Comparison

Takt vs Chrome's built-in tab groups

Chrome can make tab groups, sync them and save them, but it won't put a tab into a group for you. Its AI "Organize tabs" feature has been retired. Takt adds the automatic part on top of Chrome's own groups.

Short answer:

Choose Chrome on its own if you group a few tabs by hand now and then, and Memory Saver keeps memory in check.
Choose Takt if you want tabs filed into groups as they open, by rule or by category, without doing it by hand, and if duplicate tabs annoy you.

Side by side

Feature	Takt	Chrome's built-in tab tools
Groups tabs automatically by rule	Yes, into Chrome tab groups. Contains, exact and domain on Free; glob, regex and page title on Premium	No, you group tabs by hand
Groups by category or AI	Yes. Category mode, or AI that runs on your computer (Chrome's built-in model). Up to 5 groups on Free	No. Chrome's AI "Tab organizer" was retired; Chromium's policy file says it "has been sunset as a feature"
Duplicate open tabs	Prevented automatically, on Free	No duplicate detection is documented
Unloads idle tabs to save memory	Auto-suspend on Free; hibernation of 5 tabs on Free, 200 on Premium	Yes, Memory Saver (Moderate, Balanced, Maximum), with a list of sites to keep active
Per-tab memory	Resource Dashboard (Premium)	Yes, on the tab hover card, once turned on in Settings > Appearance
Keyboard tab search	Search in the popup on Free; Quick Switch (Alt+Shift+Space) on Premium	Yes, Tab Search: Ctrl+Shift+A (Cmd+Shift+A on Mac), or @tabs in the address bar
Saved sessions	Premium: up to 50, saved automatically when a window closes	Saved tab groups, plus "Continue where you left off" at startup. No named sessions
Sync between computers	Rules and settings sync with Chrome Sync; File Sync and Google Drive Sync on Premium	Tab groups sync across devices when you sync with your Google account
Account needed	No	Only for sync
Analytics, data on the vendor's servers	No analytics. Tabs never leave your browser; only the plan check goes to ExtensionPay	Google, if you sync
Team features	No	No
Price	Free; Premium $3/month or $30/year	Free
Languages	6: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese	Many

Where Chrome's built-in tab tools does better

It's already there: no install, no permissions, nothing to learn.
Tab groups sync with your Google account across devices, including phones.
Memory Saver and the memory figure on each tab's hover card cover a lot of the memory problem.

Try it on your own tabs. The free plan has no time limit.

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FAQ

Does Chrome group tabs automatically?

No. You add tabs to a group by hand. Chrome's AI "Tab organizer", which suggested groups, has been retired.

Does Takt replace Chrome's tab groups?

No. Takt creates and fills Chrome's own tab groups, so they still sync and save the way Chrome does it.

Sources

Based on each product's own store listing, website and privacy policy. Products change; if something here is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.

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