Kagi Summarize
What Kagi Summarize is
Kagi Summarize creates summaries of web pages, videos, and podcasts when transcripts are available. It accepts URLs for pages, PDFs, PPTX files, MP3s, and videos, with formats including headlines, brief or extended summaries, digests, bullet points, and ELI5. Summaries may be translated through Kagi Translate. The service appears in Kagi search, the !sum Bang, Orion on Apple devices, and Chrome and Firefox extensions. Kagi lists Cecil as consumer-grade, Agnes as consumer-grade, and Muriel as enterprise-grade; Agnes and Muriel are available through the extension or API. API inputs include DOCX, WAV, experimental YouTube URLs, and scanned PDFs or images through OCR, with a 1 MB request limit. API use requires a Kagi account and credits. A trial provides 100 searches and 100 standard-model AI interactions. Paid plans start at $5 a month plus tax.
Who it suits
It suits people who need condensed reading or transcript-based media summaries across web, mobile, browser, and API workflows. Kagi describes Professional as suited to prolific internet professionals and advanced search users.
What it does well
- Summarizes pages, files, videos, and podcasts
- Several summary lengths and styles
- Browser extensions and API access
- Optional translation with Kagi Translate
- Trial includes 100 searches and AI interactions
What to know first
- No free plan
- API requests limited to 1 MB
- API access requires account and credits
- Video and podcast summaries require transcripts
Limits
The trial provides 100 total searches and 100 AI interactions with standard models. Starter allows 300 searches and 300 standard-model AI interactions per month; API requests cannot exceed 1 MB, and API access uses credits.
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Trial | 100 total searches · 100 AI interactions with standard models | Free |
| Summarizer API consumer models with Ultimate discount | $0.025 per 1,000 tokens processed · Ultimate subscribers · input and output tokens count · requests above 10,000 tokens are billed as 10,000 · cached summaries of the same URL are free | $0.03, paid once |
| Summarizer API consumer models (Cecil and Agnes) | $0.030 USD per 1,000 tokens processed · Input and output tokens count · requests above 10,000 tokens are billed as 10,000 · cached summaries of the same URL are free | $0.03, paid once |
| Summarizer API Muriel | $1 USD per summary · Flat rate regardless of document length or type | $1, paid once |
| Professional | USD $10 per month + tax · Unlimited searches · unlimited access to Kagi Summarize · Kagi Assistant with standard models | $10 a month |
| Ultimate | $25/month · Everything in Professional · premium models in Kagi Assistant · best-quality mode in Kagi Translate with expanded usage limits | $25 a month |
| Starter | USD $5 per month + tax · 300 searches per month · 300 AI interactions per month with standard models | $5 a month |
As kagi.com lists them, read 29 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Getting started
- Open https://kagi.com/summarizer
- Start the free trial or choose a paid plan
- Submit a supported URL or upload a supported file
- Select a summary format
- Use Kagi Translate when you want a translated summary
- For programmatic use, obtain a Kagi account and API credits
Verdict
Kagi Summarize offers multiple summary formats across Kagi services, extensions, and an API. The paid model, API limit, and transcript requirement shape how it can be used.
Questions
Does Kagi Summarize have a free plan?
No. A free trial is available, and the Trial plan includes 100 searches plus 100 AI interactions with standard models.
What does the Starter plan cost?
Starter costs $5 a month, billed at USD $5 per month plus tax, with 300 searches and 300 standard-model AI interactions monthly.
Which platforms are supported?
Kagi Summarize is available on Android, iOS, web, through an API, and as an extension. It also appears in Kagi search, the !sum Bang, and Orion on Apple devices.
What does the API accept?
The API supports text web pages, PDFs, PPTX and DOCX files, MP3/WAV audio, experimental YouTube URLs, and scanned PDFs or images using OCR.
How much does API summarization cost?
Consumer models cost $0.03, paid once, with token rates depending on the plan. Muriel costs $1, paid once.
Facts from Kagi Summarize's own pages
- API formats
- The API supports text web pages, PDFs, PPTX, DOCX, MP3/WAV audio, experimental YouTube URLs, and scanned PDFs or images using OCR. · help.kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- API limits
- The API request size limit is 1 MB, and API access requires a Kagi account and API credits. · help.kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- API privacy
- Kagi says API queries are not stored against an account or used to build a profile, though they may be temporarily logged without account linkage for debugging and abuse prevention. · kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Best suited to
- Kagi describes its Professional plan as suited to internet professionals and developers who are prolific and advanced search users, and it includes unlimited Summarize access. · help.kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Company
- Kagi says it was founded in 2018 by Vladimir Prelovac in Palo Alto, California. · help.kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Founded
- 2018 · kagi.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, California, United States · kagi.com, 23 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- Summarize is available in Kagi search results, through the !sum Bang, in Orion on Apple devices, and via Chrome and Firefox extensions. · help.kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Models
- Kagi lists Cecil as consumer-grade, while Agnes is consumer-grade and Muriel is enterprise-grade; the latter two are available through the browser extension or API. · help.kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Purpose
- Kagi Summarize summarizes web pages, videos, and podcasts when a transcript is available. · help.kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Summary formats
- The available modes include headline, brief summary, digest, medium, long, bullet points, and ELI5. · help.kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Summary retention
- Kagi says summaries of public web pages may be cached for no more than a day and customer data is not cached. · kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Supported content
- The website accepts URLs for web pages, PDFs, PPTX files, MP3s, and videos. · help.kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
- Translation
- Users can optionally have a summary translated using Kagi Translate. · help.kagi.com, 29 Sept 2026
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