Saner.AI vs Sider (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Sider grades higher than Saner.AI: 3.0 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 2, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Saner.AI grades higher on value for money. Sider grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Saner.AI
AI assistant for notes, tasks and email, aimed at ADHD
Sider
AI sidebar for the browser with many models and mobile apps
Which one is for you
Pick Saner.AI if
- Fits if you keep notes and tasks together and want AI search over them
- Works for people who live in Gmail, Google Drive and Calendar
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, with 30 AI messages a month and 100 notes
- Watch out: GPT, Claude and Gemini access is not in the plans; it costs extra per token or needs your own key
- Watch out: Standard's unlimited messages carry a reasonable-use note
- Watch out: the page does not say if $8 and $16 are monthly or yearly prices, or name the mobile platforms
Pick Sider if
- Fits if you want an AI side panel on every browser tab
- Works for people who want several models to answer the same question in one chat
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to know what a plan includes before paying, as the store listings don't say
- Skip it if you'd buy the $49.99 Pocket Plan for desktop use, because its credits are for mobile only
- Pricey if you need Unlimited, at $39.99 a month, with Pro at $19.99 in between
- Watch out: the App Store also lists a legacy Basic plan, a $12.99 Nano plan, a $40.00 Plus plan and a second Pro item at $65.00 a month, none of them described
- Tight if you plan to stay free, since neither store listing says how much usage comes without a plan
How we grade them
| 2.4GPASaner.AIFair | 3.0GPASiderVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BStarter is $8 a month, under the $8.30 that marks the cheaper quarter of AI assistants. The page does not say whether that is the monthly or the yearly rate. | CBasic is $9.99 a month on the US App Store, which is ordinary money here, with Pro at $19.99 and Unlimited at $39.99. The listings don't say what any plan includes, and Sider's own site blocks automated readers, so web prices may differ. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree gives 30 AI messages a month, 100 notes and 100MB of storage, and new accounts get a trial bonus. Those caps are easy to hit. | CThe apps and the browser extension are free to install, and the Chrome listing mentions free multi-chatbot support. Neither store listing says how much usage comes without a plan, so you'll meet the limit before you can read it. |
| Features | CTask assistant, search across notes and the web, auto-tagging and capture options. Outside models cost extra or need your own API key, and the free allowances are small. | BIt covers the job: a panel on any tab with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek, or several at once in a group chat, questions about PDFs, pages and open tabs, YouTube videos boiled down, grammar and translation, and Wisebase for your files. Monica and Merlin do much the same. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You connect Drive, Gmail, Slack or Calendar to get the most from it, which takes some setup. | A4.7 from about 4,300 App Store ratings. Install the extension and the panel is on every tab, so there's no copying between windows, and a Fusion model picks which AI handles each request. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb app and a browser extension, connecting to Google Drive, Gmail, Slack and Google Calendar. The pricing page lists a mobile app but names no platforms. | AA sidebar for Chrome, Edge and Safari plus apps for Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android on one account, and it works inside Gmail, YouTube, Google and Bing. One catch: Sider says the mobile Pocket Plan's credits can't be spent in the desktop browser. |
| Best for | notes and tasks with an AI assistant | an AI side panel on every browser tab |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Saner.AI and Sider. How we grade
Price against what you get
Saner.AI starts at $8 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Sider starts at $9.99 a month and scores 3.7.
Sider scores higher, and starts $1.99 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI assistants on the chart, 11 score higher than Saner.AI for less, and 2 score higher than Sider for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Saner.AI also covers notes, web clipper and tasks.
- Sider also covers AI agents and grammar & style.
At a glance
| Saner.AI | Sider | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $8 per month (Starter), billing basis not shown | $9.99 per month (Basic, US App Store); a mobile Pocket Plan is $49.99 per year |
| Free plan | 30 AI messages and 30 AI requests a month, 100 notes, 100MB storage and 1MB PDFs. | The iOS app is free to download and the Chrome extension lists free multi-chatbot support. Neither store listing says how much usage the free tier includes. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
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| Made by | Saner.AI | Vidline Inc. |
| Price read from | saner.ai | apps.apple.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 2, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Saner.AI
- Messages to outside models such as GPT, Claude or Gemini are not in the plans; they cost extra per token or need your own API key.
