Sider

ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini in a browser sidebar

What Sider does

  • ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini in a browser sidebar
  • Summarize any page, PDF or YouTube video
  • Translate, rewrite and explain selections
  • Works across every website

Sider — straight answers

What is Sider?

Sider is listed under Browser Extensions & Copilots, in the AI Chat & Assistants category on Flocci AI Tools. ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini in a browser sidebar. It is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, and it lives at sider.ai.

Is Sider free?

Sider is freemium: there is a free tier you can work in and paid plans above it. It is one of 426 freemium tools in the catalog, all labelled the same way so you are never surprised by a paywall.

Can I use Sider in a browser, or is there an app?

Sider works in a normal browser tab with no install. It is available on a Chrome extension, the web, iOS, Android, Mac and Windows. You can sign in with a Google account.

What can Sider do?

Sider does 4 things the catalog singles out: Chatgpt/claude/gemini in a browser sidebar; summarize any page, pdf or youtube video; translate, rewrite and explain selections; works across every website.

What is the best free alternative to Sider?

Firefox Smart Window is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Browser Extensions & Copilots sub-category and is free. Gemini in Chrome, Opera Browser AI (Aria) and Page Assist also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

See the full list →

Monica

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • All-in-one AI copilot for the browser
  • Access to GPT, Claude & Gemini
  • Writing, translation and search tools
  • Desktop app and memo features

Merlin AI

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • Works on any website
  • Summarize YouTube, articles and PDFs
  • Multiple frontier models in one place
  • Social-media reply generator

MaxAI.me

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • One-click rewrite, reply and summarize
  • Chat with any page or image
  • Instant translation and grammar fixes
  • Prompt library built in

Harpa AI

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • AI web automation and monitoring
  • Track prices and page changes
  • Scrape and summarize sites
  • Custom command workflows

Brave Leo

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • Built directly into the Brave browser sidebar — no separate site, no account, no signup required for free tier
  • Access to Claude, Mixtral and Llama models without opening a separate chatbot site
  • Conversations never stored on Brave's servers and not used for model training

Dia

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • AI-native Chromium browser (from the makers of Arc) with AI chat built into every tab, not bolted on as a sidebar
  • Free for light AI use; a Pro tier lifts the usage caps
  • Now backed by Atlassian after its 2026 acquisition of The Browser Company

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