Kagi Summarize vs SummarizeDocs

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.

SummarizeDocs turns documents and pasted text into summaries in key-point, paragraph, or one-line form. It accepts PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint files, Excel, Markdown, JSON, and pasted text, with short, medium, or long output lengths. The site says PDF text extraction happens in the browser before the text is sent to a model for summary generation. It also says original documents are not stored and guest and free summaries are never stored. Anonymous visitors have two lifetime uses tracked by cookie. An email-verified free account gets 10 credits, with 10 more available through an invite code. Credit use varies with document length. The free tier has a 10K-character maximum; Pro and credit-pack tiers have a 50K-character maximum, with those limits applying at general availability. Pro and some credit packs include DOCX or PDF export. The Free plan is free. A 100-credit pack costs $4.99, paid once; Pro monthly costs $9.99 a month, and Pro yearly costs $79 a year. The service is web-based and lists researchers, founders, recruiters, lawyers, students, analysts, and busy readers among its intended users.