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Aside

An AI-enabled browser performs tasks within the user's browsing environment.

  • Made by Aside Computer Inc.
  • Available
  • Reached through Mac app
  • Official site
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What Aside is good for

Best at

Long browser tasks across your own accounts, with memory kept on your device.

Suggested router expertise, based on product positioning:

  • Online tasks
  • Memory
  • Chained tasks

It sits in everyday personal help. No benchmark skill has been linked to it yet.

Verified facts

Checked against public maker pages. Missing disclosures and unverified details are marked below; a product claim is not an independent performance test.

What it is
A browser built to do work for you across your websites, accounts and history. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Maker
Aside Computer Inc., backed by Y Combinator. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Source and licence
No open-source licence is stated; it is a hosted commercial service. Not fully disclosed · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Models
Use your ChatGPT or Claude subscription, or bring your own API key. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Tools and MCP
Works across your websites and accounts in a sandbox that isolates file and network access. No MCP server or public API is named. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Memory
Turns your browsing history into memory that stays on your device. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Deployment
A browser you download; tasks, memory and data stay on your device. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Pricing model
Bring your own subscription or key; plans are on its pricing page. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1
Product status
Active public product with downloads open. Official source · checked 1 October 2026. Source 1

How it scores

Assistant Benchmark lists Aside, but had not published a dated test run for it when NetShow checked on 30 September 2026. NetShow shows no score until one exists. See its listing.

How it works inside a NetShow alive agent

Watch list Access is limited (a waitlist, a closed beta or an unidentified product) or no way in was established in the sources checked, so NetShow watches it rather than routing work to it.

Bring it into NetShow

Watch: no public interface yet. The router lists it; connect it once its maker publishes an API, MCP server or A2A agent card. Aside runs on your own device, so NetShow cannot reach it from the web.

  1. Use Aside directly for now (it runs in the browser on your device).
  2. Ask its maker for an API, an MCP server or an A2A agent card; when one exists, bring it in through the generic connector with your own key.
  3. Until then, pick a connected harness with the same expertise on the harness router.

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Honest comparison

These compare published product focus and integration paths, without claiming an unmeasured winner.

Buoy

Both use a browser to finish tasks. Aside is a browser you install with memory kept on your device; Buoy runs its own computer in the cloud and reports to your iPhone.

Checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2

Airtap

Airtap drives phone apps on a cloud Android device by text; Aside drives websites from your own desktop browser.

Checked 1 October 2026. Source 1 Source 2

Price and access

Free (500 credits/mo, bring your own ChatGPT/Claude subscription); Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Enterprise by contact. (as reported by Assistant Benchmark, checked 15 September 2026)

Any cost of the harness itself is between you and its maker. NetShow never pays for or signs up to it on your behalf.

Questions people ask about Aside

What is Aside?
A browser built to do work for you across your websites, accounts and history.
What is Aside best at?
Long browser tasks across your own accounts, with memory kept on your device. This is product positioning, not a measured result.
Is Aside open source?
No open-source licence is stated; it is a hosted commercial service.
Is Aside free?
Bring your own subscription or key; plans are on its pricing page.
Can I bring Aside into NetShow?
Watch: no public interface yet. The router lists it; connect it once its maker publishes an API, MCP server or A2A agent card. Aside runs on your own device, so NetShow cannot reach it from the web. Nothing connects by visiting this page.

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Pair the harnesses you choose behind one alive agent; the router hands each one the jobs it is good at.

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