Ketchup
Ketchup is a Chrome extension that summarizes YouTube videos from the thumbnail: hover any video, click the 🍅 "Get the sauce" chip, and get a 30-second bullet summary saved to a searchable Pantry. It offers a free daily quota with optional paid plans for higher usage.
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Best for: Education & Research
What it does
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Education & Research
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Ketchup
Ketchup is a Chrome browser extension that summarizes YouTube videos directly from thumbnails. When you hover a video card a 🍅 "Get the sauce" chip appears; one click produces a concise, 30-second readout with numbered key points, concrete statistics, action steps, and an honest verdict (watch/skim/skip). Every summary (called a "squeeze") is saved to a searchable personal Pantry where previously squeezed videos become instantly accessible.
The product targets users who want to extract the informational substance of videos without spending watch time — useful for meetings, research, lectures, podcasts and idea-heavy content. Ketchup offers a free usage tier with no account required, optional Google sign-in to double limits and unlock the Pantry, and paid plans for higher-volume users.
Hover any YouTube video for an instant AI summary — key points, stats, and an honest watch/skim/skip verdict. Free, no sign-up. Just the sauce.
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Thumbnail-first summarization
Summarizes videos from the YouTube thumbnail/listing before you open the video by showing a 🍅 "Get the sauce" chip on hover.
Transcript-based NLP summaries
Reads the video's transcript and returns structured bullet-point summaries with key points, stats, steps and a watch/skim/skip verdict.
Pantry (searchable library)
Every squeeze is saved to a searchable Pantry so you can store and retrieve summaries later; already-squeezed videos are instant and don't count against limits.
Quota-based free and paid usage
Free tier provides 5 squeezes/day (no account); signing in with Google doubles quotas and enables the Pantry. Paid tiers raise daily/monthly squeeze limits significantly.
Caption awareness
Detects videos with no captions and displays 'No sauce' on those thumbnails so you don't waste a squeeze.
Works across content types on YouTube
Supports lectures, podcasts, tutorials, business breakdowns and news commentary — anything on YouTube with captions.
Pricing
5 free squeezes per day (25/month) with no account; signing in with Google doubles limits to 10/day (50/month) and enables the Pantry.
Free
$0- 5 squeezes/day (25/month) with no account required
- Already-squeezed videos load instantly and don't count against limits
Signed-in free
$0 (requires Google sign-in)- 10 squeezes/day (50/month)
- Access to your searchable Pantry
Extra Sauce
$4.99/mo- 100 squeezes/day (2,500/month)
Sauce Boss
$14.99/mo- 300 squeezes/day (6,000/month)
Use Cases
Quick research
Rapidly extract the substance from many videos (e.g., for market research or literature review) and save summaries to a searchable Pantry.
Meeting or time-constrained scenarios
Get a 30-second read of a video when you can't watch (e.g., in a meeting) to decide if it warrants later viewing.
Lecture and podcast skimming
Summarize long lectures or podcast episodes to capture idea-heavy content and determine which items need full viewing.
Inbox/filtering of YouTube recommendations
Scan recommended videos from the homepage/search results before opening them to avoid watch-time spent on low-value content.
Integrations
YouTube
Operates directly on YouTube thumbnails/homepage/search results and reads video captions/transcripts as the source for summaries.
Google Sign-In
Optional Google sign-in doubles usage limits and provides access to a personal Pantry.
Benefits
Limitations
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I summarize a YouTube video without watching it?
Is Ketchup free?
Does it work on lectures and podcasts?
What if a video has no captions?
Is this the same as YouTube's built-in AI summary?
How is Ketchup different from other summarizer extensions?
Getting Started
- 1 Install the Ketchup Chrome extension (Add Ketchup to Chrome).
- 2 Hover any YouTube video thumbnail; when the 🍅 chip appears click 'Get the sauce'.
- 3 Optionally sign in with Google to double your daily squeezes and enable your searchable Pantry.
Support
docs
On-page FAQ and links such as Privacy, Terms, and Pantry referenced on the site.
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