SumizAI vs BraveGPT

What BraveGPT is

What BraveGPT is

BraveGPT is a userscript — a small script run through manager extensions like Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey, or Greasemonkey — that adds AI answers and search summaries directly onto the Brave Search results page. The project belongs to the same family as DuckDuckGPT (the same circle of makers, KudoAI/adamlui), just aimed at Brave browser users and its search engine instead of DuckDuckGo.

Key features

Once the script is installed, visiting search.brave.com, typing a query, and engaging the assistant makes an AI answer built on the latest language models appear alongside the standard search results. Proxy API Mode (disabled by default) lets you fetch text responses without needing a ChatGPT account — when disabled, fetching responses requires your own ChatGPT account. The script is available through GreasyFork as well as directly from the official GitHub repository.

Who it's for

BraveGPT appeals to Brave browser users who want a quick AI summary without leaving the search results page or switching to a separate chatbot tab. People already using Brave for its built-in privacy protections appreciate extending that same philosophy to the search layer.

Use cases

In practice, BraveGPT works well for a quick fact-check without leaving the search results, for summarizing a topic before opening several links in a row, and for research work, where an AI answer alongside source links helps decide faster which pages are actually worth visiting.

Pricing and business model

The script itself is free and open source under the MIT license. The real cost of using the AI models depends on the chosen mode — Proxy API Mode may require your own key or rely on a free-query limit, while the non-proxy mode uses your existing ChatGPT account, meaning it relies on OpenAI's own pricing terms rather than BraveGPT's.

Limitations and what to watch for

As a userscript rather than a standalone app, BraveGPT requires an installed script manager in the browser and only works in the context of the Brave Search page — there's no mobile version or standalone chat window outside search results. Changes to the Brave Search interface can sometimes require a script update before it works correctly again.

AI notes copied straight out of search results

BraveGPT offers no archive beyond the search page itself — the AI answer disappears once the tab is closed or a new query is typed. Anyone who wants a worthwhile answer to land as an ai notes entry in a lasting archive has to copy it manually before moving to the next search, since the script itself doesn't save anything permanently.

What's worth checking before choosing

Before installing, check that the script manager in use (Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey) is current and compatible with the running version of Brave, and read the GitHub repository's description to see which mode — Proxy API or a ChatGPT account — better fits your own privacy needs if you plan to regularly collect ai notes from such search sessions.

AI notes versus the fleeting nature of search results

Worth remembering: BraveGPT runs on the rhythm of the search itself — every query change overwrites the previous AI answer, so nothing is left behind without a manual save. Anyone running longer research sessions with many queries in a row loses the most if they don't build a habit of copying worthwhile fragments as ai notes on the spot, rather than counting on coming back to them later.

Bottom line

BraveGPT is a free, open-source add-on weaving AI into Brave Search results, with no lasting archive of its own for the answers. Anyone who wants worthwhile answers from such searches to become part of a searchable these notes collection instead of vanishing when the tab closes needs a separate tool for gathering them.

Comparison with SumizAI

BraveGPT and SumizAI operate on entirely different levels. BraveGPT weaves a one-off AI answer into the search results page, with no lasting knowledge store of its own. SumizAI is a separate notebook where a conversation with one of seven supported AI providers ends as a Markdown file saved in the user's own folder, with an automatic table of contents and a duplicate check against the notes already there. Anyone who wants a quick AI answer alongside Brave search results will pick BraveGPT; anyone who wants these notes from AI conversations to build a lasting, searchable archive will find SumizAI the better-fitting tool.

What SumizAI is

A note-taking application built around a conversation with an AI model. You ask a question, the answer streams back, and the answers worth keeping become Markdown notes — filed into a vault that is a folder on your own disk.

A vault is a directory holding base.md, a generated table of contents up to six levels deep, and a notes/ folder with one .md file per note. Before a note is written it is checked against the ones already there, so the fourth note about the same idea gets merged instead of added. Links between notes are ordinary Markdown links to files that exist.

The model is never ours: you bring your own API key to one of seven providers — Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Groq, OpenRouter, a local Ollama or your own server — and pay that provider directly. A question sends the table of contents plus at most five relevant notes within a 24,000-character budget, and the app shows you which five it used.

Every answer kept this way becomes one of these ai notes, ready to search again months later without hunting back through old chats.

Side by side

Where they differ

• BraveGPT is a place to have the conversation. SumizAI is not a chatbot — the conversation is the input, not the product. What comes out of it is a .md file with a title, a place in base.md and a duplicate check against the notes already in the vault. If you only want to talk to a model, you do not need SumizAI.
• BraveGPT is open source (MIT), and SumizAI is not. If reading the source is what decides it for you, that is a real argument for BraveGPT. The guarantee SumizAI offers instead is structural rather than legal: the notes are Markdown files in a folder you chose, so they open in any editor whether or not the application is running.
• AlternativeTo's description of BraveGPT does not mention Markdown, so check what format your notes end up in before you fill it up. SumizAI writes standard .md files to a folder you picked, and an unpaid account can still export all of them.
• AlternativeTo lists no mobile version of BraveGPT. SumizAI runs on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
• Both search. SumizAI's search reads the whole note — title, summary, body and the original question and answer — rather than titles alone.

Which one to pick