Do I need paid subscriptions to ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini to use it?

No bundled subscription is included, but you do need your own account with whichever services you load. Those services apply their own usage limits and privacy policies to anything you send them.

Is premium a subscription?

No. Premium is a one-time purchase. It removes the document conversion limit, allows batches of up to five files combined into a single result, and unlocks Conversation Hub, Privacy Mask and premium themes. A 20 MB per-file limit still applies.

Does the extension upload my documents?

Document and OCR conversion runs on your device rather than on a conversion server, and conversion history is stored locally and can be deleted. Note that text you deliberately insert or send to an AI service is handled under that service's privacy policy.

Can I add an AI service that is not in the default list?

Yes. Custom service URLs can be added from Settings and the toolbar order is adjustable with drag and drop, so the assistants you use most stay within reach.

What is AI Side Panel's monthly traffic and growth trend?

AI Side Panel currently receives 0 monthly visits, with a month-over-month traffic change of +0 (0.0% growth rate). Its primary source market is Global (— share), including 0 direct visits/mo and 0 organic search visits/mo.

Is AI Side Panel free? What is its pricing model?

AI Side Panel operates on a Freemium pricing model. Free to start, including three successful document conversions (failed or cancelled ones do not count). Premium is a one-time purchase that removes the conversion limit, enables batches of up to five files merged into one result, and unlocks Conversation Hub, Privacy Mask and premium themes. Files are limited to 20 MB each. Supported billing and checkout platforms include: not listed.

AI Side Panel — AI Tool Traffic (0/mo), Pricing, API & Alternatives

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About AI Side Panel

Multi-assistant side panel

Load ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and DeepSeek in a dockable panel next to the page you are reading, plus any custom service URL you add, with drag-and-drop toolbar ordering.

Selection-to-prompt actions

Right-click any passage and choose a service and an action such as Explain, Summarize or Translate; the prompt templates are fully editable.

Local document to Markdown

Convert PDFs, Word files, presentations, spreadsheets and scanned documents into clean Markdown on your device, with OCR built in for image-based text.

Privacy Mask and Quick Insert

Detect and replace sensitive patterns with placeholders before sending, and insert saved snippets into supported text fields by typing a slash and a short name.

Conversation Hub and Prompt History

Search saved conversation titles and links across supported assistants in one place, and jump back to earlier prompts inside long chats.

AI Side Panel solves a very specific annoyance: switching tabs every time you want to ask a model a question about what you are reading. The extension docks a panel to the side of the browser where you can load ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot or DeepSeek, adjust the split view, and keep the source page visible the whole time. You can add custom service URLs in settings and reorder your toolbar with drag and drop.

Around that core idea the extension layers a set of workflow helpers. Highlighted text can be turned into a prompt with a right-click — Explain, Summarize or Translate — and the templates are editable. Article, repository and social-post content can be extracted as readable text without dragging along page clutter. Quick Insert saves reusable snippets that you call up by typing a slash and a short name. A Conversation Hub collects saved conversation titles and links from supported services into one searchable list, and an optional Prompt History lets you jump back to an earlier prompt inside a long thread.

There is also a local document pipeline: PDFs, Word files, presentations, spreadsheets and scanned images are converted to clean Markdown on your device, including OCR for image-based text, with the option to insert the result directly into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini without auto-sending. Privacy Mask replaces detected sensitive patterns with placeholders before you send a message. The extension is free to start, with three successful document conversions included, and premium is a one-time purchase rather than a subscription.

High-Impact Use Cases for AI Side Panel

Researchers and analysts

Ask questions while the source stays visible

Keep a paper, report or dashboard on screen and query a model about it in the panel, extracting the readable text instead of copying around menus and ads.

Writers and marketers

Draft with reusable prompts

Store your go-to instructions as Quick Insert snippets, then turn selected paragraphs into Explain, Summarize or Translate tasks without leaving the page.

Developers

Summarise repositories and docs

Extract readable content from code repositories and technical documentation and send it to the assistant best suited to the task.

Anyone handling sensitive material

Reduce accidental data exposure

Run Privacy Mask over a prompt so detected identifiers are swapped for placeholders, review the result and only then send it to the AI service.

Rank	AI Tool	Monthly Visits	MoM Growth	Direct traffic share	Pricing	Head-to-Head
●	AI Side Panel	0	—	—	Freemium	Current
1	Sider	2.64M	-10.6%	64% direct	Freemium	vs Sider
2	Chippy	2.99K	+29.6%	42% direct	Freemium	vs Chippy
3	ChatHub	322.62K	-13.9%	59% direct	Freemium	vs ChatHub
4	Merlin AI	1.38M	+13.1%	50% direct	Freemium	vs Merlin AI
5	HARPA AI	537.46K	+99.3%	76% direct	Freemium	vs HARPA AI
6	Mochii	26.99K	-20%	40% direct	Freemium	vs Mochii

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