Claras
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveChrome extension that transcribes a YouTube video and lets you chat with it instead of scrubbing through the timeline.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $4.39/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free covers 3 videos a month plus 1 SuperSearch with no card. Pro is $4.39/month billed monthly for 50 videos a day, Unlimited $6.00/month removes the cap and adds bring-your-own API key; annual billing saves 30%, and a one-time $0.95 pass unlocks Unlimited for 3 days. The $179 lifetime tier is no longer listed; a 30-day money-back guarantee applies.
Use tool ↗About Claras
Claras turns a YouTube video into a timestamped transcript, a TL;DR with key points and clickable chapters, and a chat that answers questions with the moment they came from. It works as a Chrome extension on the YouTube page or in the browser by pasting a link, and Bulk Summaries (SuperSearch) summarise a whole playlist, channel page or search result at once. Summaries come out in 17 languages, transcripts export to TXT, PDF or SRT or go to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and NotebookLM, and the top plan lets you plug in your own OpenAI or Anthropic key. It is a small independent product run by founder Guillermo Morales.
- Platforms
- Chrome extension · Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pro $4.39/month billed monthly (50 videos/day), Unlimited $6.00 (no cap, bring your own key), 3-day pass $0.95 once, annual saves 30%; free plan 3 videos a month plus 1 SuperSearch (15 October 2026)meetclaras.com ↗
- Homepage: transcripts, summaries with chapters, chat, Bulk Summaries for playlists, 17 summary languages, exports to TXT, PDF and SRT, 30-day money-back guarantee (15 October 2026)meetclaras.com ↗
- Terms of Use: service operated by Claras, governed by the laws of Spain, contact the founder Guillermo (15 October 2026)meetclaras.com ↗
- Chrome Web Store listing live, updated September 7, 2026 (15 October 2026)chromewebstore.google.com ↗
Is Claras legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Mar 28, 2026Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Jan 2, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Claras, SpainOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Claras
Solves a narrow annoyance well: not having to scrub a long YouTube video to find one answer, now extended to whole playlists at once. It is cheap, but the free plan shrank to three videos a month, so anyone using it regularly will be paying from the first week. The $0.95 three-day pass is a fair way to find out first.
Pros
- Chapter-linked summaries plus a chat that cites timestamps
- Bulk summaries across a playlist, channel or search page
- Cheap paid plans and a $0.95 three-day pass instead of a long trial
- Exports to TXT, PDF and SRT or straight into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and NotebookLM
Cons
- Free plan is only 3 videos a month
- Chrome-only extension, though a paste-a-link web version exists
- Solo-founder product, so longevity and support capacity are unproven
Best for
- Learners working through long tutorials, lectures and podcasts on YouTube
- Researchers comparing many videos on one topic with playlist-wide summaries
- Users who want answers tied to timestamps rather than a plain summary
Not for
- Instagram Reels and TikTok videos, which the site lists as coming soon
- Teams that need an invoiced vendor with support commitments
Watch out: The lifetime deal mentioned in older listings is gone; plans are now monthly or annual subscriptions.
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