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Free ChatGPT Sidebar vs Select Star Chrome Extension

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Select Star Chrome Extension

Business Intelligence · Free

	Free ChatGPT Sidebar	Select Star Chrome Extension
Price	Free	Free
Free tier	Yes	Yes
Our score	3.9 / 5	3.9 / 5
Our line on it	A free sidebar running GPT-3.5 and GPT-4, with real-time summaries built for business use.	Automatically documents where your data comes from, who uses it, and what might break.
Best for	Professionals wanting GPT-4 answers and summaries in-browser	Data teams tracking data lineage and usage across dashboards
Not for	Anyone needing flawless handling of nuanced questions	Teams without a complex, interconnected data warehouse
Platforms	Chrome	Chrome
Real-time reporting	Yes^°	-
Category	Data and analytics	Data and analytics
Best described as	Business Intelligence	Business Intelligence
Last checked	5 Oct 2026	4 Oct 2026

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