Sidenote vs smry

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Sidenote #4 in AI Summarizers 7.9/10 Free plan · 7-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Sidenote

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smry #5 in AI Summarizers 7.9/10 Free plan · 7-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit smry

• Sidenote fits best

  Teams needing cited summaries and integrations

• smry fits best

  Readers building a connected research library

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Side by side

Feature	Sidenote 7.9/10 Visit ↗	smry 7.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.9	7.9
Ranking	#4 in AI Summarizers	#5 in AI Summarizers
Best for	Teams needing cited summaries and integrations	Readers building a connected research library
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	£96/yr	$36/yr
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	7 days	7 days
Free trial length	7 days · no card needed	7 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud, Browser extension	Cloud, Browser extension
Platforms	Web, Chrome extension	Web, Chrome extension
Integrations	9 integrations	20 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business
Features Sidenote 3/3 · smry 3/3
Document upload	✓	✓
Webpage summaries	✓	✓
Transcript summaries	✓	✓
Specs
Input limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Summary length control	Short	Not checked yet
Export formats	Markdown	Markdown
Our review
Pros	Clickable citations connect summaries to source passages. Supports PDFs, Office files, webpages and connected documents. Integrates with Confluence, Notion, SharePoint, Slack and more.	Summarizes articles, YouTube transcripts, PDFs, and documents Combines grounded chat with notes, highlights, feeds, and search Offers API and MCP access plus many reading integrations
Cons	Free plan limits monthly documents, summaries, explanations and chat turns. OCR and Word and PowerPoint support begin on the Pro plan. Shared collections and SAML SSO require a Team plan.	Core platform access is limited to web and a Chrome extension Higher-capacity workflows require the Pro plan Free usage is limited to daily summaries and article chats
Our verdict	Sidenote is an AI reading assistant and document summarizer available through a Chrome extension and web dashboard. It is designed for students, researchers, analysts, legal teams, consultants and organizations working with internal… Read the review →	smry is a browser-based AI reading workspace for people who want to understand and organize online content in one library. It summarizes articles, YouTube transcripts, PDFs, and other documents, then supports questions grounded in article… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Sidenote — where it wins

  • Clickable citations connect summaries to source passages.
  • Supports PDFs, Office files, webpages and connected documents.
  • Integrates with Confluence, Notion, SharePoint, Slack and more.

  Where it doesn't

  • Free plan limits monthly documents, summaries, explanations and chat turns.
  • OCR and Word and PowerPoint support begin on the Pro plan.
  • Shared collections and SAML SSO require a Team plan.

• smry — where it wins

  • Summarizes articles, YouTube transcripts, PDFs, and documents
  • Combines grounded chat with notes, highlights, feeds, and search
  • Offers API and MCP access plus many reading integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Core platform access is limited to web and a Chrome extension
  • Higher-capacity workflows require the Pro plan
  • Free usage is limited to daily summaries and article chats

• Sidenote7.9/10 · Free plan · 7-day trial

  Cited document summaries, chat, OCR and integrations for research-heavy teams.

  Visit SidenoteFull verdict →
• smry7.9/10 · Free plan · 7-day trial

  A connected research library for summaries, grounded questions, notes, and feeds.

  Visit smryFull verdict →