ExplainThis records 1,463 monthly visits with -54% month-over-month growth and Free pricing. Merlin AI records 1,382,634 monthly visits with +13.1% growth and Freemium pricing.
Summarise and explain any page or video as you browse
One AI assistant that plugs ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini into every tab
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | explainthis.ai | getmerlin.in |
| Pricing Model | Free | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 1.46K (1,463) | 1.38M (1,382,634) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -1.72K (-54%) | +159.85K (+13.1%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (100%) | 🇺🇸 United States (15%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 428 | 695.32K |
| User Rating | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Browser Extension |
Summarise and explain any page or video as you browse
Turn long articles and pages into a readable summary so you can decide what deserves a full read.
Get the key takeaways from YouTube videos without sitting through the entire runtime.
Primarily a Chrome extension, so it sits alongside whatever you are already browsing rather than forcing a separate app.
Built for startup knowledge workers who need context fast across marketing, sales and product research.
One AI assistant that plugs ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini into every tab
Switch between GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Mistral and Llama class models from a single interface instead of juggling separate subscriptions.
Summarize articles, YouTube videos, PDFs and documents in place, then ask follow-up questions grounded in that content.
Draft and reply to emails in Gmail, compose posts and comments for X and LinkedIn, and repurpose web pages or videos into blogs and articles.
Generate images from prompts using more than 20 image models and multiple aspect ratios for web and social output.
SpecialistProvides superior core reasoning and advanced coding agents, but lacks Merlin's seamless one-click browser tab integration and sidebar shortcuts.
SpecialistProvides superior core reasoning and advanced coding agents, but lacks Merlin's seamless one-click browser tab integration and sidebar shortcuts.
SpecialistOffers massive context windows and Google Workspace integration, but functions as a standalone web app rather than an inline sidebar.
SpecialistOffers massive context windows and Google Workspace integration, but functions as a standalone web app rather than an inline sidebar.
SpecialistExcels at nuanced document analysis and writing, but operates as a dedicated web workspace rather than a browser extension.
SpecialistExcels at nuanced document analysis and writing, but operates as a dedicated web workspace rather than a browser extension.
SpecialistDelivers superior citation-backed web research and real-time search, but lacks Merlin's multi-purpose browser writing tools and sidebar utilities.
SpecialistDelivers superior citation-backed web research and real-time search, but lacks Merlin's multi-purpose browser writing tools and sidebar utilities.
Aggregates diverse frontier models into one conversational interface, but operates primarily as a web/app client rather than a native extension.
Aggregates diverse frontier models into one conversational interface, but operates primarily as a web/app client rather than a native extension.
Provides comparable all-in-one browser assistance and multi-model chat, but includes more robust built-in painting and drawing suites.
Provides comparable all-in-one browser assistance and multi-model chat, but includes more robust built-in painting and drawing suites.
Offers a similar browser sidebar experience with multi-model support, but features cleaner tab integration and smoother reading tools.
Offers a similar browser sidebar experience with multi-model support, but features cleaner tab integration and smoother reading tools.
Highlight the web, learn in public, and build your AI clone
Highlight the web, learn in public, and build your AI clone
SpecialistIntegrates AI directly into an independent browser environment, whereas Merlin runs as an extension across existing browsers.
SpecialistIntegrates AI directly into an independent browser environment, whereas Merlin runs as an extension across existing browsers.
Delivers a cross-platform AI chat client with local file Q&A, but requires desktop installation rather than browser extension access.
Delivers a cross-platform AI chat client with local file Q&A, but requires desktop installation rather than browser extension access.
Combines browser AI chat with advanced web automation and data extraction, though with a steeper learning curve.
Focuses on side-by-side multi-model comparison in a sidebar, but lacks Merlin's deeper document and video summarization workflows.
Focuses on side-by-side multi-model comparison in a sidebar, but lacks Merlin's deeper document and video summarization workflows.
