What is Read Fast used for?

Read Fast turns the links, PDFs and videos you save into AI summaries and delivers them as a briefing email on a schedule you choose. It is a good fit for turning a pile of saved articles into one weekly email, and studying a topic from summaries and quizzes.

How much does Read Fast cost?

Read Fast is a paid product with no free plan. A 7-day free trial is offered; early-user pricing is listed at 4.99 and 14.99 pounds per month.

Is Read Fast open source?

No. Read Fast is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Productivity category, open-source options include Linkding, Sioyek and PowerToys.

What are some alternatives to Read Fast?

Read Fast competes with Readwise, Matter and Feedly.

Read Fast: features, pricing and alternatives

About Read Fast

Read Fast is a hosted reading tool for people who save more than they read. You paste a URL, upload a PDF or add text, and it summarizes the content, then collects the summaries into one briefing email delivered at a time you choose, such as Sunday morning or Monday morning, with an option to email it immediately or download it as a PDF.

You can pick up to three topics and let it find things to read, add preferred sources, bulk-add URLs and chat with an agent that can add documents, set the briefing time, query your library or start a learning mode. Extras include a post-read quiz, reading streaks, notes, a full-text view and sharing a briefing. The free trial includes one briefing, and subscribing makes briefings weekly.

Key features

AI summaries of links, PDFs and text
Scheduled briefing email
PDF download of briefings
Topic-based content suggestions
Agent chat over your library
Post-read quizzes and streaks

Good fit for

Turning a pile of saved articles into one weekly email
Studying a topic from summaries and quizzes

Tags: summaries; reading; newsletter; read-later; ai-summaries; briefing

Read Fast: questions and answers

What is Read Fast used for?: Read Fast turns the links, PDFs and videos you save into AI summaries and delivers them as a briefing email on a schedule you choose. It is a good fit for turning a pile of saved articles into one weekly email, and studying a topic from summaries and quizzes.
How much does Read Fast cost?: Read Fast is a paid product with no free plan. A 7-day free trial is offered; early-user pricing is listed at 4.99 and 14.99 pounds per month.
Is Read Fast open source?: No. Read Fast is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Productivity category, open-source options include Linkding, Sioyek and PowerToys.
What are some alternatives to Read Fast?: Read Fast competes with Readwise, Matter and Feedly.