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Best alternatives to The Great-er Tab Discarder (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to The Great-er Tab Discarder, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

The Great-er Tab Discarder: reviews, users and permissionsBest Functionality & UI extensions

The Great-er Tab Discarder today

≈10K users4.3★ from 52 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago5 permissions

The Great-er Tab Discarder alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Tab Discard (Suspender)

    Easily suspend inactive tabs and save up memory for your browser.

    ≈5K users4.6★ from 27 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago3 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than The Great-er Tab Discarder
    • Rated 0.3 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
    • Listed under Tools
    Tab Discard (Suspender) alternativesCompare side by side
  2. 2

    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 10× more users than The Great-er Tab Discarder
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 5)
    Auto Tab Discard alternativesCompare side by side
  3. 3

    The Great Suspender Reloaded - Tab Suspender 2026

    Suspend inactive Chrome tabs to save RAM and boost speed. Best Tab Suspender — auto-freezes unused tabs and restores them instantly.

    ≈40K users4.0★ from 91 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago13 permissions
    • About 4.0× more users than The Great-er Tab Discarder
    • Rated 0.3 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (13 vs 5)
    • Listed under Tools
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  4. 4

    Disable automatic tab discarding

    Stops Chrome from suspending tabs, and reloading them when you switch to them.

    ≈100K users3.4★ from 384 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years1 permissions
    • About 10× more users than The Great-er Tab Discarder
    • Rated 0.9 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 5)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  5. 5

    Don't discard

    Disables automatic tab discarding feature, configurable for specific urls.

    ≈10K users3.2★ from 6 ratings2 permissions
    • A similar number of users to The Great-er Tab Discarder
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  6. 6

    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
    • A similar number of users to The Great-er Tab Discarder
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (6 vs 5)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  7. 7

    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 2.0× more users than The Great-er Tab Discarder
    • Rated 1.0 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (9 vs 5)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  8. 8

    No-Tabs-Auto-Discard

    Disable auto-discard of all tabs or for tabs with specific domains

    ≈6K users3.7★ from 6 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years4 permissions
    • About 1.7× fewer users than The Great-er Tab Discarder
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  9. 9

    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 in the last day10 permissions
    • About 10× more users than The Great-er Tab Discarder
    • Rated 1.2 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (10 vs 5)
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  10. 10

    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 5.0× fewer users than The Great-er Tab Discarder
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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The Great-er Tab Discarder alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to The Great-er Tab Discarder?

By users, the most popular alternative is Auto Tab Discard with ≈100K users and a 4.0-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Tab Discard (Suspender).

Which The Great-er Tab Discarder 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 The Great-er Tab Discarder alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Disable automatic tab discarding asks for 1 permissions, against 5 for The Great-er Tab Discarder.

How many alternatives to The Great-er Tab Discarder are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to The Great-er Tab Discarder 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.