Brave Browser

Brave Browser

Brave Software
Opera GX

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About

Brave Browser is a super fast, safe, and private web browser with built-in ad blocker. It’s 3x faster than Chrome, more secure than Safari, and has almost 60 million users worldwide. Featuring a built-in VPN, crypto wallet, and a truly independent search engine, Brave is the privacy super app! Download the best privacy online for desktop, Android, or iOS. Easily import bookmarks, passwords, and extensions. It only takes 60 seconds to switch. Browse privately, search privately, and ditch Big Tech. With Brave. Brave is the best browser for privacy!

About

Opera GX, for PC, Mac, iOS, and Android, is the world's first browser designed specifically for gamers. The built-in CPU, network and RAM limiters help preserve resources for your system or gaming platform, and its design has won both the Red Dot and IF Design awards. Customization lets you change color and design elements as well as synchronize lighting themes with Razer Chroma integration. The GX corner keeps you up-to-date on game releases, news and special deals, while Twitch built-into the sidebar means you can easily follow streamers and receive channel notifications. Additionally, GX includes the unique features found in the Opera browser for computers, like a free VPN for privacy, integrated messengers and social media in the sidebar, and Video pop-out to watch videos in a separate floating window. You can download the Opera GX gaming browser for free and import your settings and extensions in a few clicks.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Windows, Mac, Android, and iPhone users that want a privacy-oriented web browser that includes a built-in crypto wallet, VPN, adblocker, and more

Audience

Gamers that need a web browser designed for gaming

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API

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Pricing

Free
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

Free
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Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.4 / 5
ease 4.9 / 5
features 4.6 / 5
design 4.4 / 5
support 4.5 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 2.6 / 5
ease 2.8 / 5
features 3.0 / 5
design 4.0 / 5
support 3.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • This is a great browser, some sites you visit will just bombard you with non stop ads and pop ups and this blocks it - I use it on my Macbook pro and on my iPhone as well as my iPad pro, so I am very well versed with how this browser works and use it more often than I do Safari, although there are some things Safari does that I wish Brave does and I will list them in the Cons below. But the ad block feature, the VPN, the ability to sync across other devices (I have it sync'd to my Macbook Pro, iPad, and iPhone so I can open up tabs etc that I am viewing there - but there's an issue with that as well).
  • This browser has a default blocking of ads and trackers, Brave offers a more secure and private browsing experience than many other browsers. In addition, Brave's HTTPS Everywhere feature ensures that connections to websites are always encrypted, protecting users from potential security risks. For those who want to browse the web anonymously, Brave also offers Tor integration. This feature allows users to browse the Internet without revealing their identity or location, which can be particularly useful for those who are concerned about their privacy. In addition, Brave offers a selection of privacy-friendly search engines, including Brave Search, DuckDuckGo, and Qwant, allowing users to choose the option that best suits their needs. I like the speed of this browser. By blocking third-party scripts and ads, the browser reduces page load times and offers a faster browsing experience than many other browsers. In fact, according to some tests, Brave is three times faster than Chrome and six times faster than Firefox and Safari on some websites. Plus, Brave's minimalist user interface prioritizes performance and ease of use, making it a joy to use. Brave's playlist feature is a prominent offering that allows users to add audio and video from various sources to their playlist and listen online or offline. It's a fantastic addition that sets Brave apart from other browsers.
  • Brave is an excellent browser to be used as a data-intensive browser. Brave has fascinated me because it has an extremely low consumption on any type of device, it does not matter if you are using it on a computer or on a mobile device, in the same way the consumption will always be low compared to other internet browsers, this helps a lot since I have been able to access other applications, have applications or tabs in the background while Brave is running, the approximate and default consumption is 150MB on computers. I liked that Brave allows me to enjoy a built-in ad blocker, this ad blocker is fully modifiable, you can block ads from specific pages or you can also set it to block all ads in general, also if you want to disable this feature, you can you do it. Brave has a user-friendly design, the process of deleting data and Cookies is processed in just a few seconds, compared to platforms like Opera or Chrome that take up to 5 minutes to delete a browsing history.
  • Brave has been a really useful browser for our entire company, mainly because it has allowed us to have better results in all searches and has provided us with fluidity and agility when performing each search, one of the main features that I have liked about that browser is the upload is that it has when working on my computer, I have noticed that while this browser works on my computer, the general experience on my computer is not affected at any time, since this browser consumes very little resource of it and causes you to have a good experience while searching on the Internet. Another thing I like about your browser is that it has immediate compatibility with each of the stations that are available in the Google store, because this browser is developed on a Chromium basis. Each of the rooms available in the Google store are compatible with that browser, which means that you can have a much more complete experience with the installation of extensions that are useful for any type of search. Like the extensions, you can also speak any theme that is available in the Google store, that helps a lot if I want to customize the general interface of this browser, I have loved the right to be able to install any theme available in the Google store, without any limit. The last feature I liked about your browser is that it pays me to browse, this browser provides me with a number of specific coins each time I did a search within that browser, these coins I can collect and then I can sell them on the market, I have never been using a browser before that pays me coins to use it, this is really new to me but it has helped me a lot.
  • Brave is a browser that for me is considered one of the best today for its ability to function, I have noticed that this browser behaves much more fluidly than any other browser, I have made many comparisons regarding the speed of several browsers, and I really choose this one, I have been very impressed with the behavior of this browser in complicated situations, for example, when there are several tabs open. One of the main things that I like about this browser is the fluidity with which it works, you don't have to worry about opening multiple tabs simultaneously, the browser has never slowed down, and I've also noticed that the consumption within my card Randy has not increased excessively while these tabs and mountains are working, this is a very important point in favor. The second thing I like about this platform is that you can earn money while using it, you can earn Tokens just by surfing the internet, these tokens can be exchanged into cash quickly. It will not be features that I would like this browser is its ability to install any type of extension available in the Google store, this compatibility is quite positive, since this browser does not have its own store, but is fully compatible with all intentions that you can install in Google Chrome, so if you have any favorite extension in Google Chrome, you can install it in this browser without any problem.

