AI Resumma vs Scholarcy

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan: Both have one
Public API: Both have one
Higher Trust score: Scholarcy — 90 vs 82 for AI Resumma
Best fit: AI Resumma: Occasional users who dislike monthly subscriptions for tools they use in bursts · Scholarcy: Postgraduates screening a pile of PDFs before deciding what to read fully
Platforms: AI Resumma: Web · Scholarcy: Web, Chrome extension

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

AI ResummaSummarises PDFs, Word files, slide decks and web pages and translates across 20-plus languages

ScholarcyBreaks research papers into summary flashcards with extracted references

Side by side

Fact	AI Resumma	Scholarcy
Category	Summarization	Paper Reading & Summarization
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$7 once	—
Public API	Yes	Yes
Trust score	82 / 100	90 / 100
Platforms	Web, API	Web, Chrome extension, API
Company	Snapcraft Digital Solutions Ltd	Scholarcy Limited
Launched	—	2018
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 25, 2026

What our research says

AI Resumma

Two jobs in one tool — shortening documents and translating them — with credits that do not expire, which suits someone who processes a stack of files twice a year rather than daily. Seven dollars for 70 credits is a low bar to entry and there is no subscription to cancel. Against that: the company named in the terms was registered in the UK only in April 2026, and the free use advertised in the header does not appear as a tier on the plan page.

Pros

Accepts DOCX, PDF and PowerPoint files plus web links, not just pasted text
Translation across more than twenty languages, including text inside images
Credits do not expire, so occasional use is not penalised
API access included from the 28.90 dollar pack upward
Downloadable summaries rather than screen-only output

Cons

The operating company named in the terms was incorporated only in April 2026
The advertised free use does not appear as a tier on the plan page
Credits are charged per 1,000 characters or per 100 KB of file, so the price of a document depends on its length
The two cheapest packs do not include API access or priority processing

Scholarcy

The strongest option when you need a consistent structured breakdown of a specific paper you already have. It is a summariser, not a discovery engine, so it does not replace Elicit or Consensus for finding what to read.

Pros

Flashcard structure (claims, methods, limitations) is consistent enough to compare papers side by side
Citation links resolve to open-access copies, saving a separate hunt
Exports to Word, Excel and reference managers rather than trapping output in the app

Cons

Extraction quality drops on badly formatted or scanned PDFs
Free tier's roughly 10 summaries a month runs out within one review session
Site is behind aggressive bot protection, which makes automated or scripted use awkward

Which one fits

Choose AI Resumma if you need

Occasional users who dislike monthly subscriptions for tools they use in bursts
People working across languages who need summary and translation in one pass
Anyone summarising slide decks and scanned images as well as text documents

Choose Scholarcy if you need

Postgraduates screening a pile of PDFs before deciding what to read fully
Building a literature matrix across a set of papers
Librarians and study-skills teams wanting an institutional licence