Session Buddy, in a line: A privacy-first session manager: save every open tab, recover after a crash, and keep collections of links. If it is not quite right, these are the extensions that cover the most of what it does, ranked by which of its features each one shares - with what they cost and where they run.
Facts read from each product’s own store listing and website on 13 October 2026. We make Latr, so it is listed first and marked as ours; the rest are ranked by the numbers.
What Session Buddy does
Session Buddy offers 5 of the 15 things we compare. An alternative is only an alternative if it keeps the ones you use.
The alternatives
Tab snoozer
Session Buddy is insurance for what is open; Latr is a schedule for what you closed. Session Buddy’s strength is the record - every window, as it was, at every moment - so a crash or a careless close costs nothing. Latr keeps windows too, with their tab groups, but its centre is the other direction: a page you close comes back by itself at the time you asked, where you stopped reading. Both keep everything on your machine and neither needs an account.
Covers 5 of Session Buddy’s 5 features. Adds: brings a tab back at a time you choose, repeating reminders, reopens at the line you stopped reading, keeps tab groups, finds duplicate tabs, puts idle tabs away automatically, share a list of tabs, focus timer with site blocking, sync between computers.
Unlike Session Buddy, it also runs on Edge, Firefox, Brave, Vivaldi, Opera, Arc, and, like Session Buddy, it is free to start (Free; Pro is $19 once, for themes, sounds and extras).
Choose Latr over Session Buddy if you close tabs because they can wait until later, and you want them to come back on their own - on Chrome, Edge or Firefox.
Latr vs Session Buddy, in full →Session manager
Covers 4 of Session Buddy’s 5 features. Not listed or missing: manages every open tab, across windows. Adds: keeps tab groups, sync between computers.
Unlike Session Buddy, it also runs on Edge, Firefox, and, like Session Buddy, it is free to start (Free and open source (MPL-2.0)).
Session Buddy vs Tab Session Manager, in full →Workspaces
Covers 4 of Session Buddy’s 5 features. Not listed or missing: saves sessions automatically. Adds: keeps tab groups, finds duplicate tabs, share a list of tabs, sync between computers, mobile app.
Unlike Session Buddy, it also runs on Firefox, iOS, Android, and, like Session Buddy, it is free to start (Free up to 60 saved tabs; $4.50 a member a month billed yearly, or $6 monthly).
Latr vs Toby →Workspaces
Covers 4 of Session Buddy’s 5 features. Not listed or missing: import and export. Adds: puts idle tabs away automatically, share a list of tabs, sync between computers.
Unlike Session Buddy, it also runs on Edge, Firefox, and, like Session Buddy, it is free to start (Free account with a limited number of spaces; paid Pro, Team and Enterprise plans).
Latr vs Workona →Tab snoozer
Covers 4 of Session Buddy’s 5 features. Not listed or missing: manages every open tab, across windows. Adds: brings a tab back at a time you choose, repeating reminders, finds duplicate tabs, puts idle tabs away automatically, sync between computers.
Unlike Session Buddy, it also runs on Edge, and, like Session Buddy, it is free to start (Free on one device; Cloud Sync is a paid Pro option with a 14-day trial).
Latr vs PingLater →Tab list
Covers 3 of Session Buddy’s 5 features. Not listed or missing: saves sessions automatically, manages every open tab, across windows. Adds: share a list of tabs, sync between computers.
Unlike Session Buddy, it also runs on Edge, Firefox, Safari, and, like Session Buddy, it is free to start (Free - no paid plan on its listing or site).
OneTab vs Session Buddy, in full →Feature by feature
| Session Buddy | Latr | Tab Session Manager | Toby | Workona | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brings a tab back at a time you choose | Not listed | Yes | Not listed | Not listed | Not listed |
| Saves a whole window and restores it | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Saves sessions automatically | Yes | Optional, off by default | On close and on an interval | Not listed | Yes |
| Manages every open tab, across windows | Yes | Yes | Not listed | Yes | Yes |
| Folders or collections of saved pages | Collections | Yes | Sessions with names and tags | Collections and spaces | Spaces and resources |
| Import and export | 15+ formats | Yes | Including Session Buddy | Export | Not listed |
Checked 13 October 2026 against each product’s own store listing and website. “Not listed” means the feature is not in the product’s own listing or site - not that it is missing.
Switching
Export your sessions from Session Buddy as JSON and open the file in Latr’s import. Latr reads Session Buddy’s windows as groups, so each window arrives as its own folder in the library. Any other format Session Buddy writes that contains links is read as a plain list.
Every comparison we have written is on the compare page, including how Latr stacks up against each alternative above.
Questions
Session Buddy does a lot well. Recovers windows and tabs after a crash, from a history of how they were at each moment. People look elsewhere for what it does not offer, going by its own listing. Chrome only: its site links one store. No sync between computers - its own FAQ says so, with cloud storage planned. Nothing in its listing schedules a tab to come back at a time. Last updated on the Chrome Web Store on 28 April 2026.
Of the alternatives on this page, Latr, Tab Session Manager, Toby, Workona, PingLater and OneTab are free to start. Which is best depends on which of Session Buddy’s 5 features you rely on: saves a whole window and restores it, saves sessions automatically, manages every open tab, across windows, folders or collections of saved pages, import and export. The cards above say which each one keeps.
Yes: Latr, Tab Session Manager, Toby, Workona and OneTab run on Firefox, according to their own listings.
Export your sessions from Session Buddy as JSON and open the file in Latr’s import. Latr reads Session Buddy’s windows as groups, so each window arrives as its own folder in the library. Any other format Session Buddy writes that contains links is read as a plain list.
Sources
Each alternative's own sources are listed on its comparison page, linked from its card above.
Free, no account, and nothing leaves your device. About ten seconds to install, and one keystroke to use.
Also on Brave, Vivaldi, Arc and Opera - straight from the Chrome Web Store listing.
