Choose Tab Manager Plus if
you want a fast, keyboard-first overview of what is open right now, and nothing more.
Tab Manager Plus vs Session Buddy: which is better? (2026)
Tab Manager Plus: A fast overview of every open tab and window: filter by typing, highlight duplicates, move tabs, limit tabs per window. Session Buddy: A privacy-first session manager: save every open tab, recover after a crash, and keep collections of links.
Features and pricing checked 13 October 2026 against: Tab Manager Plus on the Chrome Web Store , Tab Manager Plus on Firefox Add-ons , Session Buddy on the Chrome Web Store , sessionbuddy.com .
The short answer
Which one to choose
Choose Session Buddy if
your main fear is losing a session to a crash, and you want a deep history of past windows on one Chrome profile.
Feature by feature
Tab Manager Plus vs Session Buddy
| Tab Manager Plus | Session Buddy | |
|---|---|---|
| Brings a tab back at a time you choose | Not listed | Not listed |
| Repeating reminders | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reopens at the line you stopped reading | Not listed | Not listed |
| Saves a whole window and restores it | Yes | Yes |
| Saves sessions automatically | Not listed | Yes |
| Keeps tab groups | Not listed | Not listed |
| Manages every open tab, across windows | Yes | Yes |
| Finds duplicate tabs | Yes | Not listed |
| Puts idle tabs away automatically | Not listed | Not listed |
| Folders or collections of saved pages | Not listed | Collections |
| Import and export | Not listed | 15+ formats |
| Share a list of tabs | Not listed | Not listed |
| Focus timer with site blocking | Not listed | Not listed |
| Sync between computers | Not listed | No |
| Mobile app | Not listed | 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.
Pricing and platforms
What it costs, and where it runs
| Tab Manager Plus | Session Buddy | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Tab manager | Session manager |
| Price | Free | Free - "Access to all features is free" |
| Account | Not stated | Not needed ("No accounts, no tracking") |
| Runs on | Chrome, Firefox | Chrome |
| Tab access asked for at install | Yes - asks for tab access at install | Yes - asks for tab access at install |
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Honestly
Where each one wins, and where it falls short
Where Tab Manager Plus wins
- Built for speed: open it and type, and Enter jumps to the tab.
- Highlights duplicates and can cap tabs per window.
- Rated 4.7 from 1,100 ratings on the Chrome Web Store.
Where Tab Manager Plus falls short
- The Chrome version was last updated on 2 October 2024; the Firefox version on 10 October 2026.
- Nothing in its listing schedules a tab to come back.
- Asks for tab access at install.
Where Session Buddy wins
- Recovers windows and tabs after a crash, from a history of how they were at each moment.
- Imports and exports in more than fifteen formats, including text, JSON, CSV, Markdown and HTML.
- Free, with no account, and built for thousands of tabs.
- A million users and 25,100 ratings averaging 4.7.
Where Session Buddy falls short
- 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.
The core difference
What actually separates Tab Manager Plus and Session Buddy
Tab Manager Plus is about what is open now: a fast overview, type to filter, duplicates highlighted, a tab limit per window. Session Buddy is about what was open: saved sessions, crash history and collections. They overlap on the overview of open tabs, and Session Buddy has a search across open tabs, collections and history.
What both miss
What Tab Manager Plus and Session Buddy both miss
- Neither lists bringing a tab back at a time.
- Neither lists saving tab groups.
- Both ask for tab access at install.
Where Latr comes in
Latr closes a tab with a time and reopens it on its own when that time comes, scrolled to the line you stopped reading. It also saves whole windows with their tab groups, manages your open tabs and keeps a library of pages - on Chrome, Edge and Firefox, with no account, and with no permission warning at install. It is new and small, and it has no phone app.
Questions
Tab Manager Plus vs Session Buddy: common questions
Is Tab Manager Plus or Session Buddy free?
Tab Manager Plus: Free. Session Buddy: Free - "Access to all features is free".
Do Tab Manager Plus and Session Buddy need an account?
Tab Manager Plus: Not stated. Session Buddy: Not needed ("No accounts, no tracking").
Which browsers do Tab Manager Plus and Session Buddy run on?
Tab Manager Plus: Chrome, Firefox. Session Buddy: Chrome.
When were Tab Manager Plus and Session Buddy last updated?
Tab Manager Plus: 2 October 2024 on Chrome Web Store, 10 October 2026 on Firefox Add-ons. Session Buddy: 28 April 2026 on Chrome Web Store.
Close the tab.
It will come back.
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.