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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. AI Resumma publishes a starting price ($7); Scholarcy does not. Both have a free tier. Both ship a public API.

AI ResummaSummarises PDFs, Word files, slide decks and web pages and translates across 20-plus languagesScholarcyBreaks research papers into summary flashcards with extracted references

Side by side

FactAI ResummaScholarcy
CategorySummarizationPaper Reading & Summarization
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$7 one_time—
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, Chrome Ext, API
Company—Texthelp
Launched—2018
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 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 site is anonymous, with no company, address or jurisdiction anywhere, and the free tier advertised in the header does not appear on the plan page at all.

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

  • No company name, address or country is published anywhere on the site
  • The advertised free use does not appear as a tier on the plan page
  • Credit cost per request varies by tool, so the real price per document is unclear up front
  • 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

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