What are the best browsers?

Based On:Chromium with Proprietary GUI

License:Freeware

Default Search Engine:Groot

Has many built-in productivity web apps that are completely cloudless in origin for enhanced online security. See More

Top Pro

Includes many useful built-in productivity web apps

Top Pro

Also available as a portable download

Top Pro

Now also includes a built-in screen recorder

Contains a built-in screen, webcam, and microphone recorder. See More

Top Pro

Has a great looking media player

Plays local media files including hot-links to videos online too. See More

Open Source means that you can see the source code. So everybody even if they don't work for Mozilla is able to look what the browser does in the background. So you can be 100% sure that Firefox doesn't have hidden "spy features" unlike Google Chrome. See More

score 42 · Answer 2

Mozilla Firefox

Top Pro

Open Source

Top Con

Some built-in advertising

With their new "pocket" feature, they offer advertisements built-in. See More

PositiveTibertus's Experience

Firefox is a great browser, offering many fratures and great customazation, and is Independidnt using thr Gecko engine. See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Gecko, Webkit on iOS(since Apple does not allow third party web engines)

Based On:Netscape>Mozilla Suite

License:OpenSource (MPL-2.0)

Mozilla is one of the first browsers that advocates privacy. They believe that internet should be in the user's control and not those who run the websites, and so they give tools inside the browser to make the user be more in control. See More

Top Pro

Respects your privacy

Top Con

Multi Profile are not user friendly

Multi profile require commandline -no remote to use and open about:profiles to create manually (on Chrome, you can instantly create them on right top user button). See More

DazzlingMokosh's Experience

I always come back to Firefox, and I've tried dozens of browsers over the years. See More

Top Pro

Awesome customizability

Great library of add-ons. See More

Top Con

Installs Addons with updates

Mozilla is installing/integrating addons with every update like the Mr. Robot promotion - it also has integrated Pocket that spams you every time you open the browser or a new tab with partners of Pocket. See More

ResourcefulSekhmet's Experience

Firefox is my first option because its great customizability and privacy settings. See More

Top Pro

Fast

With new integrations focused on security and performance, Firefox is faster and less likely to have problems during use than ever before. See More

Top Con

Terrible user interface

And you can't even fix it anymore because they removed XUL. See More

SupportivePhaenon's Experience

Its just the best See More

Top Pro

Built-in Privacy Protection

Blocks tracking cookies, finger print scanners and Cryptominers by default. Can be changed to the user's individual needs. See More

Top Con

Does not use Chromium

Unlike other browsers, Firefox is not based on Chromium so it isn't as secure as Chrome, Edge, and Brave. See More

Top Pro

High performance

The Firefox Quantum update (FF57) greatly increases the render speed and general performance of the browser, by taking better advantage of the user's hardware. See More

Top Con

Sometimes very buggy and slow

On sites like twitch.tv chat scrolling is still not fixed. Compared to other browsers Firefox is still very slow and feels sluggish. See More

Top Pro

Syncs between devices

Firefox Sync is an optional feature in Firefox that allows syncing bookmarks, passwords, and add-ons between devices. See More

Top Con

Uses Google as its default search engine

Which is pretty ironic for a browser that's focused on "privacy". See More

Top Pro

One of the few browsers not using Chrome's Blink engine

Firefox uses its own rendering engine (called Gecko), instead of Google-controlled Blink like the vast majority of other browsers. See More

Top Con

Crappy license

Cannot redistribute binary after source code modification. See More

Top Pro

Uses less resources

Firefox 57 (Quantum) and newer uses less resources than ever. It is proven with benchmark done by AppleInsider. See More

Top Con

Partial dark mode

Bookmark, context menu, etc. are not themed. See More

Top Pro

Strong HTML5 feature support

Firefox scores strongly on HTML5 feature support Though not as strongly as Chromium/Chrome browsers do. See More

Top Con

Multi Profile is not user friendly

Multi profile requires commandline -no remote to use and open about:profiles to create manually (on Chrome, you can instantly create them on right top user button). See More

Top Pro

Really independent browser

It's not dependent on Google. See More

Top Con

Doesn’t support multiple languages for spell check

If you write in multiple languages, you need to manually switch the spell check language. See More

Top Pro

About:config

Master about:config and uBlock Origin, and all Firefox-based browsers will be yours. See More

Top Con

When you search in a website (Ctrl + F) there are no marks appearing in the right scrollbar

All Chromium based browsers have this feature. See More

Top Pro

Mobile

Firefox has a solid mobile app. See More

Top Con

Lack of keyboard shortcuts customization

Keyboard shortcuts can not be changed in a user-friendly way. It is also difficult to manipulate addons with hotkeys. See More

Top Pro

Built-in privacy protection

Blocks tracking cookies, finger print scanners and Cryptominers by default. Can be changed to the user's individual needs. See More

