Eightify vs Otio (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Otio grades higher than Eightify: 2.8 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Otio grades higher on value for money and features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Otio
AI research workspace for chatting across many sources
Which one is for you
Pick Eightify if
- Fits if you want the gist of a long YouTube video before you commit to it
- Works for someone who watches talks and tutorials in Chrome
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to summarize PDFs or web pages, since only YouTube videos are described
- Not for you if you want to see a price first, as none could be read
- Watch out: the free trial is 7 days and the listing doesn't say what happens after
- Watch out: the vendor's own site blocked our reader, so this card rests on a store listing
Pick Otio if
- Fits if your sources are a mix of PDFs, videos and podcasts and you want one place to ask about them
- Works for people who want ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini models under one subscription
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you're on Android, as the pricing page lists web, desktop and iPhone apps only
- Tight if you're staying free, with 50 MB of storage in total, 25 MB a file, 1 space and 10 uploads a day
- Pricey if you need Go or Pro month to month, at $36 and $90 against $18 and $45 on annual billing
- Too light for finding papers, as it works from what you bring and has no paper database of its own
- Watch out: Team at $25 a seat is arranged through sales, and Lite gets no discount for paying yearly
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAEightifyFair | 2.8GPAOtioGood | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price could be read: the site answered every request with a Cloudflare block, and the store page names in-app purchases without a figure. With nothing to compare, it sits at C. | BLite is $7 a month, the same billed monthly or yearly, where this category starts around $10 and most plans sit between $12 and $20. Nothing is held back by plan either: every AI model and Deep Research are on all of them, Free included. What you buy is volume. |
| Free plan and trial | CA 7-day free trial of the Chrome extension, per its store listing. The listing does not say if a card is needed, and there's no free plan on record. | CEvery model and Deep Research are on the free plan, but the room is small: 25 MB per file, 50 MB in total, 1 space and 2 parallel chats, which the FAQ puts at roughly 1 to 2 deep searches or 10 premium-model chats a day. A real project hits that on the first afternoon. |
| Features | CVideo summaries, customizable insights, transcripts and a top-comments overview. A focused tool that does one job on one site, and the listing doesn't describe summarizing PDFs or web pages. | BPDFs, web pages, YouTube videos, podcasts, audio and spreadsheets all go in, and answers come back cited to the exact page or timestamp. Add two models side by side, notes that export as Markdown and results sent out by email or Telegram. It works from what you bring, mind: there's no paper database of its own. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. Install the extension and press a button on a video. | BNo store rating on record, so B is the ceiling. There's nothing to set up, though: install the app, drop your sources into a space and ask. The plans differ in volume rather than in which features you get. |
| Platforms and integrations | BChrome extension, plus iOS and Android under one account per the listing, though the app store pages weren't read. Only YouTube is listed to connect. | BWeb, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and a Chrome extension, with Zotero, Mendeley, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and Box hooked up and results sent out by email or Telegram. Computer and phone, then, but not both phones: no Android app is listed. |
| Best for | summaries of YouTube videos | asking across PDFs, videos and podcasts |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Eightify and Otio. How we grade
Where they differ
- Eightify also covers transcription.
- Otio also covers AI search, notes, AI agents and citations.
At a glance
| Eightify | Otio | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | $7 per month (Lite), billed monthly or $84 per year |
| Free plan | None | Limited AI usage with every model, 10 uploads a day, 25 MB per file and 50 MB in total, 1 space and 2 parallel chats. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of the Chrome extension, per its Chrome Web Store listing. | None listed |
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| Made by | Rational Expressions Inc. | Frontdoor Labs Limited |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | otio.ai |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Eightify
- Eightify's own site answered every request with a Cloudflare block, so no prices could be read and none are recorded.
- The Chrome Web Store listing describes a 7-day free trial and in-app purchases but states no price.
- It works on YouTube videos; the listing does not describe summarizing PDFs or web pages.
- The listing mentions iOS and Android use under one account, but the app store pages were not read.
Otio
- The Free plan allows 10 uploads a day, 25 MB per file and 50 MB in total, with 1 space and 2 parallel chats.
- The site's FAQ puts daily Free usage at about 1 to 2 deep searches, 10 premium-model chats or 50 standard chats.
- Lite costs the same on monthly and annual billing; the 50% annual saving applies to Go and Pro.
- The pricing page lists web, desktop and iPhone apps; no Android app is listed.
Key features
Eightify
- Video summaries
- Summarizes a YouTube video from the video page with one click, with key insights pulled out and timestamps to jump to the relevant parts.
- Customizable insights
- Focus (insightful, actionable, controversial, funny), format (list or Q&A), length and grouping can be set, and emojis and cluster titles switched on or off.
- Transcripts
- Generates a transcript that the listing says improves on YouTube's own subtitles.
- Top comments overview
- Shows a quick view of what viewers are saying in a video's comments.
- Multilingual
- Summaries and translations are offered in more than 40 languages, according to the listing.
Otio
- Chat across your sources
- Ask one question across everything in a workspace and get an answer cited to the exact page or timestamp. Sources include PDFs, web pages, YouTube videos, podcasts, audio and spreadsheets.
- Many AI models on every plan
- ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Llama, DeepSeek and Moonshot models are available on all plans, with an Auto router and a side-by-side comparison of two models.
- Deep Research
- Multi-step research across your own sources and the open web, with each step of the reasoning visible. It is included on the Free plan within its usage limits.
- Reader and notes
- A reader view lets you highlight a passage in a source and ask about it. Notes made from a PDF or video are editable and export as Markdown.
- Spaces
- Separate workspaces keep each project's sources, chats and outputs apart: 1 on Free, 2 on Lite and 5 on Go.
- Outputs and delivery
- Generates documents, charts from spreadsheets and images, and can deliver results by email, Google Drive or Telegram.
Plans
Eightify
Pricing could not be confirmed. See eightify.app.
Otio
Free$0
Limited AI usage with every model and Deep Research, 10 uploads a day, 50 MB of storage, 1 space and 2 parallel chats.
Lite$7
per month, billed monthly; or $84 billed annually
50 uploads a day, PDFs of up to 500 pages, 250 MB of storage, 2 spaces and 5 parallel chats.
Go$18
per month, billed annually ($216); $36 billed monthly
3 times the chats, research and uploads of Lite: 250 uploads a day, 500 MB, PDFs of up to 1,000 pages, 5 spaces and 10 parallel chats.
Pro$45
per month, billed annually ($540); $90 billed monthly
10 times the chats, research and uploads of Lite: 500 uploads a day, 1 GB of storage and PDFs of up to 2,000 pages.
Team$25
per seat / month, billed yearly; $30 billed monthly
Everything in Pro with a shared workspace, central billing and user management, admin controls and priority support. Arranged through sales.
Ways to pay less
Eightify
No public discounts listed.
Otio
- Annual discount
Yearly billing halves the price of Go and Pro
Go is $18 a month billed annually against $36 billed monthly, and Pro is $45 against $90. The pricing page labels yearly billing as saving 50%.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Eightify or Otio?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Eightify has no price we could confirm, and Otio starts at $7 per month (Lite), billed monthly or $84 per year.
Which has a free plan, Eightify or Otio?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Otio has a free plan. Eightify does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Eightify and Otio run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Eightify lists an Android app and only Otio lists a web app and macOS, Windows and Linux apps. Both list an iOS app and a browser extension. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.