Flocci Tabs vs Session Buddy: which tab manager should you actually install?

Session Buddy saves and restores whole browser sessions including window positions and pinned tabs, with a timeline for recovering closed tabs. It runs entirely locally with no login and no data collection.

Is Flocci Tabs a good Session Buddy alternative?

Direct answer

Session Buddy is a superb crash-recovery net that restores whole windows locally with no login. Flocci Tabs organises continuously while you work, and its snapshots recover the thing that actually matters after a crash — the named, coloured group layout.

Feature comparison between Flocci Tabs and Session Buddy
Capability	Flocci Tabs	Session Buddy
Organises the tabs already open, automatically	Yes — drag-out, adjacent and AI grouping	See below
Uses native Chrome tab groups	Yes — real groups, real Chrome colours	See below
AI names your groups for you	Yes — up to 10 tab titles per name	See below
Save & restore a group layout across machines	Yes — cloud snapshots	See below
Works with no account at all	Yes — automatic colour-grouping is account-free	See below
Requires you to paste an AI API key	No — AI runs on Flocci's own service	See below
Free tier cap on saved items	None on grouping; 300 AI credits/month free	See below
Bulk ungroup / merge-all-windows commands	Yes — three keyboard shortcuts ship in the manifest	See below
Price	Free · 300 AI credits/mo included	Free

The Session Buddy column is deliberately not a tick-box guess. Their capabilities are described in full below, sourced from their own pages on 2026-07-29.

What Session Buddy does well

Excellent crash recovery and session history
No login, no server, no telemetry
Search across open tabs and saved sessions

Where it leaves a gap

Session-shaped, not group-shaped: it restores windows, not labelled coloured topics.
No automatic organisation while you work — it is a safety net, not an organiser.
No AI naming, no cross-device account.
No FAQ section and no structured data on the marketing site; no llms.txt (verified 404).

Where Flocci Tabs is different

Flocci Tabs organises continuously while you work, and its snapshots cover the same crash-recovery need for the layout that actually matters — the groups.

Pricing and feature claims for Session Buddy were read from https://www.sessionbuddy.com/ on 2026-07-29 and may have changed since. We publish no ratings, no review counts and no testimonials — ours or theirs.

Flocci Tabs vs Session Buddy — questions

Straight answers, no marketing detours.

Is Flocci Tabs a good Session Buddy alternative?

How much does Session Buddy cost?

Free; no price is published on the site. Verified from Session Buddy's own pages on 2026-07-29.

How much does Flocci Tabs cost?

Free to install. Automatic colour-grouping is unlimited and needs no account. AI grouping and naming include 300 credits a month free on a Flocci account, then meter at 30 credits per 1,000 AI tokens from a wallet shared across every Flocci app.

Can I use both Flocci Tabs and Session Buddy?

Yes. Session Buddy is session manager and crash recovery; Flocci Tabs works on the live tab strip. They hook different Chrome surfaces and do not conflict.

Compare with the rest

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Add to Chrome — free See how it works

No account needed for automatic grouping. No API key, ever.