Alternatives to GetTheGists

Chrome extension that AI-summarizes any Reddit thread, subreddit, or search page and lets you chat follow-ups without leaving the tab.

Chrome extension that summarizes web pages, PDFs, and news into short, shareable notes

Glasp is a social highlighter and AI memory: capture highlights from web pages and PDFs, then chat with them.

Glarity is a free Chrome extension that summarizes YouTube videos, PDFs and webpages with ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.

MyMemo AI turns your saved links, videos, PDFs and voice notes into a searchable knowledge base you chat with.

Sharly AI summarizes, compares, and cites your research documents with source-backed answers in APA, MLA, or Chicago.

Proactive AI second brain that organizes saved pages, PDFs, videos and tweets into guided learning Flows.

Humata AI is a PDF AI that answers questions across your documents with cited links into the exact source section — citations you can trace

SciSpace is an AI research platform for chatting with PDFs, running literature reviews, and writing papers with citations.

Free Chrome extension that summarizes English YouTube videos into ChatGPT bullet points and key insights in one click.

Turn open-access research papers into audio podcasts and ask them questions by chat.

Otio is a persistent AI research workspace that keeps every PDF, article, video and transcript you upload in one searchable library, with page-level citations

Consensus is an AI academic search engine that answers research questions with cited peer-reviewed papers.

AlphaSense is AI market intelligence search that turns 500M+ premium financial documents into cited, traceable answers.

Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) is Google's source-grounded research assistant that answers only from files you upload and cites the

Metaso AI delivers cited answers for Chinese-language search and research, not link lists.

Free AI-assisted PubMed search — plain-language queries, unlimited chat, and structured PDF research reports.

ChatDOC is chat-with-PDF analysis that links every answer to the exact sentence, table cell, or footnote in your source.

Source-grounded AI research notebook that turns your documents into cited answers and podcast-style Audio Overviews.

Anara is an AI research assistant that searches 300M+ papers and cites every answer to the exact passage in your source.

Paxton AI is a legal AI assistant that grounds litigation research and drafting in your case's matter record.

Free AI-powered scientific paper search across 239M+ papers with TLDR summaries and citation graphs

Semantic search over 138M papers and 545K clinical trials, with a cited research agent that writes evidence reviews you can defend.

Perplexity is a cited AI answer engine that puts clickable sources on every web search answer.

AI-generated nonfiction book summaries you can listen to or read in minutes.

Explainpaper explains dense research paper text in plain language — highlight any confusing sentence and get a clear answer using the whole

AI academic summarizer that turns research papers, PDFs, and videos into interactive summary flashcards.

AI research assistant with source citations that search 300M+ papers and cite the exact passage in every answer

Heptabase: a visual knowledge base with an AI Tutor that turns your sources into structured study sessions.

Outread runs citation-backed AI research across 300+ scientific, clinical, regulatory and patent databases.