Frequently Asked Questions

Summarizer.tube is a free web app that uses AI to summarize any YouTube video. Paste a link and get a concise summary with key points in seconds — no sign-up required.

We extract the video's transcript (subtitles), then send it to an AI model that generates a structured summary with key takeaways. The entire process takes just a few seconds.

Yes! You get 5 free summaries per day without creating an account. If you need more, the Pro plan offers 100 summaries per day for $3.99/month or $29.99/year.

No. You can use Summarizer.tube without signing up. Creating an account unlocks features like server-side bookmarks and chat with AI about the video.

Key Points are the most important takeaways from the video, extracted by AI and presented as a bulleted list. They help you quickly grasp the main ideas without reading the full summary.

Yes! After summarizing a video, you can ask follow-up questions about its content. The AI uses the video transcript to give accurate, context-aware answers.

Yes. Every summary is saved to your local history automatically. If you sign in, you can also bookmark summaries to access them from any device.

Summarizer.tube works with any language that has subtitles on YouTube — including auto-generated captions. The AI can summarize videos in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and many more.

Yes. Use the language dropdown on the homepage to choose your output language before pasting the YouTube URL. The AI reads the original caption track and writes the summary directly in the language you picked. An English video can be summarized into Spanish, a Japanese tutorial into Portuguese, and so on — the source and target languages are independent.

Twelve hand-localized target languages are available on the free tier: English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Indonesian, and Turkish. These are the languages we deliver at native quality — we don't pad the list with raw machine-translated long-tail languages.

Yes. Choosing your output language BEFORE generating a summary is free for all 12 supported languages, on every free-tier summary. The Pro tier adds an extra feature on top: switching an already-generated summary to another language with one click, without re-running the AI. The pre-generation language selector itself is free forever.

Free users get 5 summaries per day. Pro subscribers get 100 summaries per day.

Pro gives you 100 summaries per day, priority processing, and access to all features. You can subscribe monthly ($3.99/mo) or yearly ($29.99/yr — save 37%).

Sign in to your account, go to the Pricing page, and choose your plan. Payment is handled securely through Paddle. You can cancel or manage your subscription at any time.

The daily limit uses a 24-hour sliding window, so it resets gradually. There's no midnight burst — your oldest request expires after 24 hours.

The video needs subtitles (either uploaded by the creator or auto-generated by YouTube). Most YouTube videos have auto-generated captions, so it works with the vast majority of content.

Yes! Shorts are regular YouTube videos and Summarizer.tube handles them just like any other video.

There is no hard limit on video length. However, very long videos (5+ hours) may have their transcript truncated to fit AI model limits. The summary will still cover the available content.

Yes. We do not store your video URLs or summaries on our servers (unless you explicitly bookmark them while signed in). Local history stays in your browser. You can export or delete all your data at any time from your profile.

Absolutely. Summarizer.tube is fully responsive and works on any device — phone, tablet, or desktop. Just open it in your browser.