What are the best macOS web browsers?

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 Pro

Provides anonymity

Top Con

Tor is very outdated on Firefox code

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

Top Pro

Free and open source

Top Con

Usong Tor on Android is still not great

Samsung and LG will never use it. See More

Top Pro

Uses the Tor network

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

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

Top Pro

The only browser package which includes a gateway build in into TOR a network where you can actually browse the web with completly anonymous or at least to whatever you browse on it

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

Slow

Tor reroutes your traffic through many nodes to protect you. This is excellent for privacy but at the cost of speed. Other than that Tor is the safest and most private browser you can get. See More

Top Pro

Access hidden .onion sites

Top Pro

Relatively fast

The release of Safari 13 killed lots of extensions, and with the extension API many of them cannot be recreated because extensions can no longer access the information they require. See More

Safari

Top Pro

Low resource consumption

Top Con

Poor selection of extensions

CourteousAlUzza's Experience

Default browser, fast and simple but highly targeted by third party mac scam such as MacKe*per See More

Specs

Based On:N/A

Browser Engine:WebKit

The rendering of the pages and the browser compatibility with OSX works smoothly, when compared to other browsers. Also you get very high battery life with Safari. See More

Top Pro

Works elegantly in OSX

Top Con

Poor support for new web technologies

Safari usually takes its time when it comes to adopting new and useful web technologies meaning that the user gets an inferior experience compared to other modern browsers. See More

ResoluteFerentina's Experience

Less extensions for productive people See More

Top Pro

Clean and minimal UI

Safari has a very clean and minimal UI, smaller than even Chrome on macOS. See More

Top Con

Developer tools not as good as Chrome

The developer tools are getting better but are not as good as Chrome. For instance, you can see Ajax requests being made and responses but you cannot see the headers or info that was sent in that request. See More

DreamerEupraxia's Experience

Fast and slim See More

Top Pro

Saves battery life

Top Con

Proprietary

Apple doesn't release the code, therefore it cannot be audited. See More

ResourcefulKutkh's Experience

I've been surfing the net with macOS for over 20 years. In that time, Safari has proved to be the best mainly due to its vertical integration with the OS. See More

Top Pro

Loads pages quickly

Top Con

Highly targeted by third party scams

Macke*per can turn Safari full of ads faster than other browsers. See More

BraveJavine's Experience

Better at handling resources, which includes better battery life. WebKit is a fork of Chromium so compatibility is good as well See More

Top Pro

Extremely fast

Top Con

A safety risk, because it limits adblockers

Since Safari 13, the API for adblocking severely limited, so not all kinds of ads and trackers can be blocked. Also an adblocking extension needs to run as a separate app to update its filter lists. That is simply not acceptable, because attacks and malware injections are carried out through ad networks, and adblocking is the only defense against that. See More

HonestPandia's Experience

Safari 13 broke lots of extensions, including adblocking, and an extension I used to remove all the clutter, ads and recommended crap on you tube. See More

Top Pro

iCloud syncing

Tabs, passwords, bookmarks and, history all sync across devices. See More

Top Con

Outdated Rendering engine

All other browsers and toolkits (Qt/GTK) have shifted to Googles Blink-fork of KHTML/Webkit so Apple is currently the only main contributor left. See More

GenuineMarzanna's Experience

Force Touch trackpad integration is unmatched by any other macos browser, such as previewing links without opening (peeking). I switched away from chrome as the battery life it consumed was just too much, and safari was surprisingly well made. I had assumed that default browsers are usually bad, but this really is the best. Performance is good and I have no complaints other than that legacy extensions will have support removed in macos catalina, meaning that ublock origin will not be compatible. See More

Top Pro

Sleek design

– No distraction stuff like favicons in tabs, all that borders, bevels and embosses in panels like in other browsers, no ugly shaped tabs. – Neat adress bar. – Good looking start “show all tabs” screen. See More

Top Con

Unsecure

Safari lacks the adblocking and other privacy protecting features. See More

Tomas Buchan's Experience

Macbooks running Safari See More

Top Pro

Safari uses Webkit, a great open source web engine

Webkit is very light compared to Blink, renders web pages at an incredible speed, great CSS support and is also constantly evolving. See More

Top Con

Lack of customization

Apple have decided there is a way to work with Safari and that's what you have to stick with. See More

Top Pro

Supports macOS technologies

AppleScript and Automator automation, trackpad gestures, smart zoom, smooth scrolling, elegant scaling. See More

