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DeepTab is a Chrome extension that turns every new tab into an AI workspace, combining a GPT-powered chat sidebar, instant search across Perplexity, Bing and You, an AI tool directory, and daily wallpapers. A free tier is included.

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Overview

What is DeepTab?

DeepTab is a Chrome extension that replaces the browser's new tab page with an AI-oriented dashboard and adds a sidebar assistant reachable from any page you happen to be reading. Published on the Chrome Web Store under the Functionality & UI category, it gathers several everyday AI uses onto the one surface a browser user opens dozens of times a day.

The conversational layer runs on GPT-3.5 for free accounts, with a monthly allowance of GPT-4 credits unlocked by the paid plans. You can chat from the new tab itself, or call the sidebar to ask questions about the page currently open — which is where the extension earns its keep, since the assistant travels with you instead of living in a tab of its own.

Search is the second pillar. Rather than committing to a single engine, DeepTab lets you send the same query to Perplexity, Bing or You and switch between them from the new tab page. Sitting alongside it is an AI navigation directory, a curated set of links to popular AI sites and tools, which doubles as a discovery surface for anyone trying to keep pace with the ecosystem.

The remaining features are lighter in touch: image and video wallpapers that refresh automatically every day, plus a real-time weather widget and a clock.

Commercially the tool is freemium. Free accounts receive 30 credits per day; Basic and Pro add unlimited GPT-3.5 usage together with 100 and 300 monthly GPT-4 credits respectively, plus one-to-one customer service. Billing runs through Lemon Squeezy and a subscription can be cancelled at any time, though the publisher states plainly that it issues no refunds, citing GPU processing costs.

Maturity is the caveat worth stating outright. The extension sits at version 1.2.3, last updated in October 2024, and reports 407 users and a single rating — an independent side project rather than an established product. The same publisher also ships MagickPen, OpenL, Teach Anything and ReviewGPT. The domain was registered in November 2023 and first archived in January 2024.

What it does

  • Chat with an AI assistant from the new tab page or from a sidebar on any website
  • Ask questions about the page you are currently reading, without leaving it
  • Run the same search across Perplexity, Bing and You, and switch between them instantly
  • Browse a built-in directory of popular AI sites and tools
  • Draw on GPT-4 credits on the paid plans, with unlimited GPT-3.5 usage
  • Refresh the new tab with image and video wallpapers that change daily
  • Check the weather and the time from widgets on the new tab page
Audience

When to use DeepTab / When not to

A quick filter to help you decide if DeepTab is the right fit.

When to use DeepTab

  • Chrome users who live in their browser and want an AI assistant one tab away rather than in a separate app
  • Students and teachers with an .edu address, who qualify for the publisher's 30% education discount
  • Researchers and curious readers who like to run the same question through several AI search engines before settling on an answer
  • Newcomers to the AI ecosystem, who use the built-in directory of AI sites and tools as a starting point
  • Light, personal users whose needs fit comfortably inside 30 free credits a day

When not to use DeepTab

  • Teams and companies: there is no team plan, no single sign-on and no shared workspace of any kind
  • Anyone not on Chrome, since no Firefox, Safari or Edge build is offered
  • Organisations with GDPR obligations, as the publisher claims no compliance, offers no DPA and names no EU representative
  • Developers hoping to build on the tool: there is no public API and no technical documentation
  • Heavy users, who will hit the daily free ceiling quickly and find the paid GPT-4 allowances modest
Get started

How to use DeepTab

A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.

  1. Open the DeepTab listing on the Chrome Web Store, from the site's Add to Chrome or Try for Free button
  2. Install the extension; it takes over the new tab page straight away
  3. Create an account or sign in from the site to activate your credits
  4. Open a new tab to reach the AI chat, the multi-engine search, the AI directory and the widgets
  5. Type a question in the chat, or send a query to Perplexity, Bing or You and switch engines as you compare
  6. Open the sidebar on any web page to ask the assistant about what you are reading
  7. Watch your free allowance: 30 credits are granted each day and reset daily
  8. Upgrade to Basic or Pro from the pricing page for unlimited GPT-3.5 and a monthly GPT-4 allowance
  9. Students and teachers: email the publisher from an .edu address to request the 30% education discount code
  10. Manage or cancel the subscription at any time from the Lemon Squeezy billing portal
Quick read

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • A permanent free tier of 30 credits a day, with no card required
  • A low paid entry point at $6.90 per month
  • One-click installation from the Chrome Web Store, with nothing to configure
  • Several AI uses gathered on a surface already open all day: the new tab
  • Switching between AI search engines without leaving the page
  • A 30% education discount for students and teachers with an .edu address
  • A Featured badge on the Chrome Web Store and a light 2.47 MiB footprint

