BoltAI records 51,681 monthly visits with -8.2% month-over-month growth and One-time purchase (perpetual licence with 1 year of updates) pricing. Sider records 2,644,740 monthly visits with -10.6% growth and Freemium pricing.
One native Mac workspace for hundreds of AI models
AI sidebar and browser agent for reading, writing and research
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | boltai.com | sider.ai |
| Pricing Model | One-time purchase (perpetual licence with 1 year of updates) | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 51.68K (51,681) | 2.64M (2,644,740) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -4.64K (-8.2%) | -314.2K (-10.6%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (38.2%) | 🇺🇸 United States (13.3%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 20.77K | 1.7M |
| User Rating | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
One native Mac workspace for hundreds of AI models
Switch between OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Mistral, Azure, Amazon Bedrock and local Ollama or LM Studio models without changing applications.
Build reusable agents with custom instructions, knowledge and tools, organise work into projects and multi-chat threads, and branch a chat to compare alternative answers.
Attach PDFs, documents and screenshots, use the screen-capture-to-answer flow, and get summaries, explanations or structured data extraction from vision-capable models.
Connect local and remote MCP servers, enable code execution and attached knowledge, while chats stay on-device and API keys can be passphrase-encrypted.
AI sidebar and browser agent for reading, writing and research
A persistent panel that reads the page you are on and answers follow-ups with GPT, Claude or Gemini without copying content into another tab.
Summarise long articles, PDFs and YouTube videos, extract key points, and ask detailed questions about the source material.
Translate webpages, PDFs and images, compare bilingual output side by side, and have content read aloud for review on the move.
Delegate multi-step tasks across real websites — price comparison, form filling, research and inbox triage — using your existing logged-in sessions.
SpecialistOpenAI's flagship multimodal assistant powered by GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 for reasoning, coding, and deep research.
SpecialistOpenAI's flagship multimodal assistant powered by GPT-6 and GPT-5.6 for reasoning, coding, and deep research.
SpecialistAnthropic's frontier AI workspace powered by Claude 5.5 for agentic coding, analysis, and nuanced writing.
SpecialistAnthropic's frontier AI workspace powered by Claude 5.5 for agentic coding, analysis, and nuanced writing.
Free / Open-sourcePowers local LLM execution via the command line, requiring a separate client interface like BoltAI for daily chatting.
Free / Open-sourcePowers local LLM execution via the command line, requiring a separate client interface like BoltAI for daily chatting.
Offers a very similar browser sidebar experience with multiple AI models, but features slightly different pricing and workspace tools.
Offers a very similar browser sidebar experience with multiple AI models, but features slightly different pricing and workspace tools.
Provides robust browser-based summarization and prompt assistance, but lacks some of Sider's deeply integrated multi-model chat UI features.
Provides robust browser-based summarization and prompt assistance, but lacks some of Sider's deeply integrated multi-model chat UI features.
Free / Open-sourceOffers a self-hosted web-based interface for managing local and cloud LLMs, but lacks BoltAI's native macOS desktop optimization.
Free / Open-sourceOffers a self-hosted web-based interface for managing local and cloud LLMs, but lacks BoltAI's native macOS desktop optimization.
SpecialistIntegrates AI chat and productivity commands directly into your macOS launcher, offering faster system-wide access than BoltAI.
SpecialistIntegrates AI chat and productivity commands directly into your macOS launcher, offering faster system-wide access than BoltAI.
Free / Open-sourcePut always-on AI agents on your team chat
Excels at advanced web automation and data extraction alongside chat, but has a steeper learning curve than Sider.
Free / Open-sourceSpecializes in local RAG and document chat with complete privacy, but provides fewer general conversational features than BoltAI.
Free / Open-sourceSpecializes in local RAG and document chat with complete privacy, but provides fewer general conversational features than BoltAI.
Free / Open-sourceRuns large language models locally on your desktop with optional API connections, prioritizing privacy over BoltAI's cloud focus.
Free / Open-sourceRuns large language models locally on your desktop with optional API connections, prioritizing privacy over BoltAI's cloud focus.
Free / Open-sourceSummarize YouTube, Google, and any page with AI — free in your browser
Free / Open-sourceSummarize YouTube, Google, and any page with AI — free in your browser