Top Con

Terrible support for open source formats like .VP9 or .ogg

Apple does not support open source formats. Instead, they use H.264 and H.265. See More

Firefox is available as a free download. All Mozilla software is licensed under the Mozilla Public License. See More

Mozilla Firefox

Top Pro

Open source

Top Con

It's a memory hog even though Mozilla they claim it is not

Mozilla claims it's using 30% less RAM than chrome but in real life tests it uses much more. See More

PersonableLyssa's Experience

The only browser works as I need. See More

Specs

Based On:Netscape>Mozilla Suite

License:OpenSource (MPL-2.0)

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

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 Pro

Ethical and pragmatic company mission

Top Con

Some built-in advertising

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

Hamza's Experience

ver 72 is awesome on macbook. Battery life equal to Safari. Finally pinch to zoom had arrived. See More

Top Pro

Respects your privacy

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 Con

Mozilla once partnered with George Soros to fight misinformation

Misinformation can be defined as any opinion in which they do not agree. See More

CalmUoke's Experience

it's the fastest one on my old 2010 macbook pro 15" See More

Top Pro

Highly customizable

The Vimoperator extension is only possible because of the rich, open API of Firefox. See More

Top Con

Company values politics over good software

They support outright censorship of any opinion they do not share. This is a very dangerous practice because one day it will turn on them and then it will be too late. See More

DignifiedKladeos's Experience

Use to be slow but recently redownloaded it and haven't found any massive speed/resource differences with Chrome. Install Ublock Origin and never look back :) See More

Top Pro

Strong HTML5 feature support

Firefox scores strongly on HTML5 feature support. 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

Really independent browser

It is really independent browser, unlike many other that are based on Chromium. See More

Top Con

Shortcuts are not the same as on Safari

Need to learn new shortcuts, like new private window is cmd shift P, or cmd Z is not working to restore last tab and other small differences. 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

Uses Google as default search engine

Top Pro

Automatically updated

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

Top Con

Slow performance in OS X

Not true with latest versions. ver 72 shows great performance and low battery impact. See More

Top Pro

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 Con

Installing some extensions still requires restarting the browser

While some of the developers already allow users to install their extensions without the need to restart the browser, not all of the extensions have been updated to support non-restart installation yet, as some developers have yet to add special code to do so. 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

Not good on Mac

There are a lot of bugs in Firefox for Mac, like the dark mode that doesn't work automatically and it's missing good WebAuthn support. 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 Con

Design looks like it was made with Windows users in mind

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

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

Top Pro

A lot of add-ons

An enormous number of add-ons. See More

Top Con

Pocket integration

Top Pro

Firefox 70 shows great performance

Now it doesn't drain Mac battery, works fast. 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

Awesome customizability

Great library with plenty of add-ons. See More

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

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 Con

Icons display blurry on HiDPI

Firefox has not yet addressed its scaling issues for HiDPI screens, making the icons blurry. See More

Top Pro

Easy screenshots without extensions

Within the browser itself, you can easily take screenshots and save them to your computer. See More

Top Con

Unstable add-ons

E10s has already caused many extensions to not work properly. Also, in November, only add-ons with WebExtension API can be installed. 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

No status bar

There's no status bar. Granted, there is a status tool-tip. But what if you want an actual toolbar, you're out of luck. See More

Top Pro

Use very little resources

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

Top Con

Poor performance on SSD even without extensions

On a fast SSD such as Corsair Force LE series this browser still performs as if it were installed on a regular hard drive disk, meaning it takes long time to start, even without any extensions. On that matter Google Chrome is light years ahead of Firefox. This applies only for Firefox versions below 60! See More

Top Pro

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

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 Pro

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

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

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 Pro

Very secure

Top Pro

Good font rasterization

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

Lower memory fingerprint than competitors

Firefox used to be a memory hog 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

HTML5 video preload

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

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

Distraction-free reader view

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

Top Pro

Fast bookmark management

In order to add an open page to the bookmark bar, the tab can be dragged down and is added immediately. See More

It's very easy to change the appearance (and get rid of the square corners) and how it works. Keyboard shortcuts are simple to modify and use. See More

Vivaldi

Top Pro

Highly customisable

Top Con

High RAM usage

As Vivaldi is built over Chromium it has the same bad RAM performance of Google Chrome or any other Chromium browser. As the Vivaldi UI is also technically a webpage it uses slightly more RAM, around 40MB more. See More

BrilliantMielikki's Experience

I have used many browsers, but Vivaldi is fast and customizable to a great extent. See More