Top Con

Cannot directly translate page

Unlike Google Chrome, if you visit a website with a different language, you cannot translate it, which is a bad user experience for some. See More

Top Pro

Strong developer tool

The built-in developer tools have been merged with the popular FireBug extension since FF57. See More

Top Con

Uses GTK on Linux/BSD

This makes the integration on non-GTK Desktop Environments very hard. See More

Top Pro

Ethical and pragmatic company mission

The Mozilla Manifesto outlines the company's mission and principles. Paraphrasing, they want the Internet to be a free and open resource, and to enable individuals to get the best use of that resource. They do this by creating open source software to which anyone may contribute, so long as such contributions fit with their principles (both ethical and technical). See More

Top Con

GTK Themes styles the HTML forms

If you're in Linux and you use a dark GTK theme that uses white text and come to a webpage that forces black text on html-forms buttons you will get black buttons with unreadable black text. See More

Top Pro

Screenshot tool

Powerful screenshot tool built right into the browser. See More

Top Pro

Reader View

Reader View in Firefox allows users to read an article without any distractions by removing ads, unrelated elements and other distractive objects (similar to Microsoft Edge's Reading Mode and Safari's reader mode). See More

Top Pro

A lot of add-ons

An enormous number of add-ons. See More

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Text-to-speech (with adjustable speed) without add-ons

Firefox Reader Mode includes Narrate, a feature that adds text-to-speech functionality to the browser. See More

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Tagging bookmarks

Firefox is one of the few browsers that you can tag your bookmarks. You can view a list of tags and can search your bookmarks in the address bar with tags. See More

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Automatically updated

Firefox is automatically updated on the platforms where it makes sense. See More

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Free, open source and community driven

Firefox is available as a free download. All Mozilla software is licensed under the Mozilla Public License. Instructions on how to obtain the source code can be found here. See More

Top Pro

Very secure

Top Pro

Integration with Pocket

Firefox comes with built-in Pocket integration that can allow users to quickly save the article for a read it later function to easily find any articles saved in Pocket from various sources and devices. See More

Top Pro

Dark theme

Beyond the toolbar and tabs, it darkens UI elements such as the URL-bar, pop-downs, new-tab page and more. See More

Top Pro

HTML5 Video Preload

The only web browser that only preloads entire HTML5 video which is useful for slow internet. See More

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Lower memory fingerprint than competitors

Firefox used to be a trailer in memory usage, but as of 2017 it's less hungry for memory than competitors like Edge, Chrome, Safari and Opera. See More

Top Pro

Good font rasterizing

Font rasterizing on Windows is much better than in competitors. Even smaller text is clear and contrast. See More

Top Pro

WebRender

The newer versions of it will soon use WebRender to render webpages, which'll make it much more efficient by utilizing GPU to paint webpages. See More

Top Pro

Firefox Lockwise password management

Helps store your usernames and passwords. Lockwise also lets you know if any of the sites you have login details for have had their (and potentially your) data leaked! See More

Top Pro

"Search as you type" feature

Microsoft Edge collects less information than Chrome, but still is collecting data about you and your interests. See More

score 7 · Answer 3

Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Top Con

Microsoft sends all your browsing history to Microsoft and tracks you by default

Top Pro

Fast

Specs

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

Default Search Engine:Bing

Let's just wait to see history repeat itself, and Micorsoft being fined for it. (Again!) See More

Top Con

(Integration with) Windows designed by Microsoft so that deinstall/ install of browser of user choice is extremely elaborate

Top Pro

Built on Chromium

Microsoft are contributing to Chromium. See More

Top Con

Unlike the legacy version, it doesn't have the option to set aside tabs which was a very useful feature

It does give you the option to give feedback for people who want setting tabs aside back, but it's not likely they're going to add it. See More

Top Pro

Great UI

Top Con

Synchronization between PC and phone is weak

Although synchronization between computers is similar to Chrome, synchronization between PCs - phone is weak. See More

Top Pro

Better web compatibility

Uses the same engine as Chromium so web pages render better. See More

Top Pro

More private

During the launch of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, the company claimed to have removed more than 50 services intended to collect user data. The improvement in this aspect does not come only from the hand of privacy, but also from optimization. The privacy settings are also a lot simpler to understand, more robust, and better than Chrome. There are three modes, basic, balanced and strict. See More

Can't disable all spyware features but can disable most See More

score 31 · Answer 4

Vivaldi

Top Con

Can't disable all spyware features

Top Pro

Custom search engines

You can add as many search engines as you like. For example you can set up one for YouTube, one for Wikipedia, or whatever you want: you need only the URL of the search and it can be used from the URL bar (by prefixing it's nickname, yt for YouTube for example). See More

HarmoniousPontus's Experience

Beautiful. I am a Tech guy (IT department), so I deal a lot on system and I am obsessed with the speed of a laptop. When I found Vivaldi, all the hell that came with Chrome and Firefox and Opera went away. See More

