Claras vs yTeaser

Claras is a web service and Chrome extension for transcribing YouTube videos and working with their transcripts. It creates AI summaries, clickable chapters, timestamps and transcript-based chat, and SuperSearch can summarize a playlist or YouTube search page in one go. It supports 17 languages, with automatic language detection and summaries in a preferred language when captions are available. Supported inputs include YouTube watch and youtu.be links, Shorts, live videos and embeds. Transcripts can be sent to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or NotebookLM, or exported as TXT, PDF or.srt files. The free plan includes 3 videos and 1 SuperSearch per month; Pro is $4.39 a month, and Unlimited is $6 a month. Unlimited and Lifetime users can use their own API key for models including ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. Claras says transcript text is not stored on its servers, though it is sent to third-party AI providers for summaries and chat.

yTeaser takes a YouTube link and returns an AI summary with three extracted takeaways, each under 100 characters. It detects the video’s language, summarizes in that language, and translates non-English videos into English. Optional sentiment analysis grades reactions in top comments from A+ to F. The web app and Chrome extension provide access; the extension adds a summary button to YouTube thumbnails and shows results inline. A REST API offers video summarization and English translation endpoints, rate limited to 20 and 30 requests per minute respectively. The Slack bot detects YouTube links and replies in message threads, although the site says it is awaiting Slack review and approval. The free plan costs nothing and allows 10 summaries per day without an account. Pro costs $1.99 a month or $9.90 a year, with 50 summaries per day and priority support. yTeaser accepts YouTube links, not uploads. Summaries may fail for private, age-restricted, removed, or very short videos.