StoreTabs
Session Buddy alternative
StoreTabs and Session Buddy, compared
Both save your tabs into sessions on your computer, without an account, and bring them back with one click. The biggest difference is how many copies of your saved tabs there are, and where they are kept.
Where your saved tabs are kept
| Session Buddy | StoreTabs | |
|---|---|---|
| Where saved tabs are kept | On your computer, in the browser's internal database. Never on a server. Source | In the extension, in a “StoreTabs” folder in your bookmarks and, if you turn it on, in a daily backup file in a folder you choose. If bookmark sync is on in your browser, your browser vendor also stores the bookmark copy, like your other bookmarks. |
| Automatic backup | Since version 4.1. It is kept inside the browser and can be up to 24 hours behind. Source | The bookmark copy is updated every time you save. The daily backup file, if you turn it on, is also written only once a day, but outside the browser. |
| If you uninstall or clear the browser's data | The saved tabs can be deleted, and Session Buddy says there is not much an extension can do about it. A backup file you have made brings them back. Source | The bookmark folder and backup files stay. Install StoreTabs again and it brings your sessions back from the bookmark folder. |
| Backup file | You make it yourself from the settings. Session Buddy recommends doing it regularly. Source | Written once a day, if you turn it on. |
| Sync between computers | Not yet. A cloud service with sync is being developed. Source | Free, through your browser's own bookmark sync, between computers with the same browser (Chrome, Edge or Brave). |
Facts about Session Buddy are taken from Session Buddy's own website and checked on 1 November 2026. If something has changed, write to support@storetabs.app and we will correct it.
What StoreTabs does
- Checks before it closes. Every save is read back and checked before a single tab is closed.
- Up to three copies, and a view in the archive that shows where your tabs are stored right now.
- Sessions you can work with: rename, pin, search every saved tab, go back to earlier versions, and a trash that keeps sessions for 30 days.
- Tab groups are saved and opened again with their names and colors.
- Gets your open tabs back after a crash. StoreTabs keeps track of the tabs you have open for 7 days, on this computer only.
When Session Buddy may suit you better
- You want to export in many formats: Session Buddy has more than 15, including CSV, Markdown and HTML.
- You want one search across open tabs, saved collections and tab history.
- You want an extension with a long track record: Session Buddy has been around for over 15 years and has around a million users in the Chrome Web Store.
Move from Session Buddy in a minute
Make a backup file in Session Buddy
Open Session Buddy, click the gear icon, choose Backup and save the file.
Open it in StoreTabs
Open the StoreTabs archive (click the icon, then Open archive), choose Import tabs from another tool and pick the file. StoreTabs shows what it found before anything is saved. Each Session Buddy collection becomes its own session.
Questions
Is anything uploaded when I import?
No. StoreTabs reads the file in your browser and sends nothing to us.
Can I use both?
Yes. They don't get in each other's way, so you can try StoreTabs while keeping Session Buddy.
Is StoreTabs free?
Yes. Saving, the archive, search, the three copies, sync between your computers and import are all free.