# Glasp

> Social web highlighter with AI summaries of videos and articles

Glasp is a highlighter for web articles, PDFs and YouTube transcripts that collects highlights and notes in a personal library, where they can be tagged, searched and exported to note-taking apps. Highlights are public by default, and people can follow other readers to see what they have marked. AI features summarize YouTube videos, web pages and PDFs and transcribe audio files, with usage allowances that rise on the paid plans.

- **Category:** Read Later & Bookmarks
- **Made by:** Glasp Inc.
- **Website:** https://glasp.co
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 6, 2026

## Pricing

Glasp has a free plan. Paid plans start at $12.50 per month, billed yearly at $150 ($15 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Unlimited public highlights, 3 basic YouTube summaries a day, 30 PDF uploads, 20 AI chat credits and 30 minutes of audio transcription a month. No private highlights.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | Unlimited public highlights, 3 basic YouTube summaries a day, 30 PDF uploads and 30 minutes of audio transcription a month. |
| Pro | $12.50 per month, billed yearly at $150 ($15 billed monthly) | Unlimited private highlights and basic YouTube summaries, 1,000 advanced summaries a month, 100 PDF uploads, 500 AI chat credits and all AI models. |
| Unlimited | $30 per month, billed yearly at $360 ($36 billed monthly) | 5,000 advanced summaries every 30 days, 25 tracked YouTube channels, unlimited PDF uploads, 2,000 AI credits a month and priority support. |

Read from https://glasp.co/pricing on Oct 6, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Glasp before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Two months off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Pro costs $150 a year against $15 a month, and Unlimited costs $360 a year against $36 a month, which the pricing page labels as 2 months off. Source: https://glasp.co/pricing
- **40% off Pro for students** (Education): Students who verify a .edu or .ac email address get 40% off the yearly Pro plan, for example $90 instead of $150 a year. Glasp describes it as a limited-time offer. Source: https://blog.glasp.co/glasp-student-discount/
- **A free year of Pro for YouTube creators** (Other savings): Creators with at least 5,000 subscribers and a video in the last 90 days can get 12 months of Pro free by keeping a Glasp link in a regular video's description. Source: https://blog.glasp.co/get-glasp-pro-free-for-a-year-a-partnership-for-youtube-creators/

## Key features

- **Web, PDF and YouTube highlighting:** The browser extension highlights text on web pages, PDFs and YouTube transcripts in several colors, with notes and tags, and the highlights stay marked on the original page.
- **AI summaries:** Summarizes YouTube videos, web articles and PDFs with models such as ChatGPT, Claude, Mistral AI and Gemini. Free accounts get 3 basic YouTube summaries a day.
- **Public profiles and following:** Highlights are collected on a Glasp page that is public by default, and following other readers shows what they are saving. Private highlights need a paid plan.
- **Imports and exports:** Imports highlights from Kindle, Readwise, Instapaper, Pocket, Medium and Hypothesis. Markdown, HTML, CSV and JSON exports and a daily sync to Notion are included on every plan.
- **Read later and mobile apps:** The iOS and Android apps add a reader view and a read-later library for videos, articles and PDFs alongside highlighting and summaries.
- **Audio transcription and PDF chat:** Uploaded audio files are transcribed and PDFs can be questioned in a chat, each within a monthly allowance: 30 minutes and 20 messages on the Free plan.

## Good for

- Students and researchers collecting quotes from articles and PDFs
- People who send their highlights to Notion, Obsidian or Readwise
- Viewers who want quick summaries of long YouTube videos

## Worth knowing

- Highlights are public by default; private highlights require the Pro or Unlimited plan.
- AI features are metered on every plan, and Free allows 3 basic YouTube summaries a day and 20 AI chat credits a month.
- The 40% student discount covers only the yearly Pro plan and needs a .edu or .ac email address.
- The pricing page marks the Pro and Unlimited subscriptions as recurring and non-refundable.

## Works with

Notion, Obsidian, Readwise, Roam Research, Logseq, Kindle, Snipd, YouTube

**Tags:** Highlights, Read later, AI features, Transcription, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Readwise](https://toolgpa.com/tools/readwise): Highlight library with a daily review and a read-later app. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glasp-vs-readwise)
- [Diigo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/diigo): Bookmarking with highlights and sticky notes on web pages and PDFs. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/diigo-vs-glasp)
- [Raindrop.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/raindrop-io): Bookmark manager with collections, tags and highlights. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glasp-vs-raindrop-io)
- [Matter](https://toolgpa.com/tools/matter): Read-later app for iPhone, iPad and web with audio playback. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glasp-vs-matter)
- [Instapaper](https://toolgpa.com/tools/instapaper): Read-later app that strips articles down to clean text. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/glasp-vs-instapaper)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 6, 2026:

- https://glasp.co/pricing
- https://web.archive.org/web/20261003171347/https://glasp.co/pricing
- https://blog.glasp.co/price-update-2026-05-01/
- https://blog.glasp.co/glasp-student-discount/
- https://blog.glasp.co/get-glasp-pro-free-for-a-year-a-partnership-for-youtube-creators/
- https://blog.glasp.co/features/
- https://blog.glasp.co/product/
- https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/glasp-social-web-highligh/blillmbchncajnhkjfdnincfndboieik
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/glasp-ai-summary-highlight/id1645763435

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