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Eightify alternative: Luminar for YouTube summaries you can check

By the Luminar team ยท Updated

Short answer: Eightify is a good tool, and many people use it. Luminar is an alternative if you want summaries you can check point by point, in 16 languages, and the same tool for articles, PDFs, research papers and audio. Both have a free plan, so the easiest way to choose is to try both on the same video.

This page is written by the Luminar team. We tried to be fair about what Eightify does well.

What Eightify does well

Eightify turns a YouTube video into a short list of key ideas. It is fast, it reads well, and it suits talks and explainers where you only want the main points.

Why people look for an alternative

  • The free plan has tight limits on how many videos you can summarize.
  • You want to see where in the video each point came from.
  • You also need summaries of articles, PDFs or audio, not only YouTube.

What Luminar does differently

  • A Summarise button sits under every YouTube video. One click gives a short summary.
  • Every point shows the minute it was said, so you can jump back and check it.
  • Pick Concise, Standard or Detailed, in any of 16 languages.
  • Ask follow up questions about the summary.
  • Works on articles, PDFs, arXiv papers and audio files too, all saved in one library.

How to switch

  1. Add Luminar to Chrome and open a YouTube video you already summarized with Eightify.
  2. Press Summarise and compare the two summaries side by side.
  3. Keep the one that fits how you read. The free plan gives you 5 summaries a month to test with.

Free plans and prices change often, so check each tool's own site before you pay.

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