Specs

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux; Android

License:BSD+Proprietary

Top Con

Can't protect pinned tabs from changing to another URL

Clicking on a page link, then another, easy to wind up far from the original pinned tab site. There is no chrome addon or native vivaldi function to stop this. See More

Top Pro

Tabs can be stacked

Tabs can be grouped under a single tab to easily keep track of all open webpages. See More

Top Con

Some non-optional telemetry

According to its privacy policy, Vivaldi sends an approximate location (country or major city), randomized ID, version, cpu architecture, screen resolution (to know what screen sizes to test on) and time since last message every 24 hours (to know amount of active users). See More

Top Pro

Compatible with most Chrome extensions

Since Vivaldi is built on Chromium, the same base as Chrome (among other browsers) is built on, it was possible for Vivaldi developers to allow Chrome extensions to run in their browser. See More

Top Con

Lots of features and customizability

Vivaldi has a lot of features and customizability. Far more then most (perhaps all) other browses, and many to list them all individuality as separate pros. See More

Top Con

Can't disable all telemetry

Vivaldi needs some amount of knowledge about the amount of active users, for business deals. See More

Top Pro

Full of customizable keyboard shortcuts (can be completely keyboard-driven)

It's possible to change and add keyboard shortcuts for basically all commands. It also has single key shortcuts to execute actions with one click. See More

Top Con

Enabling "Hardware Accelerated Scrolling" can make scrolling jittery

Top Pro

Mouse gestures

Integrated mouse gestures. Fully configurable as of Vivaldi 1.2 (snapshot available now). Allows for navigating the web, switching tabs, closing windows, opening settings etc. with a flick of the mouse. See More

Top Con

Developers do not care for your privacy

Just kidding. They do actually. See More

Top Pro

Tab behaviour can be customised

The order you toggle, open, close or clone tabs can be modified to match a workflow that best works for you. For example, you can choose tabs to toggle in recent order so you can go back and forth between the last most useful tabs without needing to change their position on the tab bar. See More

Top Con

No automatic page translation

Unlike Chrome, it doesn't automatically translate pages that are not in your language, since this requires service integrations Vivaldi can't afford to buy access to. See More

Top Pro

Ability to search through settings, history, open tabs, bookmarks in one place

A feature called Quick Commands (accessed via Ctrl + Q) allows quickly getting to settings, history, open tabs, bookmarks with incremental search. See More

Top Con

No guarantee that you won't lose your session

The browser window may freeze at any time, and you lose all your progress, open windows, and session without an option to restore it next time you open your browser. See More

Top Pro

Analytical history

View graphically your most visited pages on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis. See More

Top Con

Same security vulnerabilities as Chrome

Vivaldi uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a webpage that will hack Chrome may also hack Vivaldi. See More

Top Pro

Reader mode

Vivaldi has a built-in reader mode so you can remove all the clutter in news pages and read only the content, you can also customise the reader mode, like font size, style and colours. See More

Top Con

Slower than Chrome

Top Pro

Notes

A notes panel allows to save notes from webpages and can include screenshots for reference and have tags and organized in folders to help manage them. Thumbnails are too small and Notes do not have separate page in settings, but it should, there are a lot of things to improve. See More

Top Con

Still uses some Google services (can be disabled)

Top Pro

Tab bar position can be changed

You can change tab bar position to top, bottom left or right. See More

Top Con

No silent background updates, except on macOS

Unlike most modern browsers, Vivaldi doesn't have the option to update silently in the background. It gives you a dialog box when an update comes out. Worse, the box doesn't warn you that not updating the browser could lead to security risks. That could be pretty bad for your average joe, who doesn't know computers that well. See More

Top Pro

Synchronisation

Everything can be synced with a Vivaldi account. You can sync between computers, OSes and even through their mobile application which is only available for Android. See More

Top Con

No option to open saved tab stack as a tab stack

You may save stack, but you can open it as separate tabs. Interesting that when you save session with stacks, you'll be able to open the stacks with inner settings of page tiling (size and zoom) as well. Contradiction worth of shame. See More

Top Pro

Programmable user interface

For you programmers out there: Since Vivaldi uses JavaScript, React, Node.js, Browserify and multiple npm packages to build the browser, it can be customized with ease by anyone who knows HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. See More

Top Con

Not available on the iPhone

There is an Android version Vivaldi, but no iOS version. iPhone and iPad users are out of luck. See More

Top Pro

Built-in page capture

Vivaldi can grab a picture of the whole webpage or part of it and saves it automatically inside a note or as a file in your disk, or in your elected directory. But there are problems with images of full windows shown on monitor (using X Window System in GNU/Linux). In this case system XWindow screenshots work better. See More

Top Pro

PC Cross-platform

Vivaldi is available on Windows, GNU/Linux and macOS, so it covers the most used PC operating systems. See More

