Glasp YouTube Summarizer
Chrome extension - Runs YouTube videos through GPT and summarizes them.
At a glance
Price not confirmed · Source review 2026-11-01- Price & billing
The page describes summaries and transcripts as free with no credit card, and paid plans that add chat credits, but no paid amounts were shown in the reviewed text; check official pricing before purchase.
- Free allowance
The page describes summaries and transcripts as free with no credit card, and paid plans that add chat credits, but no paid amounts were shown in the reviewed text; check official pricing before purchase.
- Best suited to
Free YouTube, article and PDF summaries with timestamps and transcripts, plus chat about the content for light research use.
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What to know before choosing
Good fit
Free YouTube, article and PDF summaries with timestamps and transcripts, plus chat about the content for light research use.
Limits and trade-offs
Chat is capped at 20 credits a month on the free plan; summaries depend on available captions or transcripts and on the chosen model, and were not tested.
Plans and free allowances
The page describes summaries and transcripts as free with no credit card, and paid plans that add chat credits, but no paid amounts were shown in the reviewed text; check official pricing before purchase.
Evidence
Glasp YouTube Summary page ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-01)
Official published page review; no authenticated product test
Dates: Last reviewed 2026-11-01. Last reviewed is the latest source or editorial review date; it is not a content-change date.
A closer look at Glasp YouTube Summarizer
Glasp YouTube Summarizer is a free browser extension that summarises YouTube videos, web articles and PDFs with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Mistral. Its official page says users can paste a link for a free summary and transcript without sign-up, or add the extension to get summaries beside every video, with clickable timestamps, a copyable transcript and exports to Notion, Obsidian and Markdown. Chat needs a free account and is limited on the free plan.
Editorial guidance based on published documentation. The workflow below is a suggested starting point, not a measured product result.
When to choose Glasp YouTube Summarizer
- Students and researchers who want key points and timestamps from long lectures, podcasts or interviews
- Viewers who want a full transcript beside a video without installing anything for a one-off summary
- Readers who also summarise web articles and PDFs with the same extension
When to choose something else
- Users who need unlimited chat questions, since the free plan includes 20 chat credits a month
- People who want a standalone video player or editor rather than a summary beside YouTube
A practical starting workflow
- Paste a YouTube link on the official page for a free summary and transcript without sign-up, or install the extension
- Open a video, pick a model such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Mistral, and read the summary beside the player
- Click a timestamp to jump to the matching moment and check the summary against the video
- Copy or highlight the transcript and export it to Notion, Obsidian or Markdown when needed
Check before committing
- Vendor claims about speed, user counts and model quality are vendor statements, not guarantees
- Prices and features may change; the page describes a free summary tool and paid plans that add chat credits, but no paid amounts were shown in the reviewed text
- Evidence here is thin: only the official page was reviewed, with no authenticated product test
Common questions
Is Glasp YouTube Summarizer free?
Summarising YouTube videos and getting transcripts is described as free with no subscription fee, and the page offers a summary without sign-up.
Which models can it use?
The page names ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Mistral, with a choice of summary length, key-point count and language.
What does the free chat limit cover?
Chat needs a free Glasp account, and the free plan includes 20 chat credits a month, one per question; paid plans add more credits and models.
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Sources and checks
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