Opera Neon vs Opera

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Opera Neon is Opera’s agent browser for Mac and Windows. Its own agents act in your live session on a $19.90 plan, and since August 2026 outside agents like Claude Code can use it free through its MCP Connector.

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.

Both are Opera’s. Opera One is the everyday browser, with a free VPN and Opera AI that only chats; Opera Neon is the agent browser, free for outside agents like Claude Code and $19.90 a month for Opera’s own agents.

The short answer

Pick Opera Neon

if you want Claude Code or another MCP client to use a real signed-in browser, free
if you want one plan for an in-browser agent, deep research and making apps and media
if you want a VPN and an ad blocker built in

Pick Opera

if you want a free browser VPN and an ad blocker built in
if you keep WhatsApp, Telegram or Slack open in a sidebar
if you sort work into workspaces, Tab Islands and split screen

Or Yabours

if you miss Arc and want spaces, pins and folders kept, on a Mac
if you already pay for Claude or ChatGPT and want it to work in your signed-in tabs
if you want Claude Code, Codex or Cursor to drive a real browser over MCP

At a glance

Opera Neon and Opera, with Yab beside them for a Mac.

Opera Neon vs Opera
What	Opera Neon	Opera	Yab
Made by	Opera	Opera	Serafim Korablev
Status	Updated	Updated	Updated
Runs on	Mac and Windows	Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android	Mac
Phone app	None yet; Opera says a mobile version will come, no date given	iPhone, iPad and Android; syncs tabs, bookmarks and Speed Dials with an Opera account	Not yet
Price	Free, and free for outside agents; Opera’s own agents $19.90/month	Free, with Opera AI and a browser VPN; VPN Pro is paid	Free; its AI runs on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan
AI	An agent that works in pages, on its own AI service	Chat about pages, on its own AI service	An agent that works in pages, on your Claude or ChatGPT plan
Driven by outside agents	MCP and a command line	MCP	MCP and a command line
Engine	Chromium	Chromium	WebKit
Tabs down the side	Not stated	A setting	Yes
Spaces	Yes	Yes	Yes
Split View	Not stated	Yes	Yes
Extensions	Not stated	Chrome Web Store	Chrome Web Store
Ad blocker	Built in	Built in	Built in
Open source	No	No	No

Checked October 9, 2026 on each maker’s own pages, linked under Sources. Prices are per month, in US dollars.

Where they differ

What separates them, area by area. Where one plainly has more, it says who; where it comes down to taste, it says so.

AIOpera Neon leads

Only Opera Neon has an agent that clicks, types and finishes tasks in your pages. Neon Chat talks about your tabs, Neon Do acts in your live session, research agents dig, and Make builds apps and media on Opera’s servers. Opera AI answers about the page, Tab Islands, videos and files, and makes images, with no account; it doesn’t click or fill forms.

Agents like Claude Code and CodexOpera Neon leads

Opera Neon can be driven over MCP and a command line, through its MCP Connector, read-only unless you allow more, and opera-browser-cli. Opera can be driven over MCP, through Browser Connector, in early testing, which lets ChatGPT or Claude read and open tabs but not click or type.

Tabs and windowsOpera leads

Opera Neon has spaces. Opera has tabs down the side as a setting, spaces, Split View, folders in the sidebar and tabs that sleep.

PriceOpera leads

Opera Neon: Free, and free for outside agents; Opera’s own agents $19.90/month. Opera: Free, with Opera AI and a browser VPN; VPN Pro is paid.

Where it runsOpera leads

Opera Neon runs on Mac and Windows. Opera runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android. Opera Neon has no phone app yet: Opera says a mobile version will come, no date given. On the phone, Opera: iPhone, iPad and Android; syncs tabs, bookmarks and Speed Dials with an Opera account.

Engine and extensionsa matter of taste

Both are built on Chromium, as Chrome is, so sites work as they do in Chrome. Opera Neon takes no extensions, Opera from the Chrome Web Store.

Privacyeven

Both have an ad blocker built in and a VPN. Page content used with Neon’s AI goes to Opera’s and OpenAI’s servers, kept up to 365 days; passwords, cards and cookies stay on your device. Opera AI sends only the current page or Tab Island when you write with page access on; Opera says it doesn’t send your history.

What their pages don’t lead with

Real limits, from the makers’ own words and our own use.

Opera Neon

Opera’s own agents need the $19.90 a month plan
Mac and Windows only; the phone version isn’t out
Its AI and the MCP Connector need an Opera account
Page content used with its AI goes to Opera’s and OpenAI’s servers, kept up to 365 days

Opera

Opera AI only chats and sums up; agents need Opera Neon at $19.90 a month
The free VPN covers the browser only, with three locations
The ad blocker is off until you turn it on
Browser Connector is in early testing and needs an Opera account

Yab, honestly

Mac only: macOS 15.4 or later, no Windows, iPhone or Android
New: first released in September 2026
Its AI needs a Claude or ChatGPT plan; ChatGPT’s free plan may work with low limits
WebKit, as in Safari: a site tested only in Chrome can misbehave
Closed source

What changed lately

August 12, 2026Opera Neon: Free plan: outside agents can use Neon without a subscription
July 23, 2026Opera: Vertical tabs shipped to all Opera One users
May 12, 2026Opera Neon: opera-browser-cli command line released
April 16, 2026Opera: Browser Connector lets ChatGPT and Claude read your tabs over MCP (Early Bird)
March 31, 2026Opera Neon: MCP Connector lets outside AI clients act in Neon
December 11, 2025Opera: Opera AI replaced Aria in Opera One, GX and Air

Questions

Is Opera Neon free?

Yes, with limits on its AI. Free, and free for outside agents; Opera’s own agents $19.90/month.

Is Opera free?

Yes. Free, with Opera AI and a browser VPN; VPN Pro is paid.

Which has an AI agent, Opera Neon or Opera?

Opera Neon. Neon Chat talks about your tabs, Neon Do acts in your live session, research agents dig, and Make builds apps and media on Opera’s servers. Opera AI answers about the page, Tab Islands, videos and files, and makes images, with no account; it doesn’t click or fill forms.

Do Opera Neon and Opera run on Windows?

Yes, both. Opera Neon runs on Mac and Windows; Opera on Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android.

Do Opera Neon and Opera have phone apps?

Opera does. Opera Neon has no phone app yet: Opera says a mobile version will come, no date given. On the phone, Opera: iPhone, iPad and Android; syncs tabs, bookmarks and Speed Dials with an Opera account.

Is there a third option on a Mac?

Yab, Yet Another Browser, is free for the Mac: tabs down the side with spaces, folders and Split View, as in Opera Neon; an agent in your signed-in tabs like Opera Neon’s, on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for. Claude Code, Codex and any MCP client can drive it too. It runs on WebKit, the engine Safari uses, and takes Chrome extensions. It is Mac only, and new.

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Sources, read October 9, 2026. Something out of date? Write to hello@serafimlabs.io and we fix it.

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