Kagi Summarize vs PaperPilot
Kagi Summarize
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| Figure | Kagi Summarize | PaperPilot |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $5/mo | $4.92/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 7 | 3 |
| Spec score · Text Summarization Software | 8.4 (#8) | 7.7 (#16) |
| Integrations | Summarize is available in Kagi search results, through the !sum Bang, in Orion on Apple devices, and via Chrome and Firefox extensions. | Google handles sign-in, Stripe handles billing, and Anthropic provides the language model for summaries. |
| Purpose | Kagi Summarize summarizes web pages, videos, and podcasts when a transcript is available. | PaperPilot adds a Summarize button to research paper pages and generates structured AI summaries for triage. |
Plans
Kagi Summarize
- TrialFree
- Summarizer API consumer models (Cecil and Agnes)$0.03, paid once
- Summarizer API consumer models with Ultimate discount$0.03, paid once
- Summarizer API Muriel$1, paid once
- Starter$5 a month
- Professional$10 a month
- Ultimate$25 a month
In their own words
Kagi Summarize
Kagi Summarize creates summaries of web pages, videos and podcasts when a transcript is available. It accepts URLs for web pages, PDFs, PPTX files, MP3s and videos. Output choices include headlines, brief summaries, digests, medium or long summaries, bullet points and ELI5; users can also translate a summary with Kagi Translate. Kagi lists Cecil as consumer-grade, Agnes as consumer-grade and Muriel as enterprise-grade; Agnes and Muriel are available through the browser extension or API. Summarize is accessible in Kagi search results, through the!sum Bang, in Orion on Apple devices, and in Chrome and Firefox extensions. The API supports text pages, PDFs, PPTX and DOCX files, MP3/WAV audio, experimental YouTube URLs, and scanned PDFs or images using OCR. API requests are limited to 1 MB and require a Kagi account and API credits. A trial includes 100 searches and 100 AI interactions with standard models. Starter costs $5 per month plus tax; there is no free plan.
PaperPilot
PaperPilot has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.