Hosted AI for any YouTube video.
One-click AI summaries and chat for any YouTube video — with no API key and no setup. Just install, open a video, and ask. Transcript, translate, and export stay free forever.
Starting at $3.99/month · cancel anytimeFrom video to answer in three steps
Add Vidskim to Chrome and open any YouTube video. The panel appears right beside the player.
Get the full transcript plus a one-click AI summary in the side panel — structured takeaways with timestamps.
Chat with the video and get answers with timecoded citations back to the exact moments. No API key, no setup.
Everything Pro unlocks
We run the AI for you. No OpenAI or Anthropic account, no API key, no setup at all.
One-click structured summaries of any video, with clickable timecodes back to the source.
Ask follow-ups in plain language — real conversation over the transcript, not a one-shot prompt.
Answers powered by premium models (GPT-5.2 / Claude Sonnet 5) for depth and accuracy.
Read, search, translate, and export any transcript — free and never gated, on every plan.
Transcripts are processed only to answer you. Nothing is sold, and no content is shared onward.
What Vidskim Pro is
Vidskim Pro is a subscription upgrade to the free Vidskim Chrome extension. It adds hosted AI summaries and hosted AI chat for any YouTube video with captions, so you can understand and question long videos without configuring an AI provider or supplying your own API key. Every answer cites the exact timecodes it came from, so your conclusions stay verifiable. The free transcript, translation, and export tools remain available to everyone at no cost.
Choose your plan
Free
- Full transcript, translate & export (unlimited)
- Bring your own API key (unlimited AI)
- 2 free hosted-AI credits (summary or chat)
Pro Annual
- Hosted AI — no API key
- AI summaries + AI chat
- Premium models (GPT-5.2 / Sonnet 5)
- Monthly credit pool
- Priority processing & support
Pro Monthly
- Hosted AI — no API key
- AI summaries + AI chat
- Premium models (GPT-5.2 / Sonnet 5)
- Monthly credit pool
- Priority processing & support
Checkout happens inside the extension. Payments are securely processed by Paddle, our merchant of record. Prices in USD; applicable tax/VAT is added at checkout.
Frequently asked
Hosted AI summaries and AI chat for any YouTube video with no API key needed, powered by premium models (GPT-5.2 / Claude Sonnet 5), a monthly credit pool, and priority processing and support. The free transcript, translate, and export tools are included too — and stay free for everyone.
Payments are securely processed by Paddle, our merchant of record. Paddle handles the checkout, applicable sales tax/VAT, and your receipts. You can pay monthly ($8.99/month) or annually ($47.88/year, which works out to $3.99/month). Checkout opens from inside the extension.
Yes. You can cancel at any time from the billing portal (linked in your Paddle receipt). Your Pro access continues until the end of the current billing period, and you are not charged again after cancelling.
Yes — we offer a money-back guarantee on a first purchase, and renewals are handled per our policy. See the full Refund Policy for the exact window and how to request a refund by email or through Paddle.
No. On Pro, the AI is hosted for you — no API key and no setup. If you prefer, the free tier also supports bringing your own API key for unlimited AI at your provider's cost.
Yes. Transcripts are processed only to generate your summary or answer — nothing is sold and no content is shared onward. See our Privacy Notice for details.
Any YouTube video that has captions (auto-generated or uploaded). If a video has no captions, there is no transcript to read, summarize, or chat over.
Yes. Summaries and chat answers link back to the exact moments in the video, so you can verify every claim against the source instead of trusting a black-box summary.
Talk to us
Questions about Pro, billing, or a refund? Send a message and we usually reply within a couple of days.
Who builds Vidskim
Vidskim is built by a small, independent team. Our mission is simple: turn long videos into skimmable transcripts and trustworthy AI answers with citations you can verify. We care about quality and honesty — the free transcript, translation, and export tools stay free, the AI answers always point back to the exact moment in the video, and we never sell your data. Pro exists so we can run hosted AI for people who do not want to manage an API key, and so we can keep improving the product.