Specs

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

License:BSD+Proprietary

Platforms:Windows; macOS; Linux; Android

Top Pro

Tab stacks

Tabs can be grouped under a single tab to easily group similar tabs. See More

Top Con

Not available on iOS

Vivaldi is currently only available for desktop operating systems (Windows, Linux, Mac, Android). On iOS it currently can't be added since Apple does not allow another browser engine on iOS other than theirs See More

CourteousAlUzza's Experience

Just start using today, Very customisable compare to other browser, unique function! See More

Top Pro

Lots of power-user functionality that's often omitted from other browsers

Vivaldi includes lots of niche functionality such as the ability to move tabs to any side of the screen, turn images on and off, or render pages with monospace fonts. See More

Top Con

No silent background updates

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

ChillZ's Experience

I use it for more than a year already on every platform it is available on. For these reasons: seamless sync, gestures, keyboard navigations, theming settings See More

Top Pro

Access to Chrome extensions

All of the standard Chrome extensions appear to be available. See More

Top Con

UI does not seem native to macOS

The UI seems a bit out of place with the sharp corners and color schemes. See More

IntellectualSangarius's Experience

Very parsimonious with cpu when set up properly. Runs cool on my MacBook Air. See More

Top Pro

Tab tiling

Tabs can be put in a side-by-side or grid view to make comparisons or read and keep track of multiple pages at the same time. The feature can be toggled on Tab Stacks or by selecting the tabs with Ctrl+clicking. See More

Top Con

Telemetry

According to its privacy policy, Vivaldi sends an approximate location, randomized ID, version, cpu architecture, screen resolution and time since last message every 24 hours. See More

ResponsibleAlthaea's Experience

Vivaldi is simple to use, easy to customize beyond any other browser, and offers a free email account. It will install extensions from the Chrome web-store and has a great community for sharing ideas and experiences for trouble shooting and See More

Top Pro

Can be completely keyboard-driven

All actions required to interact with the browser like navigating webpages and changing settings can be performed using only the keyboard, no mouse required. 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

Comes with many Ads

After installation the first thing you have to do is to remove all the default bookmarks and quickdial links which is really annoying. There is more minor stuff like the default search provider or your start page things that could be easily managed with a wizard at the first startup. 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

Still dependent on Google

Top Pro

The UI can be customized with ease

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

Developer Mode on MacOS is buggy

If you use the devices view in developer mode on mac you won't be able to change to the device view. See More

Top Pro

Tab bar position can be changed

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

Top Con

Uses Bing search by default

Top Pro

Notes

A notes panel allows leaving notes about webpages, they can include screenshots for reference. It has tags as well as folders to help manage them. See More

Top Con

No touch bar support

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. See More

Top Con

No automatic page translation

Unlike Chrome, it doesn't automatically translate pages that are not in your language. See More

Top Pro

Add websites as web panels for easy access

You can add sites as panels for easy access them. It allows reading two websites side by side with a simple click on the panel button. Useful for social networks, like WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook & Twitter. Panels can be hidden when not in use. See More

Top Con

Same security-holes 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 will also hack Vivaldi. See More

Top Pro

Mouse gestures

Integrated customisable mouse gestures. Allows for navigating the web, switching tabs, closing windows, opening settings and other actions with a flick of the mouse. See More

Top Con

No option to open saved tab stack as... 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

Faster than Firefox or Chrome

Top Con

Extensions lacking hotkey support

You can set your shortcuts at vivaldi://extensions, but they do not work. See More

Top Pro

Synchronisation

Everything can be synced with a Vivaldi account. Though there's still no mobile version you can sync between computers and OSes. See More

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

Non-closable fixed tabs

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

Top Con

No VPN

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

Extensions miss hotkeys

You can set your shortcuts at vivaldi://extensions, but they do not work. 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

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 Pro

Saving sessions

It saves oversights many options and functions implemented in Vivaldi. E.g. no option to open saved tab stack as a tab stack. 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

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

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 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

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 Pro

VPN is available by extension- also routing through Tor network

VPN and Tor encryption is possible through extensions. Tor is a free choice if one doesn't want to subscribe to a VPN service. See More

Top Pro

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 Pro

Cross browser extensions with Opera and Chrome, Firefox web-ext's too

All Vivaldi, Opera and Chrome users can get extensions from all extension/addon sites, especially from Opera Addons and Chrome Store. 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

Top Pro

Analytical history

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

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

Updates via dialog box

Unlike most modern browsers (but like most browsers of yesteryear), Vivaldi gives you a dialog box when a 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