Top Pro

Web Panels

Web Panels allow for easy access to any site from the side panel. They are useful for reading two websites side by side or for chatting (i.e. Facebook) and surfing at the same time. Panels can be hidden when not in use. See More

Top Pro

Compatible with all Chrome extensions

Since Vivaldi is built on Chromium, the same base as Chrome (among other browsers) is built on, it was possible for Vivaldi developers to allow Chrome extensions to run in their browser. See More

Top Pro

Saving sessions

It saves oversights many options and functions implemented in Vivaldi. E.g. see CON "No option to open saved tab stack as... tab stack!" See More

Top Pro

WebRTC IP leaking can be disabled

A built-in setting called "Broadcast IP" will stop the IP leaking with WebRTC when disabled. See More

Top Pro

Manages bookmarks well

Vivaldi has an excellent bookmarks system. Bookmarks can be easily accessible via Speed Dial, side-bar, bookmarks bar, quick commands. No more messy bookmarks bar is needed and location bar suggestion is improved thus! See More

Top Pro

Updates via dialog box

Unlike most modern browsers (but like most browsers of yesteryear), Vivaldi gives you a dialog box when an new version comes out; it doesn't just update silently in the background. The dialog box tells you about the changes that have been made, and lets you chose when you want to update. See More

Top Pro

GDPR compliant

Top Pro

Built-in ad and tracker blocker

Vivaldi has a built-in blocker that allows you to select between blocking just trackers or both trackers and ads. With customizable blocking list sources, good performance, and support for all the standard blocker list features you find in ad blocker extensions (with more to come), you might not need an ad blocker extension at all. This also comes in handy on Android, where Chromium/Vivaldi doesn't support extensions. See More

Top Pro

Portable version can be added on default apps

Most portable version cannot be added as default apps but Vivaldi offers that option and it comes with updater too. See More

Top Pro

Dark theme out of the box

There's even an option to automatically transition from light to dark based on the time of day. See More

Top Pro

Usable fullscreen mode with address bar when needed

In comparison, on Chrome you will not see the address bar, only on ChromeOS when your mouse is on the top of the screen. See More

Top Pro

Non-closable fixed tabs

A setting lets you prevent closing fixed tabs so you don't close anything important by accident. See More

Top Pro

Fast and safe

It is so faster and safer. See More

Top Pro

Allows navigating to the next page without searching for the link

A feature called "fast forward" puts a dedicated button before the address bar. It takes you to the next page of a multi-page article, forum thread, or search results, without having to hunt for the link. See More

Not much new here as many of chromiums features can be enabled or turned off with build flags. See More

score 10 · Answer 5

Ungoogled Chromium

Top Con

Mostly just a customized Chromium build

Top Pro

No Google

Removes most of Google's spookiness. See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Blink V8 Turbo

Platforms:Windows, Mac, Linux

License:OpenSource

Top Con

Uses a fake browser engine

While most browsers must use 1 or 2 if it's available on iOS, Ungoogled Chromium uses a browser engine, combined with 2 JavaScript engines. This symbolizes that it is in a future version. See More

Top Con

Difficult to install

Top Con

Still contains telementery

Default home page is telementery, and most websites are enabled by google. See More

Top Con

Chrome clone

Ungoogled Chromium is a clone of Chrome, and since clone browsers are behind in updates giving a huge security risk, browsers like Tuga browser and Ungoogled Chromium should be avoided. See More

Top Con

Sometimes outdated

Top Con

Dependent on Google

Does not free you from big corpo. See More

Top Con

Looks proprietary

Ungoogled Chromium is not that open source, but it might be closed source for windows 8.1 and below. See More

Top Con

Some websites think it is Chrome 80

As of today, many sites, like login.iready.com, might mislabel the browser as Chrome. See More

Chrome uses more system resources than most other browsers, which means it will run slower especially on lower end hardware. See More

score 10 · Answer 6

Chrome

Top Con

More resource hungry

Top Pro

Speedy

Top Con

Slightly heavier than other options

Top Pro

Very user friendly UI

Top Con

Allows Google to track essentially everything you visit with your browser

Chrome sends usage data to Google. See More

Top Pro

Use websites offline

Top Con

Lacks ad-blocking features

Chrome mobile does not support ad-blocking features unlike the Chrome desktop app. See More

Top Pro

Same Product from Google

Best integration solution with OS #MadeByGoogle. See More

Top Con

Chrome favors Google's products and tries to satiate Google's data appetite, what hurts the user experience

Top Pro

Supports the latest web standards

Chrome for Android supports HTML5, CSS3, and many APIs. See More

Top Con

Excessive permissions

The permissions required are excessive and intrusive (including record audio) - a few browsers require this, but there are several available that don't. See More

Top Pro

Syncs with desktop browser

Chrome for Android will sync bookmarks, passwords, history, and open tabs from your desktop. See More

Top Con

Doesnt support extensions

All extension from chrome web store cannot be used on android version. See More

Top Pro

Backed by Google

Like Android, Chrome is a Google product, which means the two technologies can be expected to grow together and remain compatible. See More

