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They serve different roles in the party.
If you want to have a big monster that you control that tanks with the fighters then the summoner will be more appealing. The summoner can also be a supplemental martial character, (I suggest archery), he has a really nice supplemental summons ability (standard action/ minute per level is nice). Lastly he has a nice set of spells to help buff and do light battlefield control.
Conjurer is a wizard... he has fists full of spells.
Has anyone done a straight comparison of which is better in general? I didn't see the topic on the forums but perhaps i just missed it.
The summoner has a closer relationship to the bard (druid after that). Ogre is right, he has battle field control and 3/4 BAB so he can step up as a support melee. For those of us that always wanted to play an arcane warrior type, but didnt like the flare of bards, i think this character will fit nicely.