Cons

  • Ok now to list the Cons... Battery/Memory - This thing will kill your device's usage, I have seen how quickly this drains my battery on my phone and Macbook lately with the Battery app and it's pretty rough. I don't really understand how either given this wasn't an issue until maybe a few updates ago. Sync - While great, it kind of stinks. It won't let you access the history even if you've literally selected it to sync, so if I visited a site and now forgot what it was and Brave crashed on my iPhone (it tends to crash at times), I can't open up the option to see my iPhone Brave window on my Macbook and see the history of what it was, nor does it really sync the tabs all that well. I had 5 tabs open (sports tabs I was checking hockey scores) and then on my phone I had a bunch of EDC Tools I was looking at buying, I wanted to open those tabs on my Macbook but all that would come up was the hockey ones that I closed and tried again and nothing. I had everything sync'd the way Brave wants you to with everything turned on to sync and yet, it doesn't. Also, Safari lets me "download linked file" while Brave does not, so if there's a download link to a font or a file that I am downloading and it's on my phone, I can have issues doing it on Brave, but on Safari it is easier to do "Download as" by just long pressing on the button and using "Download linked file" whereas Brave will have issues.
  • Perhaps Brave's most significant downside is its ad and tracker blocking feature, which deprives publishers and content creators of their main source of revenue. Although users can support them through Brave Rewards, this system is not widely adopted or accepted by the online community. As a result, some publishers may find it unethical or coercive to replace their ads with Brave's own ads. Also, some websites may not work properly with the Brave browser due to its ad blocking and tracker blocking features. Users may need to adjust their settings or whitelist certain sites to access them correctly. Some websites may not be optimized for the Brave browser, which can lead to slower loading times or other issues. This could be frustrating for users who depend on specific websites for work or pleasure. Compared to other browsers, Brave browser does not have many features or extensions that enhance its functionality or customization. For example, it doesn't have a built-in VPN or password manager, nor does it support streaming or syncing between devices. This could be a problem for users who rely on these features to enhance their browsing experience. Also, the limited crypto wallet that only supports Ethereum-based tokens may not be suitable for users using other cryptocurrencies.
  • The only problem I got in Brave is that this browser sometimes limits the loading of specific websites. When Brave tries to open websites that are very large or have a complex programming language like Javascript, this causes the browser to automatically stop loading these types of pages to take care of the overall performance of the computer and not affect the user experience. This seems a bit of a positive, but it is extremely negative that Brave stops the loading process of some websites that are heavy or take a long time to load correctly.
  • One of the main negative features of this browser is that currently it has a limited download speed, but since this browser is not able to recognize all the internet speed available on my computer, which causes the files to take much longer and downloading due to the fat speed that there is, What you lack negative has been very critical for me, since I would like to download any type of document or file quickly. Another of the negative things that was not close to your browser is that it has various problems when I run several tabs at the same time, this causes the browser to hang and I have to forcefully close it through the task manager, this has been a Critical problem for me, because in my company and the computers we use, Task to open various websites, and it is quite frustrating that this number hangs for no reason. I also did not like the learning curve that your browser has, since when you know what you are starting to use for the first time, you may have difficulties moving between the different options that this browser offers, since each of the configurations is very hidden and you have to know how to navigate within the browser to be able to access important functions.
  • The main negative thing that I perceived about this browser is regarding the limitation that it has when it comes to allowing the user to customize its interface, in another thing that there is no type of store available to install new themes to the browser, This is quite a big limitation, since sometimes users want to modify the general interface of the browser to feel much more comfortable, it would be amazing if they can install all kinds of themes and customize them as they wish, I hope that this function has been implemented and just also a store to get Brave's own themes and 3rd party themes. Also, another of the negative things that I noticed about this browser is that it limits the download speed of the files a bit, I have noticed that the download speed has been limited by approximately 50%, therefore, I do not recommend this browser if what you are looking for is speed when downloading new files, since you download it very limited.