Toby vs Workona
Both keep your tabs in their own cloud behind an account. Toby is a board of tab collections on your new tab page. Workona is a set of work spaces, each holding the tabs, documents and tasks for one project or client.
Side by side
| Toby | Workona | |
|---|---|---|
| Core idea | Collections of saved tabs on the new tab | Spaces that switch your open tabs per project |
| Extras | Side panel, notes, tags, team sharing | Resources, notes and tasks per space, team spaces |
| Account | Yes | Yes |
| Price (October 2026) | Free up to 60 saved tabs; from $4.50 per member a month billed yearly | Free plan, with paid plans for more |
| Users and rating (October 2026) | 300,000; 3.5 stars from about 3,300 ratings | 200,000; 4.2 stars from about 3,800 ratings |
Choose Toby if
you think in collections of links you return to, want them visible on every new tab, and share some of them with a team.
Choose Workona if
you jump between projects or clients all day and want each one’s open tabs, docs and to-dos to swap in together. Recent reviews (September 2026) mention it asking to install the extension when it was already installed, and one user losing tabs, so keep its export handy.
Leaving either one
Toby exports JSON, HTML and text; Workona exports your space data as JSON. Our Toby converter and session converter (which reads Workona’s export) turn them into a bookmarks file.
A third option
If what you really want is for saved tabs to turn into something you’ll find again, Stackboard (ours) saves a window as ordinary Chrome bookmarks, one stack per tab group, and lays them out on your new tab page. No account, free and open source; Chrome sync carries the bookmarks and they stay if you uninstall.
Questions
Do Toby and Workona work without an account?
No. Both keep your data in their cloud and need you to sign in.
Which is better for teams?
Both have team plans. Toby suits shared link collections; Workona suits teams that work in shared project spaces with docs and tasks.
Try Stackboard
A free Chrome extension that turns your new tab into a board of your own bookmarks. No account, nothing leaves your browser.
Add to Chrome, it’s free