Top Con

Lacks a download manager

Unlike most competitors, Chrome has no built-in download manager. See More

Top Pro

No competition for chrome on android

Some says firefox, actually firefox is completely numb and buggy. Opera, firefox, uc browser this all are very much slower in front of chrome. O.K one and only faster browser than chrome is Puffin, but this one is very sticky and ugly user inerface. See More

Top Con

Proprietary

Top Pro

Preinstalled in most android devices

Most Android devices have google chrome preinstalled as part of ROM. See More

Top Con

SSL Nanny

It is nice that Chrome is strict about SSL warnings, but it would be nice to have an option to connect anyway without needing a secondary browser. See More

Caused by the tor network the browser depends on. See More

score 11 · Answer 7

Tor Browser

Top Con

Extremely slow

Top Pro

Free and open source

Specs

Based On:Mozilla Firefox ESR

License:Open Source (MPL-2.0)

Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo

It's not that it uses the same browser engine, just look at the logos. See More

Top Con

Tor is very outdated on Firefox code

Top Pro

Uses the Tor network

Top Con

Not secure

Top Pro

The only browser package which includes a gateway built-in into TOR a network where you can actually browse the web completely anonymously

Privacy. It's fundamental. And this browser has enabled and keeps enabling people to lookup things they don't want their ISP/ government or surveillance marketers to see. And what's better they won't know a thing about what you searched. What is visible to the outside world however is the fact: you make use of TOR and probably the TORBrowser this client / citizen of ours is using TOR to obfuscate his /her traffic (=~anonymize ). See More

Top Con

Not made as your daily browser

It does not support many modern features due security and is pretty slow. See More

Top Pro

NoScript and HTTPS Everywhere installed by default

Top Con

You will hang on every recaptcha

Top Pro

Portable

Can be installed and run on a portable device such as a USB stick. See More

Top Con

Dependent on Mozilla

Since it uses gecko. See More

Top Pro

Provides anonymity

Tor Browser routes traffic through the Tor network and deletes all privacy sensitive information (such as the browsing history or cookies) at the end of each session. Additionally, it encrypts all traffic. See More

Top Con

Dangerous

Hackers may insert something illegal onto your computer and get you arrested. See More

Top Pro

Access hidden .onion sites

Top Con

Does not guarantee perfect anonimity unlike what most users would suspect

Top Pro

Tor sets the standard for safe and private browsing

If you follow their instructions religiously, Tor is the nec plus ultra in terms of safety and privacy. For the time being at least. See More

Top Con

Must adapt new browsing habits

It is not recommended to do several things TOR browser that users would want to do in a normal browser, such as visiting social networks and banking. See More

Brave is advertised as a browser that respects your privacy and blocks ads while still supporting content creators. However, at the same time the company is making deals with Facebook, Twitter and others to whitelist their trackers and ads. See More

score 83 · Answer 8

Brave

Top Con

Hypocritical/deceptive stance on privacy and advertisement

Top Pro

Built-in adblocking

Other apps make it difficult to block ads without rooting your phone or going through unoptimized add-on stores, but Link Bubble blocks them out of the box, making browsing much less crowded. Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads" So you can support the site you truly enjoy. See More

InsightfulIshtarDeela's Experience

It blocks all the ads. Also it is fast See More

Specs

They do not respect your privacy. See More

Based On:Chromium core

License:OpenSource (MPL)

Top Con

Brave is an Ad company

Top Pro

Takes care of privacy and security

Takes privacy seriously by blocking ads and trackers and not tracking people's searches. Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best. See More

RationalUgajin's Experience

good See More

Top Con

Uses Google as its default search engine

Quite ironic for the "privacy" browser. See More

Top Pro

Sync is now available

CaffeinatedLamia's Experience

Brave is the only browser to have adblocking built-in. The community behind Brave is committed to developing a private and secure web browser for the masses. See More

Top Con

Quite intrusive advertisements, especially on Windows

Advertisements keep popping up in the Windows notification center. Must opt in to ad system, but no option to disable sound for ad notifications only. See More

Top Pro

Tor is available right in the browser

LuckyTaranis's Experience

Definately my favorite browser out there. Like chrome but so much better. Works amazingly on phones and pcs, and never really had a problem with it. See More

Top Con

Download package is very large considering it as a browser

Brave takes on a lot of roles besides just browsing so it is understandably a larger file. See More

Top Pro

Now supports Chrome Webstore

It's now a faster, less intrusive Chrome. See More

Top Con

Power hungry, uses much more battery power than other browsers

Per default Brave enables hardware acceleration which results in a much higher energy (battery) consumption than the most other web browsers. See More

Top Pro

Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Like fingerprint tracking. See More

Top Con

Slower than Chromium

It has lots of unnesessary extensions and isn't configured to be faster. See More