Portable version can be added on default apps

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

Top Pro

Fast and safe

It is faster and safer. 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

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

GDPR compliant

Prevents automatic loading of cookies as well. See More

Min

Top Con

Based on Electron

Top Pro

Built-in tracker protection

Specs

Based On:Chromium core

License:OpenSource (Apache-2.0)

No backward or forward buttons makes it a bit cumbersome to navigate. See More

Top Con

Lacks basic navigation buttons

Top Pro

Built in AdBlock

Top Con

No MIMEtypes defined or added

Won't open or even download Microsoft Office documents. See More

Top Pro

Minimal design

Top Con

Developer Tools not embedded

When you attempt to Inspect Element, the Developer Tools pane opens in a new window and cannot be embedded to the bottom or the right of the current page. See More

Top Pro

Open source

Top Pro

Clean UI

They've got everything you will personally need built in, but a lack of addons could be an issue for some people. See More

Roccat browser

Top Con

Limited add on support

Top Pro

Preview in tabs

VisiTabs shows you a preview of the site in the tab. See More

DynamicAnicetus's Experience

Amazing features that i've not see on any other browser! See More

Top Pro

FusedBar Aware

Really intelligent address bar. For example, type in how many calories in a banana and it will know - pretty cool! See More

Top Pro

Built-in URL shortener

It's their own one called lovebyt.es, does what a URL shortener should. See More

Top Pro

Roccat Flick

Super easily share links with devices with Roccat on the same network (works really well). See More

Top Pro

Full page screenshots

You can take screenshots of the whole page (not just the visible part) so no photoshopping multiple screenshots together anymore. See More

Top Pro

Roccat Draw

Let's you draw on and annote the web. See More

Top Pro

Ad-remover is already built in the engine

You do not necessarily need an extra plugin. See More

It's possible to add own filter lists. The internal adblocker is faster than any external. See More

Opera

Top Pro

Built-in ad block

Top Con

Resource consumption

When browsing around, Opera is quite efficient. But when loads of tabs open, it feels like Opera is putting a great effort to keep all those tabs like awake or active instead of just the top most one. This can heat up a laptop and drain its battery. See More

CourteousAlUzza's Experience

Good adblock, not good for gaming compare to other See More

Specs

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

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

Top Pro

Battery saving mode

Top Con

Cannot select tabs

CommunicativeKratos's Experience

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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

Not trustworthy

Opera Software is owned by a consortium of Chinese investors known as "golden brick capital private equity fund limited partnership". Four of Opera Software's other apps were allegedly doing some sketchy stuff that was in violation of Google Play Store Policies. These apps apparently were targeting people in India, Kenya and Nigeria with predatory loans offering APRs of 33% when the actual rate was as high as 438%. On top of all of that, the current Opera CEO is allegedly involved in another Chinese lending business that was accused of fraud and illegal lending practices. See More

Top Pro

Strong HTML5 feature support

Opera scores highly on HTML5 feature support. See More

Top Con

Questionable VPN

The VPN in Opera is not actually a VPN, it's more of a proxy service and it tanks your network performance while having a suite of "benefits" that are dubious at best. See More

Top Pro

VPN onboard

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

Top Con

No address bar in fullscreen mode

Unlike in Vivaldi. See More

Top Pro

Opera Turbo

Opera has a functionality called Turbo which increases browsers speed and reduces data consumption considerably by compressing the data that's found in a web page. 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

Portable

You can save the Opera's setup files on a USB hard drive and run its portable version anywhere. 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

For Opera 2017 & 2018 gonna be time of new

Opera got Reborn UI as the first implementation from Opera Neon concept browser. Snap -feature is next. Opera constantly improves its basic functionality - unlike Chrome. See More

Top Con

Extension icons not directly moveable

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

Opera is owned by a Chinese Consortium

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

Top Pro

Sidebar chats

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

Top Pro

Fast video loading

Opera loads videos faster, making it useful for slow internet connections. 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

Compatible with Chrome extensions

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

Top Con

Bad gaming experience

Not very good for gaming. See More

Top Pro

Can make videos pop-out in separate view

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

Top Con

Fewer extensions

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

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

Opera can have extensions from Opera Addons & Chrome Store websites

Opera supports cross-browser extensions. Opera Addons site keeps quality up compared to Chrome Store. Full of useful extensions, Opera also supports extra APIs like Speed Dial API, Extension Sidebar API and Stash API meaning wider variety of extension possibilities than in Chrome. See More

