AI sidebar and browser agent for reading, writing and research
AI sidebar and browser agent for reading, writing and research

Chat with, summarize, and rewrite any webpage using AI right in your browser

WebGPT is an unofficial third-party browser extension that uses OpenAI-inspired branding to provide web chat and summarization features.
This is our editors' assessment out of 5, not an average of user ratings. The viewpoints on this page are written by AI from what we know about the product. They are not customer reviews.
According to OpenAITools.app telemetry verified on 2026-11-11, WebGPT - Chat with webpage (chromewebstore.google.com) is an AI platform indexed under AI Browsers generating 0 monthly visits with a month-over-month traffic delta of +0 (0.0%). Its primary geographic market is Global (— traffic share), and it operates on a Free pricing model. Top competing alternatives by monthly volume include Sider (2.64M visits/mo), Merlin AI (1.38M visits/mo), HARPA AI (537.46K visits/mo).
Total SEO clickbait wrapper, just use official chat interface instead of this bloat.
Another cheap ChatGPT wrapper that breaks on heavy pages.
Meh.
Slow.
AI-synthesized perspectives grounded in live site inspection, pricing structure, and category benchmarks — presented as editorial viewpoints rather than individual customer testimonials.
Ask questions about the article, blog post or news page you are reading and get answers grounded in that content.
Condense webpages, PDFs and DOCX documents into short, readable summaries.
Improve or rephrase selected text, correct grammar, or translate page content into another language.
Generate Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn drafts based on the webpage you are viewing.
Work from a side panel on the page itself, so you never have to break your reading flow to open a separate chat app.
WebGPT - Chat with webpage (also listed in the Chrome Web Store as "WebGPT - ChatGPT for Webpages, Free AI Copilot") is a lightweight browser extension that turns any page you are reading into a conversation partner. Instead of copying text into a separate chat app, you open the WebGPT panel on the page itself, pick the action you want, and let the assistant work on the visible content. The core idea is to remove the copy-paste step that usually sits between a webpage and an AI model.
The extension focuses on everyday reading and content tasks. It can answer questions about a blog post or news article, produce a condensed summary, rewrite a passage, correct grammar, translate content, and even draft Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn posts based on what is on the page. It also handles files such as PDFs and DOCX documents that you open in the browser, which makes it useful for research and study workflows.
WebGPT is aimed at readers, students, writers and marketers who spend a lot of time in the browser and want quick AI help without juggling tabs. It is a free, independent product distributed through the Chrome Web Store and is not an official OpenAI offering; it simply uses modern AI models under the hood.
Open a research article or PDF, ask targeted questions and pull out a summary without re-reading the whole document.
Turn a news page or blog post into social media drafts or a fresh rewritten section in a few clicks.
Summarize and analyze landing pages or announcements quickly while browsing.
Translate foreign-language articles and clarify wording directly on the page.
Side-by-side telemetry comparison of competing AI tools in the same primary category
| Rank | AI Tool | Monthly Visits | MoM Growth | Direct traffic share | Pricing | Head-to-Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | WebGPT - Chat with webpage | 0 | — | — | Free | Current |
| 1 | Sider | 2.64M | -10.6% | 64% direct | Freemium | vs Sider |
| 2 | Merlin AI | 1.38M | +13.1% | 50% direct | Freemium | vs Merlin AI |
| 3 | HARPA AI | 537.46K | +99.3% | 76% direct | Freemium | vs HARPA AI |
| 4 | Chippy | 2.99K | +29.6% | 42% direct | Freemium | vs Chippy |
| 5 | Monica | 4.51M | -11.3% | 55% direct | Freemium | vs Monica |
| 6 | Mochii | 26.99K | -20% | 40% direct | Freemium | vs Mochii |
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