Top Pro

Faster than Google Chrome

Brave consistently beats Chrome in speed, might have to do with less tracking being run in the background. See More

Top Con

Still dependent on Google

Since it's based on Chrome. See More

Top Pro

Very fast

The fastest browser out there. See More

Top Con

Useless built-in 'ad blocker'

Its adblocker is useless to be honest. Since the extension uBlock Origin is a great blocker by itself, the Brave ad blocker does not block every ad! See More

Top Pro

Built-in torrent client

Top Con

Tor doesn't work

Top Pro

Optional feature for you to get reimbursed for viewing ads

Basic Attention Token; you can decide to opt into a new blockchain-based digital advertising system, giving publishers a better deal and users a share of the ad revenue for their attention. See More

Top Con

Promotes search engines that track users such as Bing and Google

Google Search is the first search engine on the list. See More

Top Pro

Free/libre software

Released to the community under the Mozilla Public License (MPL), this software respect the FSF's four freedoms, including the freedom to use, modify, and redistribute with or without modification freely. See More

Top Con

Uses much RAM

1 tab, 400+ RAM, also it depends on what website you're on. See More

Top Pro

Highly Configurable

Really good browser and also it is more configurable than any other browser. Thats because it is open source and you can tweak every little thing that is related to privacy and functionality. See More

Top Con

Same security-holes as Chrome

On the desktop: Brave uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a webpage that will hack Chrome may also hack Brave. However, Brave has security features that Chrome doesn't (such as a built-in adblocker). Those features will stop many hacking attempts. See More

Top Pro

Cross device compatible

Windows, Linux, Android works perfectly, and with sync now it is amazing. See More

Top Con

Doesn't remove search engine ads

Top Pro

Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript

Top Con

Creator support limited

Most creators don't use it and so will not profit from the crypto system. See More

Top Pro

Option to pay supported sites based on view time percentage

Set up automatic micro-donations. Brave will automatically divide a monthly donation among the top sites you visit. And/or, you can decide which sites get what percentage of your donation. It’s called pinning. See More

Top Con

Appearance

No options to customize apperance, and make the bookmarks appear on the home page, for instance. See More

Top Pro

Supports the latest technologies

Brave regularly adds new functionalities like decentralized domain support and a native crypto wallet long before Chrome considers them. These features to be disabled in settings. See More

Top Con

Poor customer support

Only customer support available in Brave community. Mods usually do not help. See More

Top Con

The iPhone version has some odd behavior

On reopening Brave, it often returns you to the "search results" page, rather than the webpage you had previously browsed to from the search results page. Might just be a specific configuration. See More

Top Con

No reader view

Can be accessed with an extension though. See More

Top Con

Dumbed down in the latest versions

In previous versions, Brave felt more like Firefox. Now it's been dumbed down, it feels more like Chrome/Chromium. For example: There's no menu-bar. See More

Top Con

Bookmark management

Bookmark management is not as seamless as other browsers. See More

Top Con

Pay to remove ads

Its main problem is its incompatibility. Some sites just don't work. See More

score 9 · Answer 9

Opera

Top Con

Incompatibility

Top Pro

Strong HTML5 feature support

Opera scores highly on HTML5 feature support. See More

UpbeatSirtir's Experience

Hello! I love opera's ease of use and its light weight. But its only problem is its compatibility. See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Blink / Chromium core engine

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

Who certainly need to conform with Chinese government requirements to let them infiltrate everything you do online. See More

Top Con

Owned by a Chinese consortium

Top Pro

Lightweight

It doesn't consume much RAM, unlike Chrome. See More

Top Con

Buggy

Some buggy or confusing behavior with the bookmarks bar and moving tabs, and entire windows turning black after a while. See More

Top Pro

You can install extensions on the sidebar

Unlike other browsers, you can install add-ons such as tabs, bookmarks, history, sessions, notes, and extension manager in the sidebar. So you have the flexibility to use it for your purpose. See More

Top Con

Can't add a search engine on mobile

Top Pro

Video pop-out feature

You can pop-out any video and it will stay on top while you are surfing on other tabs. See More

Top Con

Uneditable default search providers

It can not delete or replace already built-in search services such as Yahoo, Google, DuckDuckGo, and Wikipedia. See More

Top Pro

Battery saving mode

Top Con

Cannot select tabs

Unlike in Chrome and Vivaldi, one cannot select multiple tabs to move to another/new window. See More

Top Pro

Customizable

Opera is full of user controlled settings. Everything can be imported and exported even RSS feeds. It can be skinned in a variety of different themes or it can be extended through the use of a large number of plugins available. See More

Top Con

WebKit/Blink is not customisable or lightweight

Opera is built on WebKit/Blink, which means it shares cons of Chromium: high RAM usage (Not lightweight), lack of customizability. See More

Top Pro

Built-In Adblocker

The built-In adblocker is faster than any extension. It's possible to add your own filter lists. However, the adblocker isn't enabled by default. See More

