An Eightify alternative where your summaries don't disappear. YouTube Collector turns the videos you save into a permanent, searchable library — full transcripts, AI summaries with timestamped chapters, and blog/X/LinkedIn drafts — with plain pricing and a real free tier.
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| YouTube Collector | Eightify | |
|---|---|---|
| Permanent video library | ✓ Every video kept with transcript + summary | ✗ One-shot summaries in an extension popup |
| Search across all your videos | ✓ Full-text search of every saved transcript | ✗ Not offered |
| Full transcript included | ✓ With timestamps, on every video | Partial — summary-focused |
| AI summary with timestamped chapters | ✓ Covers the whole video, chapters clickable | Summary formats vary |
| Blog / X / LinkedIn drafts from a video | ✓ Built from the actual transcript | ✗ Not offered |
| Free tier | ✓ Real free plan, private by default, no card | No permanent free plan — a short trial, then payment required |
| Paid price | £3.99 / $4.99 per month (Pro) | $4.99–$9.99/mo (≈$59.99/yr) |
| Billing | ✓ Plain monthly price, visible caps, cancel anytime | See public reviews — billed as noted above |
| Works without a browser extension | ✓ Web app — nothing to install or break | ✗ Extension-based |
Eightify is convenient if you only ever want a quick gist of the video you're currently watching, right inside the YouTube page. If you never need to find anything again afterwards, an extension is the lighter tool. Our focus is what happens after: keeping every transcript and summary in a library you can search.
Free plan, private by default, no card required. Takes about a minute.
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