Voila
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveHotkey AI assistant in the browser and on the desktop for drafting, rewriting and asking about a page
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $10/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Premium is $10/month billed monthly or $8/month billed yearly for 3,000 requests a month; Ultimate is $20/month ($16 yearly) with unlimited requests under a fair-use cap of about 500,000 words a month on the top model, and teams start at $16 per seat per month. The free plan is a one-off allowance of 250 requests rather than a recurring monthly quota.
Use tool ↗About Voila
Voila is an AI assistant you summon with a keyboard shortcut rather than a separate tab. It installs as an extension in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave and Safari, with companion apps for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android, and acts on whatever is in front of you: draft or reply to an email in place, rewrite a paragraph, summarise a page, a PDF, an image or a YouTube transcript, or open a chat from a saved prompt template. Billing is by request count rather than by feature, so every plan gets the same tools and differs only in how often you can call them. It is run by Useful collective s.r.o., a small company registered in Prague.
- Platforms
- Web · macOS · Windows · iOS · Android · Chrome extension
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page: Free 250 requests; Premium $10/month or $8/month yearly for 3,000 requests; Ultimate $20/month or $16 yearly, unlimited with a fair-use limit of about 500,000 words a month on GPT-5.6 before GPT-5 mini; teams from $16 per seat per month (15 October 2026)getvoila.ai ↗
- Terms of use: agreement with Useful collective s.r.o., registered in the Czech Republic, office at Tusarova 1179/37, Prague (15 October 2026)getvoila.ai ↗
- Home page: extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave and Safari plus Windows, macOS, iOS and Android apps (15 October 2026)getvoila.ai ↗
Is Voila legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Jan 27, 2023 (3 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 16, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Jan 4, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2023The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Useful collective s.r.o., CzechiaOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Voila
Voila's argument is availability rather than model quality: the same assistant answers on a hotkey in five browsers, two desktops and two phones, so you stop copying text into a chat tab. Pricing by request instead of by feature is honest and easy to reason about. What it does not offer is any way to automate - there is no API and no workflow builder.
Pros
- Extension covers Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave and Safari, plus Windows, macOS, iOS and Android apps
- Works on the current page or selection via hotkey rather than requiring copy-paste into a chat
- Handles pages, documents, images and YouTube transcripts as inputs, not just typed text
- Request-count pricing gives every tier the same feature set, so you only pay for volume
- Free tier is 250 requests with no card
Cons
- Free tier is a one-off allowance, not a recurring monthly quota, so it runs out permanently
- No API and no automation surface - everything is manual and interactive
- 'Unlimited' on Ultimate falls back to a smaller model after about 500,000 words a month
Best for
- Rewriting and replying inside email, docs and web forms without switching tabs
- Summarising a page, PDF or YouTube transcript while you are already looking at it
- People who want one assistant across browser, desktop and phone on one subscription
Not for
- Anyone needing programmatic access — there is no API
- Buyers who require a named legal entity and a jurisdiction before they will sign up
Watch out: Several unrelated products trade as 'Voila' — including a creator-storefront startup and an image upscaler. Check you are on getvoila.ai before comparing reviews or pricing.
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