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Askee vs Merlin AI

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. Askee publishes a starting price ($6.99); Merlin AI does not. Both have a free tier.

AskeeChrome extension for asking questions about the page, YouTube video, or document you're currently viewing.Merlin AIBrowser sidebar running many chat models on any page

Side by side

FactAskeeMerlin AI
CategoryBrowser Extensions & CopilotsBrowser Extensions & Copilots
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$6.99 month—
Public APINoNo
PlatformsChrome ExtWeb, Chrome Ext, iOS, Android
CompanyAskeeFoyer Tech Inc.
Launched—2022
Last verifiedSep 1, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Askee

Askee's strength is not needing to copy anything out of the page being read — you highlight and ask right there, and it cites the exact spot the answer came from. The free tier's 30-message monthly cap is tight enough that anyone using it daily will hit the paywall quickly.

Pros

  • Citations point to the exact passage or video timestamp the answer came from
  • Works across many source types: web pages, YouTube, PDFs, Gmail, Notion, Docs and Sheets
  • Can hold multiple sources in a single conversation
  • Screenshot analysis handles visual content, not just text

Cons

  • Free tier's 30 messages/month cap is low for regular use
  • Chrome/Chromium only, with no Firefox or Safari support mentioned

Merlin AI

Buy it if you genuinely rotate between GPT, Claude and Gemini and resent paying three subscriptions — the aggregation is the whole value. If you live inside one model, its native app is faster, cheaper and gets features first.

Pros

  • One subscription reaches a dozen-plus frontier and open models
  • Extension surfaces the assistant directly on Gmail, YouTube, Google and LinkedIn
  • Mobile apps sync history, so the browser session continues off desktop
  • Real free tier for evaluating before paying

Cons

  • 'Unlimited' paid plans are governed by an opaque fair-use credit budget users hit without warning
  • Extension is desktop-Chromium only; mobile browsers get a reduced web app
  • Feature parity with each underlying model's own app is never complete
  • No developer API

Which one fits

Choose Askee if you need

  • Researching long YouTube videos without watching the whole thing
  • Asking quick questions about a PDF or Google Doc while reading it
  • Comparing information across several open sources at once

Choose Merlin AI if you need

  • People who compare answers across frontier models before trusting one
  • Heavy in-browser workflows: summarising videos, articles and inbox threads in place
  • Users who want one bill instead of separate OpenAI, Anthropic and Google subscriptions

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