Briefy vs Summify

Briefy turns lengthy content into structured summaries and stores them in a knowledge base for later review. It can produce overviews, tables, mindmaps and timelines from websites, videos, email threads, podcasts and PDFs. Users can save, review, search, ask questions about and share briefs, and navigate back to the source material to check details. Briefy supports multiple languages and inline translations. Its Gmail feature is described as an email copilot for skimming threads and composing replies. The product is available as an extension, on iOS and macOS, and on the web. PDF summarization requires Premium or Ultra, with respective file-size caps of 20MB and 50MB; YouTube summaries currently require subtitles. The free plan lists 30 credits per month. Premium is listed at $89.88 a year, billed annually; Ultra is $167.88 a year, billed annually. The pricing page says new subscriptions and credit purchases are no longer available, and both paid plans are marked unavailable for new subscriptions.

Summify turns PDFs, PowerPoint files, YouTube videos, and articles into structured insights, with options for flashcards, quizzes, and audio. Its iPhone app also accepts DOCX, TXT, MP3 or other audio, YouTube URLs, and web articles. After a summary, users can make Learn cards and quizzes; eligible plans add mind maps, audio lessons, or podcasts. The public beta has four free core lenses, including Study, while Contract and Exam Prep are paid-plan options. YouTube summaries depend on extracted transcripts, so a video needs available captions or a transcript. Summify extracts text on its servers and sends that text and prompts to configured third-party AI providers, including Groq and Google Gemini. Its privacy page says uploaded content is not sold, and the home page states that uploads use TLS 1.3 and files are processed in memory only. The service does not offer a marketed document library or long-term cloud storage product. Free allows 5 analyses/day. Scholar costs $4.99 a month and requires an.edu school email; Pro costs $7.99 a month. Subscriptions use Polar checkout and can be canceled anytime.