A free Chrome and Edge extension that does the math, cuts through the noise, and keeps track of everything you found — so you can actually decide.
Amazon gives you a page of results sorted by whatever serves Amazon. Sponsored products, irrelevant sizes, brands you didn't ask for.
Maybe you click through a couple of pages and open a few products in new tabs, but there's no way to actually keep track — and you still have to choose from whatever Amazon actually showed you.
Look, Amazon does a few things well. Their category filters are genuinely good and you should start with them. But there are a lot of things that Amazon doesn't do, won't do, or does badly — and that's exactly where Actually Useful comes in.
Load up to 7 pages of results at once — or add pages one at a time as you go. See what Amazon wasn't showing you on page one.
Filter to exactly what you searched for. Sort by real price-per-unit — the math Amazon won't do for you. Move the ads out of the way. What's left is actually relevant.
Check any item to add it to your shortlist — or check everything and do all your narrowing down on the compare page, where you have more room to think. Add notes while you're browsing. When you're ready, hit Compare — everything you checked opens in a clean side-by-side table. Nothing lost. No tabs. No math in your head.
Every result shows the real price per unit — per ounce, per count, per sheet, whatever's relevant. Sort by best value or lowest price, lowest first. No calculator. No guessing which size is actually the better deal.
Type a keyword (or several) to see only those results. Use a hyphen or minus sign in front of a word to exclude it. Ads can be moved to the end or hidden entirely. And if you ever want to see Amazon's original order again, one click gets you back there.
Sort by fastest delivery of any type or fastest free delivery. See the full delivery window, not just "arrives by Tuesday." Actually Useful factors in every option so you know what you're actually choosing between.
Filter by price range, minimum rating, minimum review count. Surface only SNAP EBT eligible items, FSA and HSA eligible items, Climate Pledge Friendly, or Small Business — or any combination.
Collapse individual sections once you've set your filters, so you can focus on your results. Or collapse the whole panel when you need to see Amazon's page underneath. Actually Useful stays out of your way until you need it again.
When you're ready to decide, hit Compare. Everything you shortlisted opens in a clean side-by-side table — price, unit price, delivery, coupons, ratings, notes, all of it. Sortable any way you want. Nothing lost.
You can filter the comparison the same way you filtered your search. Hide columns you don't need. Check the items you're seriously considering and open them all in tabs at once.
And when you want a second opinion, share a link. Anyone can see your comparison — they don't need the extension.
See 369 googly eyes, compared →I made Actually Useful because I got fed up.
I knew exactly what I wanted, but Amazon kept getting in the way.
It's free, it doesn't sell your data, and it never will. No ads, no upsells, no catch.
I built the thing I wished existed. It's still Amazon. But Actually Useful.
Somewhat Useful was taken. (Just kidding! They picked amazon.com.)