Session Buddy
Session Buddy is a Chrome extension for saving browser tabs, restoring sessions, and organizing bookmarks.
What Session Buddy is
Session Buddy is a Chrome extension for saving browser tabs, restoring sessions, and organizing bookmarks. Users can save an entire session or selected tabs, then restore them to their original windows, into one window, or into the current window. Its history feature can bring back tabs as they appeared at a particular point in the past. Collections organize bookmarks, and one search covers open tabs, collections, and tab history. The extension imports and exports tabs and collections in more than 15 formats, including JSON, CSV, Markdown, and HTML. Automatic local backups were introduced in version 4.1, and manual backup and restore are also available. Collections, history, and settings remain on the user’s device rather than being transmitted to or stored by external services. The free plan includes current features and requires no account. Session Buddy requests browsing-history permission to list and save tab titles and URLs; its policy says it cannot read page content or form entries.
Good
- Restores full sessions or selected tabs
- Search spans tabs, collections, and history
- Imports and exports in more than 15 formats
- Free plan requires no account
Watch out
- Current store listing is for Chrome only
- No cross-device sync
- Local backups may lag recent changes by up to 24 hours
Who it suits
It suits Chrome users who want to save and restore sessions, organize bookmark collections, or search across tabs and history. It is also useful for users who want local storage and import or export options.
Verdict
Session Buddy offers tab recovery, bookmark collections, search, and local backups in a free Chrome extension. Its device-local data storage may appeal to privacy-conscious users, but backups can lag and remain subject to browser storage limits and data-clearing behavior.
Plans and prices
From Session Buddy's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | All current features · no account required |
| Cloud collections | Priced on request | Opt-in paid feature · access collections across devices and browser profiles |
The facts
Each one read from Session Buddy's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Backups
- Version 4.1 introduced automatic local backups, while the product also offers manual backup and restore.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Collections and search
- Collections organize bookmarks, and unified search covers open tabs, collections, and tab history.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data storage
- Collections, history, and settings are stored locally on the user's device and are not transmitted to or stored on external services.checked 8 Oct 2026
- History
- Its history feature lets users view and restore tabs as they were at a particular point in the past.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Import and export
- The product supports importing and exporting tabs and collections in more than 15 formats, including JSON, CSV, Markdown, and HTML.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- YouTube, Reddit, and AI chat integrations are listed as roadmap priorities, rather than current integrations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- The maker says local backups may lag recent changes by up to 24 hours and remain subject to browser storage limits and data-clearing behavior.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Permissions
- The extension requests browsing-history permission to list and save tab titles and URLs; the policy says it cannot read webpage content or form entries.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says Session Buddy collects anonymized usage statistics and does not collect personally identifiable data such as names, addresses, or birth dates.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Session Buddy saves and restores browser tabs, manages bookmarks, and helps users organize their browsing.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Session restore
- Users can save full sessions or selected tabs and restore them to their original windows, one window, or the current window.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Users can contact the maker through its contact form, and support guidance asks users to email diagnostics and a description of the issue.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform availability
- The maker's roadmap lists official Firefox and Edge versions as priorities; the current store listing is for a Chrome extension.checked 8 Oct 2026
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