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Let's define what I want to say right away. The only reason I writing here is to share my 3 years user experience. An extremely frustrating user experience. GX has become just awful: a couple of useful functions in a heap of absolutely unnecessary junk, as if the browser was builded according to the 10-year-old's desires (from those who choose components for PC depending on how they glow). Gamers are not the ones, who light everything with RGB, gamers are the ones, who are used to hotkeys, fast decision making, having the one clear way to do technical things, and to good UI/UX. And sometimes "good UI/UX" means asceticism and minimalism. Decent features: 1) A sidebar with "workspaces" that work as tab containers abstracted from each other, which allow you to organize real workspaces just with "save tabs from a previous session" setting enabled. (Aaand no, it's not. After 115 update, all tabs opened in separate workspaces move to first one on browser closing. Bravo, devs, I'm not even going to comment on this. Nor will I comment on my desire to continue using a browser with 1,700 tabs casualy shuffled); 2) An adblocker embedded on top of chromium (which sometimes doesn't work with proxies and DoH); 3) The address bar connected with the search bar. Hints when searching from it include tabs from the history, what can be quite convenient; 4) The "panic button", not in the form it presented in, but in the form of some important tab quick access button (why should I come up with myself how to work with the function? Used it to quickly check my mail); 5) GX Control, when it works for some unholy reasons. 6) Synchronization of bookmarks and browser settings between devices via an opera account (the same sync that is available with almost any chromium browser). Opportunity to view a list of tabs opened on another logged-in device (this is proudly called "tab synchronization", although it is no different from bookmarks); 7) Hotkeys settings for many things (except for the things for which there is no such setting, e.g. there are hotkeys for moving to a specific workspace, but there are no hotkeys for moving to the next/previous one; there are hotkeys for moving to the next/previous tab inside the workspace, but there are no hotkeys for moving the tab into another space directly or opening the "move tab" context window); 8) The standard browser UI was pleasant to see before update. Won't comment on new one. Just give you an example of working with "cool looking" settings - searching for specific settings by keywords doesn't return you the settings themselves, It returns whole groups, somewhere inside of which there is a setting you need. Great job, lmao.
  • Cool when you first use it. some nice features. Some decent customization. Nice themes and coloring but somehow LOST my themes.
  • 1) Chromium engine means compatibility with most Chrome extensions. 2) It still retains the old Opera interface without last year's annoying additions to Opera Stable, like the un-customizable and non-interactive screen border that forced me to switch. 3) Funny social media management.
  • + The workspaces are what caught my attention the most about this browser since it was most comfortable for me to be able to manage different tabs from different sites without closing them. This allowed me to have a better workflow regarding the real estate market research that I do since I can have a work space for the different brokers which I am investigating properties and on the other hand I can have a work space for networks and another for research and grow my company. + Contains an ad blocker that in the long run is very useful for those ads that constantly appear on certain sites and become annoying on many occasions. This has allowed me to browse safely by not having annoying ads that take up a large amount of space on the screen and that can confuse certain people to fall for certain electronic scams. So with this feature I don't have to worry about ads as it blocks pretty much all ads from any website that has them embedded. + In its sidebar it is easy to manage social networks, especially direct messages from any social media that can be used in the browser, including WhatsApp. So in times of having to manage personal or business social networks and use the browser for other activities, it is practical to be able to do it in Opera without having to use the mobile device that has been used so much for a long time. + It is possible to be able to modify the interface of this browser to your liking, besides that the themes are very visually pleasing, including the dark mode themes which are of various color combinations that accommodate different users. The sidebar can be modified as well as used to store the windows there, as well as the shortcuts of the pages, as well as direct access to the chats of all social networks.
  • Easy to use, easy to modify to your liking, you can control the RAM consumption so you're able to open as many windows as you want and it won't cause any issues or interruptions with your games.