Top Con

No reader view

Top Pro

Modern UI

Top Con

No menu bar

Top Pro

Lightweight

It doesn't consume much RAM, unlike Chrome. 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

Blazingly fast

Scores top on Basemark. See More

Top Pro

Free and open source

Source code available on GitHub. 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 Pro

You can install extensions in 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

The high performance and speed come at a cost of an abnormally large RAM usage when it comes to Chrome. This isn't a problem with machines with lots of RAM (4GB+) but it's very noticeable with computers that have less RAM than that and can slow it down a lot depending on the number of open tabs. See More

Google Chrome

Top Con

High resource consumption

Top Pro

Good HTML5 feature support

Chrome scores highly on HTML5 feature support. It commonly shares the top place with Opera. See More

CooperativeNidaba's Experience

It misses feaures and it tracks you across the internet See More

Top Con

Allows Google to track essentially everything you visit with your browser

Chrome sends usage data to Google. Fingerprint is probably the worst. No privacy at all. See More

Top Pro

Can be used to sync data using a Google account

Chrome will sync bookmarks, passwords, history, open tabs and settings for both the browser itself as well as extensions and apps across instances of Chrome both on mobile and desktop. See More

PersonableLyssa's Experience

Worst performance in comparison with Firefox and Safari. It is hard to make it work. See More

Top Con

Slightly heavier than other options

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

Top Pro

Widest selection of extensions

ExceptionalElatha's Experience

fingerprint is absolutely insane. Allows Google to track you easy. No privacy at all. Publicity is a major concern here. See More

Top Con

Proprietary

While Chromium is open source, Chrome is closed source. See More

Top Pro

Great design

Chrome's design is (in my opinion) the best design of all browsers I used. See More

Top Con

Misses some useful features

Chrome purposefully removed some useful features like the Reader Mode (which is still in the flags) and the "Mute tab" function (not in the flags anymore) See More

Top Pro

Clean layout

Chrome attempts to be as clutter-free as possible. By default the UI displays tabs, address bar, couple of navigation buttons and a button for settings. See More

Top Con

Heavily tied to Google's ecosystem

While it's possible to forego logging into Chrome via a Google account, the browser is designed to be used with a Google account in mind. A Google account is required to sync bookmarks, passwords, history, open tabs and settings for both the browser itself as well as extensions and apps across instances of Chrome both on mobile and desktop. See More

Top Pro

Very user friendly UI

Top Con

Chrome favors Google's products

It tries to satiate Google's data appetite, what hurts the user experience. See More

Top Pro

Supports the latest web standards

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

Top Con

Lacks ad-blocking features

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

Top Pro

Great developer tools

Has one of the best web development tools available. 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 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

Top Con

Lacks a download manager

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

Since it uses gecko. See More

Kingpin Private Browser

Top Con

Depent from mozilla

Top Pro

Works well on macOS

CapableShennong's Experience

Browser is sometimes abandonedand might crash often. See More

Specs

Based On:Firefox 75.0

Browser Engine:Gecko

This browser isnt free. Please be careful. See More

Top Con

PC and Mac only

Top Pro

Saves no history

SpiritedZipacna's Experience

Top Con

High ram usage

Because its fast, kingpin eats too much RAM, which can be a problem to PCs and Macs with smaller RAM. See More

Top Pro

Always incognito mode

TolerantKisin's Experience

best alternative to safari See More

Top Con

Not free

It costs 9.99 on the app store. See More

Top Pro

Kingpin button for hiding all tabs at once

Top Pro

Blocks all ads

Opera Neon innovates with its clean aesthetic pleasing interface. See More

Opera Neon

Top Pro

Futuristic interface

Top Con

Crashes often

It never really got fully completed, and is still very much beta, if that- very buggy. See More

Barny's Experience

Gorgeous interface! Very heavy on system resources though. Would like more support for add-ons. See More

Specs

Based On:Chromium

Uses far too much virtual memory. See More

Top Pro

Modern, intuitive design

Top Con

System resource-heavy

Top Pro

Modern look

It is a very modern version of Opera. It looks like a desktop app instead of a web browser. See More

Top Con

Not meant for general use

This browser is not meant for general use. It only exists, because the Opera developers had some ideas for the user-interface, and wanted their users' feedback. If you want a browser that you can use day-to-day, something with bookmarks and security updates, look elsewhere. See More

Top Con

Bad UX

The usability is not the best since the left and right bar take up space and there is no way to resize them. See More

