What is Gist AI?
One-click summaries of websites, YouTube videos and PDFs.
Who is Gist AI best for?
Gist AI is best for students and professionals who want quick summaries of long articles, YouTube videos and PDFs without leaving Chrome.
Long articles and research reading
It pulls the key points out of a web article in one click, and its Read More option takes you to the part of the source behind each point.
YouTube videos
It summarizes a video from its transcript and lets you jump straight to the moments that matter instead of watching it all.
PDFs online and on your computer
It summarizes PDFs open in the browser as well as files you upload from your own device.
Books and long documents
The maker sets no length limit, so long books, papers and reports can be summarized too.
How much does Gist AI cost?
Gist AI is free, with no paid tier: its maker calls it a completely free summarizer and sets no limit on the length of what it summarizes.
- Summarizes websites, YouTube videos and PDFs
- No limit on content length
- Runs as a Chrome extension
Gist AI shows no plans or prices, and its site says the extension is completely free. It is installed from the Chrome Web Store, and the summaries are written by ChatGPT. Full pricing on gistai.tech. We checked these prices on .
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What are the best Gist AI alternatives?
Three tools on Recaply do Gist AI's job.
Questions about Gist AI
What is Gist AI?
One-click summaries of websites, YouTube videos and PDFs.
Who is Gist AI for?
Gist AI is best for students and professionals who want quick summaries of long articles, YouTube videos and PDFs without leaving Chrome.
Is Gist AI free?
Yes. Gist AI has a free plan: summarizes websites, YouTube videos and PDFs.
What are the best Gist AI alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Horsy.ai, Nuggetize and Notedly.
Where can I try Gist AI?
On its official website, gistai.tech.
Does Gist AI store what I summarize?
No, according to its maker. Gist AI says the extension collects no personal information and does not keep the content it reads; the page text goes to ChatGPT to produce the summary, and the maker uses Google Analytics only to count usage.