- The Free plan's allowances are monthly; paid plans are daily, and Standard's unlimited messages carry a reasonable-use note.
- The pricing page shows $8 and $16 without saying whether they are the monthly or yearly-billed rate.
- The pricing page lists a mobile app but does not name the platforms.
Sider
- Sider's website answers automated readers with a security check, so the prices here are US App Store in-app prices and web prices may differ.
- The store listings do not say how much usage the free tier includes or what each paid plan adds.
- Sider told an App Store reviewer that the Pocket Plan is for mobile use and that its credits cannot be spent in the desktop browser.
- The App Store also lists a legacy Basic plan, a $12.99 Nano plan, a $40.00 Plus plan and a $10 booster pack without describing them.
Key features
Saner.AI
- Skai task assistant
- Chat to plan tasks, turn emails and brain dumps into plans, and schedule or prioritize with one click.
- Search notes and the internet
- Ask questions across your saved notes and online sources, or select files and ask for insights from them.
- Connected sources
- Pulls in Google Drive, email, Slack and calendar data, with a timeline view that lays tasks out on a calendar.
- Auto-tagging
- AI suggests tags and folders from a note's content and your earlier tags, and surfaces similar notes you saved.
- Capture options
- Write from Chrome, record voice notes, or upload and import files, with OCR and multilingual support on every plan.
Sider
- Sidebar with many models
- The extension opens a side panel on any tab for chatting with GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek and other models. A Fusion model picks a model for each request automatically.
- AI group chat
- Put the same question to several models in one chat by @-mentioning them, then compare their answers as they arrive.
- Chat with files and pages
- Ask questions about PDFs, images, audio files, a web page or several open tabs. The mobile app accepts more than 30 file formats as well as images and URLs.
- Reading and video summaries
- Summarizes articles, web pages and PDFs, and condenses YouTube videos into highlights, with bilingual subtitles available while watching.
- Writing and translation
- Offers writing help in any input box, rewording and tone changes, a grammar checker, and translation of selected text, full pages, PDFs and images into 50+ languages.
- Wisebase and Sider Claw
- Wisebase is a knowledge base for uploaded files and saved websites. Claw, in the mobile app, takes a request and researches, compares, extracts and compiles the results.
Plans
Saner.AI
Free$0
30 AI messages a month, 100 notes, 100MB storage and community support. New accounts get a trial bonus of 50 AI requests.
Starter$8
per month; monthly or yearly basis not shown
30 AI messages a day, 1,000 notes, 5GB storage, 5MB PDFs and limited Reasoning Mode. A yearly toggle lists 20% off.
Standard$16
per month; monthly or yearly basis not shown
Unlimited AI messages and notes, 100 AI requests a day, 100GB storage, 10MB PDFs and extended Reasoning Mode.
Sider
Free$0
The apps and the browser extension are free to install. The store listings do not state how much usage is included without a plan.
Pocket Plan$49.99
per year (US App Store in-app purchase)
A plan for mobile use. Sider's reply to an App Store review says Pocket credits cannot be used in the desktop browser.
Basic$9.99
per month (US App Store in-app purchase)
Listed as Sider Basic Plan Monthly. The App Store listing does not describe what the plan includes.
Pro$19.99
per month (US App Store in-app purchase)
Listed as Sider Pro Plan Monthly. A second item with the same name is listed at $65.00 a month, and the listing does not describe either.
Unlimited$39.99
per month (US App Store in-app purchase)
Listed as Sider Unlimited Plan Monthly. A yearly price of $299.99 seen in October is no longer among the in-app purchases the listing shows.
Ways to pay less
Saner.AI
- Annual discount
Yearly billing saves 20%
The pricing page has a yearly toggle labeled 20% off; the yearly figures were not readable, so the saving is stated as a percentage.
Sider
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Saner.AI or Sider?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Saner.AI is cheaper to start with: $8 a month, against $9.99 a month for Sider. Saner.AI starts at $8 per month (Starter), billing basis not shown, and Sider starts at $9.99 per month (Basic, US App Store); a mobile Pocket Plan is $49.99 per year.
Which has a free plan, Saner.AI or Sider?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both Saner.AI and Sider have a free plan.
Which platforms do Saner.AI and Sider run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Saner.AI lists a web app and only Sider lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. Both list a browser extension. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.