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Document workflow
PDF Summarizer
Upload any PDF and get key points in seconds. Built for reports, papers, contracts, ebooks, and study packs.
Free: 25MBPro: 50MBLibrary saves on Pro
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Free plan starts after sign-in: 3 PDF summaries per day and 3 PDF chat messages per day. Pro unlocks higher limits.
How to summarize a PDF
Upload, pick a mode, then turn a long file into something you can review, save, or export.
Choose Summary Mode
Select Deep Dive for analysis, Gist for quick summary, or Social for posts.
Get Your Summary
AI extracts key points and delivers your summary in seconds.
Features
Fast, private, and multilingual PDF summarization.
Lightning Fast
Get summaries in under 10 seconds, no matter the PDF length.
Multi-Language Output
PDFs in any language; output in 7 languages (English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, German).
Privacy First
Your files are never stored. Processed securely and deleted immediately.
Any PDF Type
Reports, papers, contracts, ebooks — we handle them all.
Document Workflows
The PDF summarizer is your first pass for dense documents. Use these Learning Loop presets when you need a study guide, teacher-facing reading summary, or literature-review notes that you can export and reuse.
students
Study Guide
Turn a lecture, article, or paper into flashcards, recall prompts, and review-ready notes.
- Flashcards
- Recall prompts
- Review plan
Open workflow
teachers
Reading Summary
Condense a long reading into a classroom-friendly summary with key ideas and review prompts.
- Reading recap
- Key concepts
- Review prompts
Open workflow
researchers
Literature Review Notes
Produce structured notes you can paste into a literature review or annotated bibliography.
- Annotated notes
- Research gaps
- Citation-ready recap
Open workflow
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about our PDF summarizer tool.
Our AI PDF summarizer extracts text from your PDF, analyzes the content using advanced language models, and generates a concise summary with key points. The entire process takes just seconds.
You can summarize any text-based PDF including research papers, business reports, legal documents, ebooks, and more. Scanned PDFs with OCR text are also supported.
Yes. Free accounts get 3 PDF summaries per day with no credit card required. Pro raises that to 50 PDFs per day with a 50MB upload cap.
Yes, we take privacy seriously. Your PDFs are processed securely and are not stored on our servers. Files are automatically deleted after processing.
Free supports PDFs up to 25MB. Pro supports up to 50MB. For very long documents, we recommend splitting them into smaller sections for best results.
Yes. The PDF summarizer accepts PDFs in any language and can output the summary in 7 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, and German. The 5tldr UI itself ships in English and Simplified Chinese.