary Box are there?
We list 5 close alternatives to Summary Box on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.