Beyond Affiliate Spam: A Honest Review of 5 Practical AI Browser Extensions
heypearlai · x · 2026-08-13
The author highlights 5 AI browser extensions with high user retention, detailing their pros, cons, and pricing:
- Bluedot: Bot-free meeting recording and transcription that pushes notes directly to CRM or Notion. Pro is $18/month.
- Perplexity: Turns the browser into Q&A search with clickable citations. The free tier works as a practical fact-checking layer.
- QuillBot: Focuses on text polishing, grammar checking, and paraphrasing. Deeply integrated into Google Docs and Gmail. $9.95/month annually.
- Monica: Uses a credit system to aggregate frontier models like GPT-5, Claude, and Gemini in one sidebar. Pro is $9.90/month.
- Merlin: Summons 20+ models via a command bar on any webpage, with integrations for Gmail, YouTube, and more. Pro is $19/month.
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