Cons

  • No refunds at all, a position the publisher states explicitly in its Terms
  • The extension has not been updated since October 2024, version 1.2.3
  • The advertised engine is still GPT-3.5, well behind current models
  • A very small user base: 407 users and a single rating
  • No GDPR claim, no DPA, no Article 27 representative and no subprocessor list
  • No postal address or full legal entity published, and the developer is declared a non-trader
  • Chrome only, English interface only, with no API and no documentation
Pricing

Pricing & Plans

A permanent free plan is available, providing 30 credits per day at no cost. The cheapest paid plan is Basic at USD 6.90 per month; Pro is offered at USD 12.90 per month. A monthly/yearly toggle appears on the pricing page, but no annual amount is published. Billing is handled by Lemon Squeezy, subscriptions may be cancelled at any time, and the publisher states that no refunds are granted.

Free — $0
  • 30 credits per day
  • Chrome extension support
  • community support
Pro — $12.9 / month
  • unlimited GPT-3.5 credits
  • 300 GPT-4 credits per month
  • Chrome extension support
  • 1v1 customer service
  • cancel any time
Special offers — 30% education discount for students and teachers holding an .edu email address, issued as a discount code on request by email to the publisher · Permanent free plan providing 30 credits per day, with no payment card required
Prices and plans listed above may evolve. Always check the official pricing page before subscribing.
Trust & Privacy

Data, GDPR & hosting

A consolidated view of how DeepTab handles your data.

GDPR overview

There is no GDPR implementation to report. Across every page collected — homepage, pricing, Privacy Policy and Terms of Use — the words GDPR, CCPA and data processing agreement do not appear once. No legal basis for processing is stated, no data subject rights are set out in the regulation's terms, no Article 27 representative is designated and no Data Protection Officer is named. The policy is built on a FreePrivacyPolicy template, and its international transfer clause is generic, naming neither standard contractual clauses nor an adequacy decision. Its Definitions section identifies the governing country as China. The Chrome Web Store listing goes further, stating that the developer has not identified itself as a trader and that European Union consumer rights therefore do not apply to the contract. Both documents took effect on 6 January 2024.

Who owns the data?

DeepTab's published documents are unusually quiet on ownership: neither the Terms of Use nor the Privacy Policy claims a licence over the content you submit, and no clause assigns your material to the publisher. What the policy does describe is collection — an email address plus usage data such as IP address, browser type, pages visited and device identifiers — and the Chrome Web Store listing adds that the extension handles personally identifiable information and website content. You keep the right to update, correct or delete your data from the account settings or by request, subject to the publisher retaining whatever a legal obligation or lawful basis requires it to keep.

Reuse rights

The documents grant end users no explicit right to reuse, redistribute or commercially exploit whatever the service produces, and no licence terms cover generated content at all. The Terms of Use ask only that you use the service lawfully and that you refrain from uploading or transmitting anything infringing a third party's intellectual property rights. In practice this leaves the status of outputs undefined rather than restricted: nothing in the documents forbids reuse, but nothing confirms it either. Users are separately told they may update, amend or delete their own personal information at any time from their account settings. Anyone intending to publish or monetise material produced through DeepTab would be prudent to obtain written confirmation from the publisher first, since the silence cuts both ways.

Data retention & training

Retention summary
No retention period is published. The Privacy Policy commits only to keeping personal data for as long as is necessary for the purposes it sets out, and allows longer retention to meet legal obligations, resolve disputes and enforce the publisher's agreements and policies. Usage data is said to be kept for a shorter period, except where it is used to strengthen security or improve the service, or where the law requires otherwise. Users may delete information from within the service, or update, amend and delete it from their account settings, and may also write in to request access, correction or deletion. The publisher reserves the right to retain certain information where a legal obligation or lawful basis applies. No anonymisation practice is described. The policy has been in force since 6 January 2024.
GDPR contact

Hosting summary

DeepTab publishes no hosting location. Neither the Privacy Policy nor the Terms of Use names a country, a region or a provider where user data is stored. The policy's transfer clause is generic, stating only that information is processed at the company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located, and warning that data protection laws there may differ from the user's own. No transfer mechanism is named — neither standard contractual clauses nor an adequacy decision. The one geographical marker in the documents is the Definitions section of the Privacy Policy, which identifies the governing country as China; this speaks to jurisdiction rather than to where data physically sits. The website itself is served behind Cloudflare, whose anycast address tells you about the content delivery network and nothing about where user records are kept. Anyone with data residency requirements should treat this as undocumented and ask the publisher directly.

Watch-outs

Things to keep in mind

Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting DeepTab.

