Free tool

TL;DR Generator for SEO and AI Search

For SEO and content teams who want their pages quoted by ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI Overviews. Paste a software listicle, VS comparison or alternatives page, or enter its URL, and get a 75 to 90 word TL;DR that uses only what your article says.

How do you want to add the article?

Works with three kinds of software articles: a listicle that ranks three or more tools, a VS comparison of two tools, or a list of alternatives to one tool.

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Free, no signup. Your article is used to write the TL;DR and isn't stored.

How it works

A TL;DR is only useful if it’s accurate. So the tool writes from your article alone, then checks its own work.

1. Finds the article type

It works out whether your article ranks several tools, compares two, or lists alternatives to one. Each type gets its own structure.

2. Writes from your article only

No web search and no outside facts. The TL;DR uses the tools, prices and claims in your article, and nothing else.

3. Checks every name and number

Each tool name and number is matched against your article, and the length is held to 75 to 90 words. Anything that fails gets one rewrite, or isn’t shown.

Why a TL;DR helps with AI search

AI tools don’t read your page from top to bottom. They split it into short passages and quote the ones that answer the question.

A TL;DR where every sentence stands on its own gives them a passage that’s easy to lift: what the software does, how the options differ, which one to pick and why. Naming the tools matters, because the tools are what people ask about.

It won’t guarantee a citation. Whether an AI tool quotes your page also depends on whether the page ranks and what other sites say. But it makes your page easier to quote correctly.

The three structures it writes

Each article type answers a different question, so each TL;DR is built differently. Brackets show what comes from your article.

Listicle

For articles that rank three or more tools.

  1. What [category] software does and the outcomes it delivers.
  2. How the tools divide, using your article’s own groups.
  3. [Top pick] is the top pick, and the specific reason it wins.
  4. Two or three other tools, each matched to who it suits.

VS comparison

For articles that compare two tools head to head.

  1. What [Tool A] and [Tool B] share, and the core difference.
  2. Who should choose [Tool A], and why.
  3. Who should choose [Tool B], and why.
  4. One hard fact, like a price or a missing feature.
  5. The verdict, or a third tool for what neither covers.

Alternatives page

For articles that list alternatives to one tool.

  1. What [Tool] does, and why teams look elsewhere.
  2. How the alternatives divide by the job they do.
  3. [Top alternative] is the top alternative, and the specific reason.
  4. Two to four others, each matched to who it suits.

The rules every TL;DR follows

They come from TL;DRs we wrote for client articles, and the tool checks the ones it can measure.

75 to 90 words

Long enough to name a top pick and the alternatives, short enough to be quoted whole.

Facts from your article only

Every tool name and number in the TL;DR is checked against your article before you see it.

Specific reasons

If a phrase could describe a competitor too, like “an all-in-one solution”, it gets rewritten with the actual features or use case.

Every sentence stands alone

No “the article says” and no “see the table below”, so any sentence still makes sense when an AI tool quotes it on its own.

Statements, not questions

No “Looking for an alternative?” openers and no generic advice to close. Every sentence names tools or gives a reason.

Plain style

No em dashes and no hype words like “powerful” or “seamless”.

Questions

Is it free?

Yes. No signup and no email. You can write up to 10 TL;DRs an hour and 40 a day.

Which articles does it work with?

Software listicles that rank three or more tools, VS comparisons of two tools, and alternatives pages for one tool. For anything else, like a how-to guide or a news post, it tells you instead of guessing.

Does it add information from the web?

No. It uses only what’s in your article, and checks that every tool name and number in the TL;DR appears there. If it can’t back something up after one rewrite, you get a message instead of the TL;DR.

Can it read my article from a link?

Yes. Choose Page URL and enter the address of a published page. It reads the article once, leaving out menus, sidebars and footers, and shows you which page and how many words it read. Some sites block automated reads or load their articles with JavaScript; for those, and for drafts, paste the text.

Do you store my article?

No. Your article, or the page we read from your link, is sent to the AI model to write the TL;DR, then discarded. We keep counts, like how many TL;DRs were written today, never the text or the link.

Where should I put the TL;DR?

Right after your introduction, before the table of contents. That’s where readers and AI tools look first. Start it with “TL;DR:” in bold so it’s easy to spot.

My article already has a TL;DR. Will it just reword it?

No. It ignores any existing TL;DR, summary or key takeaways and writes from the body of the article.

Will this get my page cited by AI tools?

It can’t promise that. A clear TL;DR gives AI tools a passage that’s easy to quote. Whether they quote it also depends on whether your page ranks and what other sites say about your product.

Which AI model writes it?

Claude, made by Anthropic. Our own code then checks the length, the facts and the style before you see the result.

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