Top Con

Basically a Chrome clone

The latest versions of Opera are basically Chrome clones, so they really don't add anything new. See More

Top Pro

VPN onboard

Free and fast VPN onboard, includes Germany, Canada, USA, Netherlands, Singapore. See More

Top Con

Cannot stop auto update

Top Pro

Compatible with Chrome extensions

Since Opera is built on Blink, the same engine Chromium is built on, it was possible for Opera developers to allow Chrome extensions to run in their browser. See More

Top Con

Trash VPN

Terrible VPN service. Super slow. And it's not even a VPN, it's just a proxy service. See More

Top Pro

Speed Dial

Opera's Speed Dial (new tab page) has the ability to hold as many websites as you want, and you can customize it almost however you want. You can also organize the websites on the Speed Dial into folders. See More

Top Con

Proprietary

While Opera is currently available gratis (without monetary charge), it is currently not libre (meaning that it does not allow users to view the source code used to create, to modify that code, or to redistribute modifications) and is therefor neither free nor open-source software. See More

Top Pro

Built-in currency converter

Just highlight price on a website and see this price in your currency. See More

Top Con

Extension icons not directly moveable

Top Pro

Blazingly fast

Scores top on Basemark. See More

Top Con

No address bar in fullscreen mode

Unlike in Vivaldi. See More

Top Pro

Opera Sync

Opera Sync allows you to synchronize your bookmarks, passwords, and more from any computer, phone, or tablet. See More

Top Con

Built ad-blocker works when it wants

Top Con

Same security-holes as Chrome

Opera uses the same browser engine as Chrome, meaning it has the same security-holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers (being the most popular browser in the world), and a webpage that will hack Chrome will also hack Opera. See More

Bromite lacks ad blocking and other privacy protecting features. See More

score 7 · Answer 10

Bromite

Top Con

Unsecure

Top Pro

Removes click-tracking and AMP from search results

Specs

Default homepage is spyware and searches are enabled by default. See More

Mobile Platforms:Android

Top Con

Still contains spyware

Top Pro

Respects your privacy better than all other Chromium based browsers

DNS over https (require more flexibility if possible). See More

Top Con

Not popular among people

Since it is only available in the official website. See More

Top Pro

App optimization

Installation size 88 to 105 MB (depends upon OEM manufacturer & usage by user). See More

Top Con

Eats up battery life

Because it's very fast, which puts pressure on the RAM & hence ultimately on battery. See More

Top Pro

Optimized RAM usage

Average (depends upon web page complexity). See More

Top Con

Not available for Windows and iOS

Top Pro

Up to date with the Chromium releases

Top Pro

Unwanted redirections are prevented

Top Pro

AV1 codec support

Top Pro

Customizable adblock filters

Top Pro

Shows warnings for TLSv1.0/TLSv1.1 pages

Top Pro

Browser aside app

Browser has “optional (additional app)” functionality of acting as SYSTEM WEBVIEW support (but requires rooting Android). See More

Top Pro

Allows playing videos in background tabs and disable pause on switching tabs

Top Pro

Developer options

Can be enabled. See More

Top Pro

Excellent bookmarks management

Import & Export Bookmarks, very few browsers have this rare functionality. See More

Browser has many system related features. With Internet Explorer you can run certain types of files, without saving them in a non-temporary directory, or you can change proxy settings via a built in Windows dialog window. See More

score 6 · Answer 11

Abrowser

Add Video or Image

score 4 · Answer 12

Internet Explorer

Top Pro

System built-in browser

Top Con

Vade retro Microsoft

Too much spyware compared to its utility. See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Trident

Based On:N/A

IE 11 can fluidly stream 4k videos on Youtube without issue. See More

Top Pro

Works great with ruTorrent

Top Con

Not standard compliant

Top Pro

Can fluidly stream 4k video

Top Con

No browser extensions

Internet Explorer's functionality cannot be extended via extensions/plugins. See More

Top Pro

Downloads well

Downloads safely, quickly, and nicely. See More

Top Con

Final version of the browser

Microsoft confirmed that Internet Explorer 11 (released on 2013, still bundled in Windows 10) will be the last version of Internet Explorer as Microsoft is shifting it's development focus to Microsoft Edge. See More

Top Pro

Lets you download Firefox or anything else

This is it's only purpose. This is also Edge's only purpose. See More

Top Con

Windows only

Internet Explorer is currently available on Windows only. Internet Explorer was previously available on OS X and UNIX, but both of them have already been discontinued. See More

Top Pro

Isn't a big target for hackers

Nearly all browsers use the same browser engine as Chrome, Safari, or Firefox; meaning they have the same security-holes as one of the big three. IE doesn't, it has has its own engine. In other words, even if you find yourself on a website that tries to hack your computer: It's very likely that the the website will only be designed to hack the big three, and wouldn't be able to do anything to IE. See More