Cons

  • What about the "junk" part? • Mods are just browser themes named with a word "like in games". However, don't provide any functionality, unlike mods in games. • Sounds and music in the browser. No comments. When someone wants to listen to music, they go and turn on normal music there, where people usually listen to music, and certainly not the music embedded in the browser. Sounds for actions, according to UX teachings, are needed when the user reads the action with them. Here we are talking about a browser where the user has no distractions and his only task is to watch what he clicks. • Profiles. Their functionality is limited to 4 settings checkboxes, which don't really change anything. Are needed for... Used for... Okay, I can't even think of a use for them. In total, here we have: an incognito mode disguised as a profile setting, a mode with browser sounds turned off (which are turned off with one toggle switch in the settings), a mode with browser tabs sound turned off (a browser sound channel mute button disguised as a profile setting, lol) and a performance mode (yeah, performance mode for weak devices in the browser that take disk space with... music. I don't realy know, is the stupidity of this idea really so unobvious that it needs to be explained? There is, at least, opera mini, which combines the performance of performance mode (really that simple!) and the lack of the need to download a full-sized browser.) • The "Dark theme for all pages" function works in a way that would be better if it didn't work in any way. Have you ever heard of "Color the black in grey, and the grey in grey, and in 'de magic ray you will get a mentally unhealthy user, who will never be the same"? No, cause i just made it up. At least here is the visible effort. • 1000 and 1 express panel (new tab screen) settings. Awesome. Let me just remind you that "browsers" are used for "browsing" web pages hosted on the global network, and not for looking at express panel (suspect that devs just forgot about this). All I need from a "new tab" is the opportunity to navigate from it to the page I need. I can do this through the address bar, through the search engine in the address bar, and through bookmarks. Why, in the name of nine hells, duplicate it all on this garbage panel? To spend 2 years improving it instead of fixing bugs, adding real functionality, and working with browser performance? (Yes.) Or to report to investors with a beautiful picture? (...) • Rude ARGB color settings overwriting, aka GX Lights. Why, if all the brands represented have their own flexible settings? Btw, it breaks the Logitech G HUB in some cursed way and neither Opera nor Logitech have fixed this for over a year now, lol. • Mediaplayer with support for major services only. In a world where every major music service has own application with an amazing amount of convenient functions for musics listening (where, let me remind you, do people go when they want to listen to music (not to the browser music)), which can also collapse into a system tray and which also has a separate audio output channel, independent of all other sources? Well... Think again. • Pinboards. So, we have browser themes (which we call mods), we have browser colors (which we call themes), oh the wrong topic... So, we have static bookmarks (which we call bookmarks and which sync), we have dynamic bookmarks (which we call tab synchronization and which sync). Oh, great idea, let's add another static bookmarks (which we'll call Pinboards and which will sync)! Umm, maybe not? Or maybe this is a cool extension of the bookmarks functionality? If so, I'm sorry to inform you, but the bookmarks are in another place. Or maybe it's an attempt to imitate Figma? If so, I'm sorry to inform you, but it's abortive attempt. Crypto Wallet. Who would ever trust a cryptowallet embedded in a browser? Well, guys, information security exists. • RGX, which makes even the most blurred videos... also grainy. • GX Control, when it doesn't work. (What? I couldn't even figure out any pattern.) • Browser games. No really, browser games (that no one has ever run.) While we live in 2025, opera devs live in 2008 or in 2108 (or they are just trying to convince investors who have never seen real games of their involvement in the gamedev, but shh. I have seen couple of good ones there - just let them go somewhere else. As an indie i just brrrr from this. I would agree that someone might like it, but that someone is not me or other 99% of humanity. Regardless of that, GX games are still