Pricing
Sumr — choose your path
Every new user gets free summaries to try Sumr. No subscriptions or API key needed to start.
Two ways to use Sumr
Option 1: Bring Your Own API Key
- App: Free forever
- Summaries: Pay only for what you use via your provider
- Providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
- Follow-up questions + custom prompts: One-time purchase of $2.99
- Full control: Direct connection to your chosen provider
Option 2: Subscribe & Relax
- Monthly: $3.99/month
- Yearly: $39.99/year (save $8)
- Currently unlimited summaries (fair use limits may apply)
- Follow-up questions + custom prompts: Included
- No API hassle: We handle everything
Subscription details
What's included
- Unlimited summarization (currently — may change based on demand)
- Follow-up questions feature
- Custom prompts, synced across devices
- All future premium features
- Priority support
- Support ongoing development
Fair use policy
While usage is currently unlimited, we reserve the right to implement reasonable limits if necessary to ensure service quality for all users. Any changes will be communicated in advance.
API key pricing breakdown
For those who prefer to use their own API key:
It's about $0.0005 USD for summarizing a 1000-word article.
You need to summarize ~20 articles of that size to pay 1 cent.
Example costs (OpenAI GPT-4o-mini)
$0.00015per 1,000 input tokens (what you send)$0.0006per 1,000 output tokens (what you receive)- 1,000 tokens ≈ 750 words
For a 1000-word article: ~$0.0005 total. Costs may vary with Anthropic or other providers.
Which option is right for you?
Choose subscription if:
- You don't want to deal with API keys
- You prefer predictable monthly costs
- You want to support app development
Choose API key if:
- You want maximum control over provider and model
- You already have an API account
- You summarize occasionally
- You prefer pay-as-you-go pricing
Follow-up questions & custom prompts
- For subscribers: Included in your subscription
- For API key users: One-time purchase of $2.99
- Ask unlimited questions about any summarized page
- Create custom summarization prompts, synced across devices