Top Con

Problem rendering online Google Web Apps correctly

I.E. 11 has many issues with rendering Google Web Apps correctly such as Docs or Sheets. The landing pages for each has incorrect button placements and doubled icons, making the sites barely navigable. See More

Top Con

No reader view

Top Con

Out of date

Top Con

It's slow and crashes a lot

Sometimes, removing extensions won't work. Some websites downright refuse to load, no matter the settings. See More

score 2 · Answer 13

Iridium Browser

Top Con

Buggy

Top Pro

Privacy enhancements over Chromium

Disable "Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors" Disable autocomplete through prediction service when typing in Omnibox Always send "Do-Not-Track" header Network/DNS prediction is disabled by default Block third-party cookies by default Link auditing (<a ping="...">) is disabled by default Fetch plugins list from iridiumbrowser.de where it will be updated regularly Site data (cookies, local storage, etc.) is only kept until exit, by default Passwords are not stored by default Input form autofill is disabled by default For IPv6 probes, use a DNS root server instead of Google The default search provider is Qwant Load "about:blank" on new tabs instead of the currently set search engine and/or promotions. Don't report Safe Browsing overrides. Don't use autofill download service. Disable cookies for safebrowsing background requests. Disable the battery status API. See More

EmpatheticKratos's Experience

Doesn't block google pings on plugins and safe browsing. See More

Specs

Since the whole Chromium Release need to be scanned, PC users may wait half a year while the Chrome base gets updated five or six iterations. See More

License:OpenSource (BSD)

Top Con

Slow updates

Top Con

Definitive unique browsing-fingerprint

Top Con

Google Safebrowsing enabled by default

The same company that bought Startpage. See More

score 13 · Answer 14

Waterfox

Top Con

Owned by an advertising company

Top Pro

Less bloated than Firefox

Pocket is removed Telemetry is removed Data collection is removed Startup profiling is removed See More

Specs

License:OpenSource (MPL-2.0)

Based On:Firefox

Default Search Engine:Bing, Startpage

Does not phone home. See More

Top Con

Behind on getting latest security patch

Top Pro

Offers excellent privacy

Top Con

Lag, lag, lag, freeze, freeze, freeze

Need to do something about it. See More

Top Pro

Works with Firefox addons

Firefox 56 add-ons compatibility, including unsigned XUL extensions and complete themes. See More

Top Con

Laggy

Lags and freezes. Need to do something about it. See More

Top Con

No version on Apple devices

There is a hidden version of Waterfox on Android, but no version on Apple devices (except macs). iPhone and iPad users are out of luck for this browser. See More

It doesn't support the most of features of modern websites. See More

score 2 · Answer 15

Konqueror

Top Con

Very old engine

Top Pro

Amazing file manager integration

Konqueror can also work as a file manager and it does a great job at that. You can view both local or remote files (through FTP, SSH, SFTP, and Samba protocol). See More

Specs

Browser Engine:Qt WebEngine (Blink)

License:OpenSource

Konqueror lacks the option to browse the web in private mode, which is used when you don't want to leave any search history or avoid saving any cookies or cached data. See More

Top Con

Lacks incognito/private mode

Top Con

No large extension support

Konqueror is unable to tap into the large collection of Chrome extensions like many other browsers do. So the options to extend Konqueror's functionality are pretty limited. See More

Many privacy preferences enabled by default. See More

score 6 · Answer 16

LibreWolf

Top Con

Bad interface!

Top Pro

Carefully hardened browser

Specs

License:Open Source (Mozilla Public License Version 2.0)

Based On:Firefox

Default Search Engine:DuckDuckGo

It costs 9.99 on the app store. See More

score 4 · Answer 17

Kingpin Private Browser

Top Con

Not free

Specs

Based On:Firefox 75.0

Because it's fast, Kingpin eats too much RAM, which can be a problem to PCs and Macs with smaller RAM. See More

Top Con

High RAM usage

Some false positive alerts may lead to limited functionality in certain occasions. See More

score 3 · Answer 18

Epic Privacy Browser

Top Con

Very few extensions available

Top Pro

No tracking

Specs

Top Con

Limited functionality

Top Con

A bit on the slow side

This browser comes from britain. Please be careful. See More

score 5 · Answer 19

UR-Browser

Top Con

Not available for Linux

Top Pro

Ninja mode including VPN

CapableShennong's Experience

Specs

Blockers are uncustomisable/uncontrollable and useless, it even does not show what is blocked, it shows only a random number and nothing else. Adblock lists are not to be found or how to add them. On start page, when clicking on the address bar, a window appears with some kind of environment [like containers on Firefox] but very ambiguous and uncontrolable/unstopable. Home Page and New Tab Page must be set to custom [about:blank] because default is full of bloatware ads and spyware. See More

Top Con

Very bloated and uncustomisable

Top Con

It's dead

Since 2019. See More

Top Con

British agents can track you