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Best alternatives to Tab Discard (Suspender) (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Tab Discard (Suspender), closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Tab Discard (Suspender): reviews, users and permissionsBest Tools extensions

Tab Discard (Suspender) today

≈5K users4.6★ from 27 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago3 permissions

Tab Discard (Suspender) alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Tab Suspender by Workona

    Suspend your browser tabs to save memory.

    ≈30K users3.4★ from 341 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years6 permissions
    • About 6.0× more users than Tab Discard (Suspender)
    • Rated 1.2 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  2. 2

    Tab Suspender

    Automatically suspend, park, hibernate inactive tabs and save up to 80% of memory, reduce load on your device, battery and heat.

    ≈100K users3.1★ from 762 ratingsUpdated 2 days ago10 permissions
    • About 20× more users than Tab Discard (Suspender)
    • Rated 1.4 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (10 vs 3)
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
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  3. 3

    Tab Suspender 2.0

    Increase browser speed and reduce memory load when you have numerous open tabs.

    ≈7K users4.3★ from 14 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years7 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Tab Discard (Suspender)
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
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  4. 4

    Tab Suspender

    Suspend tabs you are not using to save memory usage and make your computer run faster. Reduce the load on your device, and battery.

    ≈20K users3.3★ from 290 ratingsUpdated 22 months ago9 permissions
    • About 4.0× more users than Tab Discard (Suspender)
    • Rated 1.3 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (9 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  5. 5

    Auto Tab Discard

    Increase browser speed and reduce memory load when you have numerous open tabs.

    ≈100K users4.0★ from 395 ratingsUpdated 4 weeks ago7 permissions
    • About 20× more users than Tab Discard (Suspender)
    • Rated 0.6 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 3)
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
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  6. 6

    Tiny Suspender

    Unload / suspend / hibernate idle tabs to reduce memory and cpu usage.

    ≈20K users3.9★ from 127 ratingsUpdated 13 months ago5 permissions
    • About 4.0× more users than Tab Discard (Suspender)
    • Rated 0.7 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  7. 7

    Tab Suspender – Free Up RAM & Boost Browser Speed

    Keep your browser fast with Tab Suspender! Suspend inactive tabs,free up memory,reduce lag,rename tabs, and manage data efficiently.

    ≈8K users4.5★ from 105 ratingsUpdated 15 months ago6 permissions
    • About 1.6× more users than Tab Discard (Suspender)
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  8. 8

    DoNotDiscard - Disable tab discard/suspend

    Stops Chrome from suspending specific tabs, and reloading them when you switch to them. Open chrome://discards for details.

    ≈2K users3.3★ from 18 ratingsUpdated 24 months ago2 permissions
    • About 2.5× fewer users than Tab Discard (Suspender)
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  9. 9

    The Marvellous Suspender

    Free your memory. Suspend the tabs you don't need, right now.

    ≈90K users3.4★ from 550 ratingsUpdated 7 days ago13 permissions
    • About 18× more users than Tab Discard (Suspender)
    • Rated 1.2 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (13 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  10. 10

    The Great-er Tab Discarder

    Compatible with latest Chrome! Helps your browser load and run faster by freeing up memory and resources used by old inactive tabs.

    ≈10K users4.3★ from 52 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago5 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Tab Discard (Suspender)
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
    • Listed under Functionality & UI
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Tab Discard (Suspender) alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Tab Discard (Suspender)?

By users, the most popular alternative is Tab Suspender with ≈100K users and a 3.1-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Tab Suspender by Workona.

Which Tab Discard (Suspender) alternative has the best rating?

Tab Suspender – Free Up RAM & Boost Browser Speed has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.5 out of 5 from 105 ratings.

Is there a Tab Discard (Suspender) alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

DoNotDiscard - Disable tab discard/suspend asks for 2 permissions, against 3 for Tab Discard (Suspender).

How many alternatives to Tab Discard (Suspender) are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Tab Discard (Suspender) on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.