Workona is one of the best-known tab managers: project workspaces called Spaces that hold your tabs, saved to Workona's cloud, with team sharing and connections to other tools on top. Switch Space and the last one's tabs move out of sight, saved.
Swoop comes at the same problem from the other side. Instead of asking you to build and keep up workspaces, it sorts your open tabs into the browser's own colored groups as they open. When it's wrong, one drag fixes it. The trade is depth for zero setup. Swoop isn't in the stores yet.
Swoop vs Workona: at a glance
| Swoop | Workona | |
|---|---|---|
| How it organizes | By itself, into the browser's own groups. On Pro & Premium, projects too | By hand: you build Spaces and fill them; its pricing page also lists automation that auto-creates Spaces |
| Setup | None | Create and keep up your Spaces |
| Chrome's own tab groups | Uses them | Uses its own Spaces instead |
| Sync across devices | No | Yes, a core feature |
| Teams and other tools | No | Yes: shared Spaces, Google Drive, Slack, Asana |
| Session backups | No | 90-day session backups on Pro |
| Account | Not needed for the free tier | Yes, per its listing ("Sign up free") and support replies |
| What leaves your device: free plan | Free tier: 100% on-device — nothing ever leaves your browser unless you choose to spend an AI credit. (Signing in is optional. An AI credit is one of the 10 one-time credits a free account comes with.) | Spaces and tabs are stored in Workona's cloud |
| What leaves your device: paid plans | Cloud AI: tab titles and URLs are processed for classification, then discarded — never stored by us, never sold, never used to train AI models. Anthropic, which runs the cloud model, deletes API data within 30 days, longer only if its safety systems flag it. Project detection also uses Voyage AI, which deletes it after processing. | Same as free |
| Price | Free €0; Pro €2.99/mo; Premium €8.99/mo | Free plan; Pro "Starting at $7 / month"; Team from $8/user/month, 3 users minimum (as listed 2 Nov 2026) |
| Chrome Web Store | None yet | 4.2 stars, 3.8K ratings, 200,000 users (as listed 2 Nov 2026) |
Where Swoop wins
- Zero setup: no workspaces to create or keep tidy
- Sorts as you browse, in the groups your browser already has
- No account needed. Free tier: 100% on-device — nothing ever leaves your browser unless you choose to spend an AI credit
Where Workona wins
- Sync across computers, which Swoop doesn't do
- Team sharing and connections to the tools you work in
- A full workspace system, far more than tab grouping
Who Workona is for
If you work across many projects and want one organized home for each, synced everywhere and shareable with a team, Workona is built for exactly that. The catch is that you build the structure and keep it current.
Who Swoop is for
If you've never kept up with manual workspaces, and you want your open tabs readable again, Swoop targets that gap. It sorts each new tab into a colored, labeled group as it opens, using the tab groups your browser already has.
Workona is the established product. Swoop is the newer one, focused on automating the part Workona leaves to you.
Sources
Competitor facts, all read on 2 November 2026; they change, so check the live pages.
1. Workona's Chrome Web Store listing, "Tab Manager by Workona" (chromewebstore.google.com): Spaces; tabs moved to a hidden browser window when you switch; "We securely store your spaces in the cloud"; sync; integrations; 4.2 stars, 3.8K ratings, 200,000 users.
2. Workona's pricing page (workona.com/pricing): Pro "Starting at $7 / month" (the monthly price isn't shown on the page, so it is likely billed annually); 90-day session backups; integrations; automation that auto-creates Spaces; Team "Starting at $8 / user / month", minimum 3 users.
3. Account: the listing says "Sign up free", and a support reply in the listing's reviews tells a user to log back into workona.com. Workona's policy doesn't state it either way.
4. Workona's privacy policy (workona.com/policies/privacy): it collects "URLs you save" and names Google Analytics.
The verdict
Choose Workona if you want a proven, full-featured workspace system and don't mind keeping it up.
Choose Swoop if the upkeep is why other tab tools didn't stick for you, and you want sorting to just happen.
Frequently asked questions
Is Swoop a Workona replacement?
Not a full one. Workona is a workspace system with sync, team features and connections to other tools. Swoop sorts your open tabs, and that's all. If you rely on Workona's sync or teamwork, Swoop won't replace them.
Does Swoop sync across devices like Workona?
No. Swoop doesn't sync your tabs, settings or fixes. If you sign in, your plan and your own categories come with you.
Which is better for teams?
Workona. Swoop is a single-user tool.
Is Swoop cheaper than Workona?
Both have a free plan. Swoop Pro is €2.99/month. Workona Pro starts at $7/month, likely billed annually.