somewhere nearby for some godless reasons.) • "Panic button", one scene, no rights reserved - It is made for those who watch, hihihi, special videos, hihi, so that if mom comes in, thay could save their honor! - Well done, but can I go already? - And with the latest release, the long-awaited feature of replacing the browser history with a fake one after 14 days of inactivity has arrived! Because, you know, haha, yes, well, you know, ahahah, yes, you all know, XD, we're such a naughty boys, hihi! After all, we all are degenerates and can't press ctrl+shift+n. Well, It's stupid, but now you can understand what you have to deal with when it comes to this browser. It's just vulgar, putting these jokes in the master-release. You have discord chats for that. • There are a couple more smalls: restrictions on the choice of search engines, a small number of specialized extensions, cutting out some useful functions, rarely released fixes, AI working not for you, but for itself. And we also don't have tab islands :)
  • Loses passwords and data. Slow opening times. Can't drag windows easily at all.
  • 1) Keeps deleting my browsing history and logging me out of accounts approximately once per month. I've already experienced this thrice. If it's supposed to be a safety measure, I don't need such measures, and there's nothing in the settings that seems to control this. Considering I mainly rely on the browser to remember stuff for me, this is intolerable. 2) Buggy Speed Dial customization. At first, I was puzzled why my tabs kept disappearing until restarting the program after I used the thumbnails. Turns out you had to disable thumbnail tile animations to prevent such malfunctions. 3) Even less useful support compared to Opera Stable. 4) Bloated with gaming functions that I don't need. I know it's supposed to be a gaming browser, but if the other version is unusable, hey, can't help it. 5) Console changes only stay while you stay on the tab with the console dialog opened, which takes up space. 6) Apparently even greater memory consumption than Chrome, somehow.
  • - It is a bit complicated to add plugins within this browser, also not all plugins are available for opera, so if you need to switch to this browser you will have to consider the availability of different plugins if you need one in particular and if It is not available to see if there is a similar one that meets the needs and that is safe since this Opera plugin store is not very old. On the other hand, if it does not require special plugins then this browser would be a good option to have a good performance without consuming so many resources. - Just as you can configure the resources that my computer consumes, it was also important to know how many resources I needed to be able to run the pages I was visiting, because if I lowered the resources of Opera too much, the pages tended to load more slowly or simply did not finish loading all of them. The elements. So it is a bit tedious to be constantly configuring the opera resources. It should have personalized performance profiles for different types of work, so it can be more adapted to the activities you are doing at any given time, so you don't waste time configuring how much ram and processor the opera is going to consume at all times. In addition to operating itself, it requires a minimum of consumption because if not, not only the tabs but the entire browser will simply freeze. - I like that it has a VPN included, but it is not the fastest to navigate, it is possible that not all the pages you want to access load since the IP addresses of Opera are practically banned for certain sites. In addition, it may not be safe to use this VPN since it is integrated into the browser, having security problems, so you have to take precautions regarding this feature that is included. - Not all sites are compatible with this browser, including Opera has problems with certain certificates as they are not up to date and this causes a "site not secure" message to appear which is not the case. Another thing that bothers me is that it is slow to open complicated pages, if they are simple websites there may not be any problems, but the rest takes too long to load the page definitively.
  • No cons, I have been using this browser for quite a while and I haven't encountered a single bad thing in it.

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Brave Software
Founded: 2015
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Founded: 1995
Norway
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