Brave alternatives.

Opera One is Opera’s free Chromium browser on every desktop and phone, with a free browser VPN, an ad blocker, messengers in the sidebar and Opera AI. Its agents are in a separate browser, Opera Neon.

Keeps: tabs down the side (as a setting), folders in the sidebar, Split View, AI chat about pages, Chrome extensions, an ad blocker, a Windows version, a phone app that syncs and a free price.

Pick it if you want a free browser VPN and an ad blocker built in. The catch: Opera AI only chats and sums up; agents need Opera Neon at $19.90 a month.

Chrome is Google’s browser on every desktop and phone, with Gemini built in. Its auto browse agent works in your own signed-in Chrome on a paid Google AI plan, in the US and India.

Keeps: tabs down the side (as a setting), folders in the sidebar, Split View, AI chat about pages, Chrome extensions, a Windows version, a phone app that syncs and a free price. Misses: an ad blocker.

Pick it if you live in Google’s apps and want Gemini across Gmail, Calendar and your tabs. The catch: Auto browse needs Google AI Pro ($19.99 a month) or Ultra, in the US and India only.

Edge is Microsoft’s Chromium browser on every desktop and phone, with Copilot built in. Since Copilot Mode was retired in May 2026, its agent, Browse with Copilot, comes with Microsoft 365 Premium in the US.

Keeps: tabs down the side (as a setting), folders in the sidebar, Split View, AI chat about pages, Chrome extensions, a Windows version, a phone app that syncs and a free price. Misses: an ad blocker.

Pick it if you use Microsoft 365 and want Copilot in the browser. The catch: Browse with Copilot needs Microsoft 365 Premium ($19.99 a month) and is US only.

Firefox is Mozilla’s open-source browser on its own engine, Gecko, on every desktop and phone. Its AI is optional: a Smart Window beta and a sidebar chatbot, all behind one switch.

Keeps: tabs down the side (as a setting), folders in the sidebar, Split View, AI chat about pages, a Windows version, a phone app that syncs and a free price. Misses: Chrome extensions and an ad blocker.

Pick it if you want an open-source browser that isn’t Chromium. The catch: Its Smart Window AI is a beta in the US, Canada and France and needs a Mozilla account.

Helium is a free, open-source Chromium browser by imput, still in beta, with ads blocked by default and Google’s AI and telemetry taken out, on Mac, Windows and Linux.

Keeps: tabs down the side (as a setting), folders in the sidebar, Split View, Chrome extensions, an ad blocker, a Windows version and a free price. Misses: AI chat about pages and a phone app that syncs.

Pick it if you want Chrome’s extensions without Google’s AI or telemetry. The catch: Still in beta.

Comet is Perplexity’s free Chromium browser for Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, with Perplexity’s search and an assistant that can act on pages for you.

Keeps: folders in the sidebar, Split View, AI chat about pages, Chrome extensions, an ad blocker, a Windows version, a phone app that syncs and a free price. Misses: tabs down the side.

Pick it if you use Perplexity and want its search and agent in the browser. The catch: Free use of the assistant is limited; more agent use is Pro at $20 or Max at $200.

Aside is an AI agent browser from a Y Combinator startup, on Chromium, for Mac and Windows. Its agent does multi-step work in the sites you are signed in to, on Aside’s own models or your ChatGPT or Claude plan.

Keeps: tabs down the side, folders in the sidebar, Split View, AI chat about pages, Chrome extensions, an ad blocker, a Windows version and a free price. Misses: a phone app that syncs.

Pick it if you want an agent for multi-step work across your signed-in sites, on Mac or Windows. The catch: The free plan has 500 AI credits a month; more is Pro at $20 or Max at $200.