Top Con

Never updated

The Opera folks came out with a browser that was good as an experiment - and then they essentially abandoned it. It really was great, but they never planned to support/update it and it's closed-source. See More

Top Con

Little to zero add-on support (built-in only)

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

Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

Top Con

Microsoft still tracking you by default (Like Google with Chrome)

Top Pro

Supports Chrome extensions

As it is built on Chromium See More

Specs

Based On:Chromium core with proprietary UI

Default Search Engine:Bing

Edge uses the same browser as Chrome, meaning that it has the same security holes as Chrome. Chrome is a big target for hackers, and a webpage that will hack Chrome also will hack Edge. See More

Top Con

Same security holes as Chrome

Top Pro

Better web compatibility

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

Top Pro

Fast

Top Pro

Built on Chromium

Microsoft are contributing to chromium See More

Things like https everywhere and no tracking are standard with Brave. In most other browsers, things like these are optional at best. See More

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Brave

Top Pro

Safety and privacy well taken care of

Top Con

Still dependent on Google

Since it's based on Chrome. See More

CapableShennong's Experience

So fassst See More

Specs

Based On:Chromium core

License:OpenSource (MPL)

Contains an optional "Allow Brave Acceptable Ads", So you can support the site you truly enjoy. See More

Top Pro

Built-in Adblock

Top Con

No reader view

Can be accessed with an extension though. See More

AssertiveSabazios's Experience

fast and secure See More

Top Pro

Very fast

Arguably the fastest browser out there. See More

Top Con

Hypocritical/deceptive stance on privacy and advertisement

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

PracticalUsinsh's Experience

Brave is fantastic! It is a very performance-efficient browser. It's ad-blocking and privacy features are a must in every browser. Brave is definitely the best browser out there. See More

Top Pro

Tor is available right in the browser

Top Con

Sync issues

Unable to sync extensions, no cloud sync (only device sync). See More

TruthfulChantico's Experience

Fast, option to block fingerprinting. 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

More CPU usage than other browsers, especially on Mac

DiligentStheno's Experience

This browser has been a big fan of mine ever since I first started using it. Between the quickness and reliability, I have had nothing but an enjoyable experience. SInce February 2019, this browser has served me well. 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

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 most of the other web browsers. See More

CoolMastorpaz's Experience

I've bounced between browsers for years. Don't get me wrong, Brave needs a $h!t ton of work, and change moves at a snail's pace. However, it is undeniably fast and blocks an unprecedented amount of ads and trackers. So many in fact that is just can't be ignored. You cannot get adblocking in Safari even with PAID options that equates to what comes standard in Brave. Brave does lack an attention to detail though and it's quite obvious; at times it feels like it's a Windows browser converted for Mac users. They are missing many functions, capabilities, and settings. I'm into cryptocurrency however the whole BAT token ecosystem just doesn't make sense to me because if you have a JOB then why on earth would you ever consider wasting your time clicking ads for cents at a time? It is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. I made more money per hour in middle school doing a slave labour paper route for my neighbourhood. See More

Top Pro

Option to disable additional privacy concerns

Like fingerprint tracking. See More

Top Con

Uses Google as its default search engine

Quite ironic for the "privacy" browser. See More

Hamza's Experience

Drains battery on macbook pro 2018. Battery life with Brave = 3-3.30h. Also it heats macbook. Turning off hardware acceleration leads to choppy scrolling. Worst browser at the moment on mac if you care about mobility and performance. 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

Download package is very large considering it as a browser

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

CulturedNohochacyum's Experience

Good See More

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

Bad touch bar support

On Mac, the touch bar is quite limited. See More

LivelyMoros's Experience

Really good all around See More

Top Pro

Now supports Chrome Webstore

It's now a faster, less intrusive Chrome. 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

Jordan Fischer's Experience

Its basically a less bloated Chrome, with all the same extensions available and better features. Ive made actual money from Brave Rewards and got it by using an actually great browser. Thats pretty good to me. See More

Top Pro

Built-in torrent client

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

DynamicHeqet's Experience

excellent See More

Top Pro

Sync is now available

Top Con

Tabs on top and cannot change

GloriousPuhaorangi's Experience

Painfully slow after new updates. See More

Top Pro

Can block trackers, scripts, fingerprinting, etc. built in

Top Con

Some pages don't load properly

Top Pro

Developed by creator of Mozilla and Javascript

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

Top Pro

Sleek and familiar interface

Since the browser is built on chromium, it is easy to switch over and still be familiar with the interface. See More