SnapSummary
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveYouTube summarizer with shaped outputs — brief, timeline, ELI5, pros and cons — plus channel follows and an HTTP API.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $5/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free: 5 summaries plus 1 a week, 1 channel follow. Pro $5/mo: unlimited channel follows, daily digests, 20 summaries a week. Unlimited: listed at $20/mo, currently $10/mo as a deal. Separate API tiers at $5/$10/$20 a month for 20/50/200 credits per week; personal plans are not licensed for commercial use.
Use tool ↗About SnapSummary
SnapSummary summarises YouTube videos and web pages. Beyond a plain recap it offers shaped outputs — executive brief, key takeaways, timeline, how-to steps, pros and cons, ELI5, definitions, statistics, resources mentioned — plus timestamped breakdowns, the full transcript, keyword search inside a video and follow-up questions. Output is available in roughly sixty languages. You can follow a channel and have every new upload summarised into your inbox. There is a Chrome extension and a documented POST endpoint for developers. Free gives 5 summaries plus one a week; Pro is $5 a month and the unlimited tier is discounted from $20 to $10. The only contact given is a Gmail address, and a downtime banner is baked into the page template.
- Platforms
- Web · Chrome extension · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Summary types, quick-insight formats, ~60 languages, chat with video, credit system, Chrome extensionsnap-summary.com ↗
- Free $0 (5 summaries + 1/week); Pro $5/mo; Unlimited $20 struck to $10/mo; API tiers $5/$10/$20 per month by weekly credits; personal use onlysnap-summary.com ↗
- Documented POST API with summary types overall/detailed-timestamps/key-timestamps/transcript/search/custom; user_id issued by emailsnap-summary.com ↗
Is SnapSummary 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
- Sep 17, 2024 (2 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Dec 14, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
Pros & cons of SnapSummary
The output picker is what makes this worth the $5: the same video can come back as an executive brief, a timeline, a how-to, an ELI5 or a pros-and-cons table, so the summary matches why you were watching. Channel follows with email digests turn it into a monitoring tool rather than a one-off. It is also plainly a solo operation — Gmail contact, a Discord for support, and a downtime banner sitting ready in the page template.
Pros
- Roughly fifteen output shapes, not one generic summary
- About sixty output languages
- Channel follow with email digests on every new upload
- Chrome extension plus a documented streaming HTTP API
- Free tier works without an account at all
Cons
- Operator is anonymous; support is a Gmail address and a Discord invite
- The page template contains a pre-written 'SnapSummary is down' banner, implying regular outages
- Personal plans are explicitly not licensed for commercial use
- API user IDs are issued by emailing the operator rather than self-service
Best for
- Keeping up with channels you do not have time to watch
- Pulling timestamps and quotes out of long talks
- Developers wanting YouTube summaries behind a simple POST endpoint
Not for
- Private or unlisted videos
- Commercial redistribution on a personal plan — that requires the API tier
Watch out: The 'Unlimited' $10 price is flagged as a limited-time deal against a $20 list price; it may not persist past renewal.
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