  • No refunds under any circumstances: evaluate the tool on the free tier before you pay, because the money will not come back
  • The extension has been frozen at version 1.2.3 since October 2024, so check it still works in your browser before subscribing
  • The sidebar assistant reads the pages you are viewing, and the Chrome Web Store listing confirms it handles website content and personally identifiable information: think twice before opening it on confidential pages
  • No GDPR compliance is claimed and no data processing agreement exists, which makes the tool unsuitable where regulatory obligations apply
  • The developer is declared a non-trader on the Chrome Web Store, so European Union consumer rights do not apply to the contract
  • The only contact address is published in obfuscated form and no postal address or registered company exists, leaving little recourse if something goes wrong
  • Convenience has a cognitive cost: an assistant one click from every page invites you to ask before you think, and a search tool that answers for you can quietly erode the habit of reading sources yourself
Setup

Setup & Integrations

Technical difficulty

Very easy, with no technical skill required. Installation is a single click from the Chrome Web Store, and the 2.47 MiB extension takes over the new tab page immediately. Creating an account and signing in is enough to activate the daily credits. There is no API key to supply, no configuration file and no settings to tune before first use. The only thing to be aware of is that the extension replaces your existing new tab page, a change you will notice at once and which you may need to confirm in Chrome.

Deployment

Browser extensionChrome extension

Integrations

Perplexity Bing You Lemon Squeezy

Supported languages

English
Company

Behind DeepTab

Company name
deeptab
Founded
05/01/2024
Country of origin
🇨🇳 China
UBO
INFORMATION_NOT_FOUND
UBO country
INFORMATION_NOT_FOUND
Domain registrar country
🇺🇸 United States
Legal contact
Support contact
Official links

Resources

All the official URLs gathered for verification and reference.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is DeepTab?
DeepTab is a Chrome extension that turns the new tab page into an AI toolset and adds a sidebar assistant. It offers GPT-3.5 powered help on any page you are viewing, alongside AI search, an AI tool directory and daily wallpapers.
Is DeepTab free to use?
Yes, up to a point. Free accounts receive 30 trial credits per day, which reset daily and need no payment card. Beyond that allowance you have to move to a paid subscription.
How much do the paid plans cost?
Basic costs $6.9 per month and includes unlimited GPT-3.5 credits plus 100 GPT-4 credits monthly. Pro costs $12.9 per month and raises the GPT-4 allowance to 300 credits. Both add one-to-one customer service and can be cancelled at any time.
Is there a discount for students or teachers?
Yes. Students and teachers with an .edu email address can write to the publisher at hi@deeptab.net and receive a 30% education discount code.
Can I get a refund?
No. The publisher states that high GPU processing costs prevent it from offering refunds, and advises evaluating the service fully before subscribing. You may cancel at any time, with the cancellation taking effect at the end of the current billing cycle.
Which AI search engines can I use through DeepTab?
The extension gives quick access to Perplexity, Bing and You from the new tab page, letting you switch between them for the same query.
Which browsers does DeepTab support?
Chrome only. The extension is distributed through the Chrome Web Store, and no Firefox, Safari or Edge version is offered. Its interface is available in English only.
Is there a minimum age to use DeepTab?
Yes, 13. The Terms of Use require users to be at least 13 years old, and the Privacy Policy states that the service does not address anyone under that age.
What personal data does DeepTab collect?
The Privacy Policy lists an email address and usage data, which covers IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, time and date of visit, and device identifiers. The Chrome Web Store listing adds that the extension handles personally identifiable information and website content.
Does DeepTab offer an API?
No. No API documentation is published anywhere on the site, and no developer-facing endpoint is advertised.
Conclusion

Should you pick DeepTab?

DeepTab makes a sensible bet: instead of asking you to open yet another AI tab, it puts the assistant on the surface you already open all day. The execution is coherent — chat from the new tab or from a sidebar on any page, one query fired at Perplexity, Bing or You, a directory to help you find your way around the AI landscape, and some pleasant scenery in the form of daily wallpapers and widgets. At $6.90 a month on top of a permanent 30-credits-a-day free tier, the price of entry is genuinely low, and the 30% education discount makes it lower still for students and teachers.

The reservations are equally clear and they concentrate on maturity rather than design. The advertised engine is still GPT-3.5, a model that has aged considerably; the extension has not shipped an update since October 2024; and the Chrome Web Store reports 407 users and a single rating. This is an independent side project, one of five shipped by the same publisher, and it should be judged as such.

The legal framing deserves attention before any payment. There is no GDPR claim, no data processing agreement, no named subprocessor, no postal address and no registered company — the Chrome Web Store explicitly flags the developer as a non-trader, which strips European buyers of consumer protections. Refunds are ruled out in writing.

For a curious individual who wants AI within easy reach of the new tab and can accept those terms, DeepTab is inexpensive and pleasant. For professional use, for a team, or for anyone with regulatory obligations, the missing guarantees matter more than the low price.