SaveFrom Alternative: A Video Downloader You Install From the Chrome Web Store

SaveFrom vs Vidora at a glance

SaveFrom facts come from its own site, the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons, read on 24 September 2026. Vidora facts describe version 1.0.66, the version published on the Chrome Web Store.

Why people look for a SaveFrom alternative

SaveFrom is popular because it is simple: paste a link, get a file. The reasons people look for something else are about how the Chrome helper installs and what the service serves.

The Chrome helper is not on the Chrome Web Store

On 24 September 2026, a search of the Chrome Web Store returned no official SaveFrom.net helper, only third-party extensions using the name. SaveFrom's own install page tells Chrome users: “Install OrangeMonkey extension. Open helper.user.js link and accept the installation” (SaveFrom install page). That is two installs, and the script is served from download.sf-helper.com rather than from the Chrome Web Store.

Ads, extra offers and notifications

The SaveFrom site displays an advertising banner, and the same install page also presents a separate extension called Cheap Flights Advisor. One Trustpilot reviewer complains that it “keeps sending notifications” (Benzy, Trustpilot, 30 October 2023).

Lower quality than expected

“Now all I'm being offered is 360p,” another reviewer writes, after finding “no option to download in 1080p” (NN, Trustpilot, 18 July 2024). SaveFrom's Trustpilot profile is unclaimed and holds only 3 reviews, so read these as individual reports, not a verdict.

Where SaveFrom is still the better choice

• Nothing to install. The web service runs in a browser, including on a phone. Vidora is a desktop Chrome extension.
• YouTube. SaveFrom lists YouTube, along with YouTube subtitles and transcripts. Vidora does not support YouTube at all, including YouTube players embedded in other sites.
• Social networks. SaveFrom lists Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Reddit, Pinterest, Threads, VK and Xiaohongshu. Vidora has no dedicated Facebook, Instagram or X support.
• Firefox and conversion. The SaveFrom.net helper is on Firefox Add-ons with 331,390 users and a 4.1 rating, and the site offers converters such as MP4 to MP3. Vidora is a Chrome extension and does not convert formats.

If you want to weigh SaveFrom against desktop apps and other extensions, start with our overview of video downloader alternatives.

How Vidora handles streaming videos in Chrome

Vidora takes the opposite approach to a paste-a-link website: it works in the tab where the video plays. Start the video, click the Vidora icon, and pick from the videos it detected, with ads ranked lower. That suits players embedded in course pages, company sites and blogs; our guide to downloading videos embedded in a page walks through the common cases.

• Downloads HLS (.m3u8) and DASH (.mpd) streams and saves them as a single MP4 with sound, merging separate audio and video tracks.
• Handles HLS streams encrypted with standard AES-128.
• Defaults to the best quality up to 1080p; pick a higher one from the quality menu when the source offers it.
• Prefer pasting a link? The Paste a link option accepts direct .mp4, .m3u8 and .mpd links, and pages from Vimeo, Loom, Wistia, Dailymotion, Vidyard, Bunny Stream and TikTok.
• Saves subtitle tracks as separate files (VTT, or the original format provided by the player).
• No companion app: everything runs inside Chrome.

The limits, stated plainly: no YouTube, no DRM-protected services such as Netflix or Disney+, and live streams are not downloaded (Vidora says so and offers to record the playback instead). For a ranked view of extensions that do work inside the browser, see our list of best video downloader extensions for Chrome.

Switch in under a minute

1. Add Vidora to Chrome from the Chrome Web Store (button below). No account, no userscript manager.
2. Open the page with the video and start playing it.
3. Click the Vidora icon and choose the video and quality, or use the button on the player, the right-click menu or Alt+D.
4. Find the file in your Downloads/Vidora folder.

You can keep using the SaveFrom website on your phone or for YouTube; the two do not depend on each other.

FAQ

Sources and method

• SaveFrom.net, home page (web service, advertising banner, supported sites).
• SaveFrom.net, helper install page (OrangeMonkey userscript for Chrome, “Unlimited and free!”, Cheap Flights Advisor).
• Chrome Web Store, search for savefrom (no official helper listed).
• Firefox Add-ons, SaveFrom.net helper (users, rating).
• Trustpilot, savefrom.net reviews (unclaimed profile, quoted reviews).
• Vidora: capabilities of version 1.0.66 checked against its published code; release notes in the Vidora changelog.

All sources were read on 24 September 2026 by Romain Gouraud. We do not give a date for the helper's absence from the Chrome Web Store: we only record that it was not listed on that day. Reviews are the opinions of individual users, quoted as written. Spotted an error? Tell us through the support page.