Session Buddy vs Workona

Session Buddy is a free Chrome extension for saving and restoring browser tabs, managing bookmarks, and organizing browsing. Users can save complete sessions or selected tabs, then restore them to their original windows, one window, or the current window. Its history view can restore tabs from an earlier point. Collections organize bookmarks, while unified search covers open tabs, collections, and tab history. Tabs and collections can be imported or exported in more than 15 formats, including JSON, CSV, Markdown, and HTML. Version 4.1 added automatic local backups, alongside manual backup and restore. Collections, history, and settings remain on the device rather than external services. The extension requests browsing-history permission but says it cannot read webpage content or form entries. The Free plan costs nothing and requires no account. Cross-device sync is not available.

Workona is a collaborative web app for organizing browser work and gathering project resources from other apps into shared spaces. A space can bring together Google Drive folders, Slack channels, task lists, browser tabs and web links. Its optional tab manager organizes tabs into spaces, autosaves them and can restore past sessions for up to 90 days. Space templates can set up project resources, and Workona says Zapier can create content from 6,000+ apps. The integrations page lists Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Asana, ClickUp, Monday, Trello and Slack; its help page says spaces currently connect to Asana and Trello among those task apps. Tabs in shared spaces stay private to each user. Workona works on Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari across macOS, Windows and Linux, with extensions for Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Individuals can use a free plan with limited spaces and sections. Team costs $12 a month, billed at $12 per user monthly, or $108 per user per year with annual billing.