Best alternatives to Keep Session Active (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Keep Session Active, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Tab Activity Shield - Keep Tab Active
Prevent websites from detecting inactive tabs
821 users3.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 10 months ago5 permissions- About 2.4× fewer users than Keep Session Active
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
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TabRevive: Keep Tabs Active & Tab Keep Alive
Keep Chrome tabs active & prevent tab sleeping, timeouts, and inactivity. Tab keep alive for background tabs.
≈4K users4.6★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago6 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Keep Session Active
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
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Tab Session Manager
Save and restore the state of windows and tabs. It also supports automatic saving.
≈100K users3.5★ from 452 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago7 permissions- About 50× more users than Keep Session Active
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
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Sessionic
A web extension to save, manage and restore sessions, windows and tabs.
694 users3.3★ from 10 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years7 permissions- About 2.9× fewer users than Keep Session Active
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Browser Sessions
Manage, save and restore tabs with one click. Access your browsing sessions when you need it.
≈1K users4.5★ from 15 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years3 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Keep Session Active
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Tab Activate V2
Automatically focuses new tabs, avoiding issues during session restoration.
≈2K users4.6★ from 14 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago1 permissions- A similar number of users to Keep Session Active
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
- Listed under Accessibility
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Active tabs
Shows total active tabs, shows a searchable list of all tabs, jump immediately to a tab, allows for closing tabs and windows.
887 users4.2★ from 5 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 2.3× fewer users than Keep Session Active
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Focusly: Active & Focused Tabs
Browser extension that keeps configured tabs focused/active even when they are not in the foreground.
≈1K users3.1★ from 9 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- About 2.0× fewer users than Keep Session Active
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
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Tabs Session Saver
Save and restore your tabs sessions easily
286 users4.6★ from 7 ratingsUpdated 3 weeks ago9 permissions- About 7.0× fewer users than Keep Session Active
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (9 vs 3)
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Save Tabs - Browser Session Manager
A password-protected tab saver and session manager to store tabs in the current window, or all windows with tab grouping support
≈3K users3.6★ from 20 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago8 permissions- About 1.5× more users than Keep Session Active
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (8 vs 3)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
Keep Session Active alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Keep Session Active?
By users, the most popular alternative is Tab Session Manager with ≈100K users and a 3.5-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Tab Activity Shield - Keep Tab Active.
Which Keep Session Active alternative has the best rating?
Tab Session Manager has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 3.5 out of 5 from 452 ratings.
Is there a Keep Session Active alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Tab Activate V2 asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for Keep Session Active.
How many alternatives to Keep Session Active are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Keep Session Active on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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