What Is Sider?

Sider is an AI-powered productivity assistant that lives mostly as a browser extension, desktop, and mobile app, designed to help users interact with web content smarter and faster. It functions like an AI research sidekick, letting you chat with multiple advanced AI models (like GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, and more) directly while you browse, summarize content, extract insights, answer questions about pages, and generate writing—all without leaving your workflow.

Key Features of Sider

Multi-Model AI Chat & Research

Sider integrates many top AI engines into one interface (e.g., GPT models, Claude models, Gemini variants, DeepSeek, and others) so you can query different AIs and compare responses without switching tabs or tools.

Deep Research & Summarization

• Auto-summarize webpages and lengthy PDFs in seconds.

• Extract key highlights and generate structured reports.

• Ideal for literature reviews, academic research, and investigation tasks.

Smart Web Assistance

While browsing, Sider can:

• Explain highlighted text

• Translate pages into 50+ languages

• Summarize YouTube videos

• Answer questions about content you’re viewing
  This real-time web interaction boosts productivity without app switching.

OCR & Media Tools

Sider includes OCR (image-to-text), image translation, and media summarization tools—handy for extracting text from screenshots/images quickly.

Knowledge Base & Organization

“Wisebase” lets you store research notes, web finds, chats, and reports in a unified workspace so information grows with you over time.

Cross-Platform Support

Available as:

• Chrome / Edge / Safari extensions

• Mac, Windows apps

• iOS & Android apps
  One account synchronizes access across devices.

Productivity Toolkit

Features include:

• AI writing assistant

• Text rewriting & translation

• Data analysis

• Audio-to-text & AI video shortener

• These extend Sider’s utility beyond simple chat.

Pros and Cons

Pros

• Multi-AI integration — Get answers from many models in one sidebar, saving time and boosting context depth.

• Powerful research tools — Summarization, notes, and report generation cut down hours of manual work.

• Cross-platform accessibility — Works on browsers and native apps across major operating systems.

• Wide feature set — OCR, translation, video summarization, and knowledge management.

• Saves real time — Users report significant productivity boosts in research and writing.

Cons

• Learning curve — Feature richness can feel overwhelming at first.

• Credit-based usage — Even “unlimited” plans may use branded credits that reset or carry hidden limits, confusing some users.

• Mixed user support experiences — Some users report slow response or refund issues.

• Internet dependent — Most tools require a stable connection to work.

Use Cases and Target Users

Students & Researchers

Use Sider to:

• Summarize research papers or class materials

• Extract key facts from articles & PDFs

• Build organized knowledge bases for thesis or assignments

This can dramatically reduce study and research workloads.

Content Creators & Writers

Perfect for:

• Idea generation

• Drafting articles or scripts

• Translating and rewriting text

• Real-time assistance while browsing topics

Sider eliminates the need to swap among multiple tools mid-workflow.

Professionals & Teams

Whether in marketing, consulting, legal work, or business research, Sider streamlines:

• Report preparation

• Competitive analysis

• Collaborative research

Multilingual Users

Built-in translation and language tools support efficient multilingual content interaction without separate apps.

General Productivity Boosters

Anyone wanting smoother digital workflows—from browsing with context to extracting insights from media—can benefit.

Pricing and Plans

Sider uses a credit-based system with tiered plans that scale based on usage and feature limits: