Harpa AI alternative: Copilotly compared

As of November 2026, Harpa's pricing page and its Chrome Web Store listing describe a different kind of product.

Automation and monitoring

Harpa lists reusable commands, price and page monitoring on every plan, and scheduled commands and advanced automation on the Pros and Life plans. The Chrome listing says "100+ commands to automate, monitor prices, summarize & write." Copilotly does not offer scheduled automation or monitors.

Billing flexibility

A one-time "for Life" plan at EUR 238 for a single user, plus a top-up of EUR 25.5 for 20 Megatokens. If you dislike subscriptions, that is a real advantage.

Your own keys and web sessions

The page says you can bring API keys (it names OpenRouter, Straico and Azure) or use web session connections to ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini. The free DEMO plan limits web sessions to 10 messages a day. Copilotly also supports your own key, so that part is a match.

Privacy statements

The listing says Harpa "keeps your data locally, does not store logs" and reads web pages "only upon your explicit actions." Those are the vendor's own claims, not an audit. Whichever you use, sending page content to an AI provider is a choice to make deliberately.

A caution on the page itself

Harpa's pricing page is inconsistent in places: the FAQ says it does not offer discounts while other sections mention discount figures, and it states "We do not offer refunds." Read it directly before buying.

The page defines 1 Megatoken as 1 million input tokens on efficient models, with output tokens costing three times input, and premium models using more tokens. Prices are in euros as listed; we have not converted them.

Copilotly is for working in the page with a chat assistant. Rewrite anywhere has a word-level diff and undo, bilingual page translation shows both languages, deep research shows a live plan, chat with files handles PDF, Word, Excel and CSV, and a model picker covers several providers.

Copilotly Free gives you fast models within a token allowance, plus per day: 10 premium-model messages, 5 web searches, 3 images, 1 deep research run, 3 full-page translations and 5 voice drafts. Copilotly Pro is $6.99/week, $19.99/month or $149.99/year, with a 7-day free trial for first-time subscribers. Compare against Harpa on pricing, remembering the two are billed differently: Megatokens and a one-time plan versus daily limits and a subscription.

Choose Harpa if

you want automation: scheduled runs, monitors, or a one-time purchase.

Choose Copilotly if

you want an assistant for reading, writing and translating that works on Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Brave and Opera. See also Merlin, MaxAI and the profession-by-profession tool guide.

The two products meter use in different ways, which makes headline prices hard to compare.

Harpa: tokens you buy

Plans include an annual pool of Megatokens (75 on Everyone, 225 on Pros, 30 on Life), and the page says 1 Megatoken is 1 million input tokens on efficient models, with output at three times the cost and premium models using more. When a pool runs out you buy a top-up (EUR 25.5 for 20 Megatokens). Long documents and strong models use the pool faster.

Copilotly: daily allowances

Free has daily caps by feature: 10 premium messages, 5 searches, 3 images, 1 deep research run, 3 translations and 5 voice drafts. Pro raises them. There are no tokens to track, but the daily caps reset rather than roll over. See the free plan page.

Which suits you

If your use is bursty and heavy, a token pool or your own API key can be cheaper. If it is steady and moderate, a daily allowance is simpler.

Yes. They install side by side, and plenty of people will want Harpa for monitors and scheduled commands and Copilotly for rewriting and translating. Copilotly opens with Alt+C, so check Harpa's shortcut in chrome://extensions/shortcuts if both respond to the same key. To limit overlap, set one of them to run only on specific sites in Manage extensions.

Splitting like this also lets you drop the more expensive Harpa tier if you only need monitors.

Do you need something to run without you?

Scheduled commands and monitors mean work happens while you are away. If that is the job, Harpa is the right tool and Copilotly is not an alternative for it.

Do you spend your day reading and writing?

Then an assistant that sits in the page, rewrites selected text with a visible diff, translates a page bilingually and answers questions about the file you have open is the better fit. See page translation and chat with files.

Do you want to pay once?

Harpa's Life plan is a one-time payment. Copilotly's cheapest route to no recurring charge is your own API key with the free plan.

Do you value a smaller feature set?

Many people never use a command library. A chat sidebar with a good rewrite tool can be easier to live with. The free tools let you try the idea without installing anything.

1. Inventory your commands. Mark each as chat, rewrite, summarize (movable) or scheduled or monitor (not movable).
2. Install Copilotly and press Alt+C.
3. Re-create summarize commands as saved instructions or ask directly in the sidebar. See YouTube summaries for video.
4. Move your API keys if you used OpenRouter or another provider key; see bring your own key.
5. Keep Harpa for automation or cancel before renewal. Its page says there are no refunds.