Which browser should you actually use?
Four questions. No 'it depends'. An honest match based on your OS, your priorities, and how many tabs you're hiding.
- Your top 3 browser matches, ranked
- The honest reason each one fits you
- The trade-off nobody mentions about each
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Every browser, side by side
Editorial ratings from our comparison research - 5 is best. Click a column to sort.
| Browser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Safari Best battery life on a Mac by a wide margin. Limited extensions and customization. | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● |
Google Chrome The compatibility default with the biggest extension library. Heavy on RAM and battery. | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● |
Firefox The only major independent engine. Strong tracking protection out of the box. | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● |
Microsoft Edge Chromium with vertical tabs and sleeping tabs built in. Pushes Microsoft services hard. | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● |
Brave Chromium compatibility with an aggressive ad and tracker blocker by default. | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● |
Vivaldi The tinkerer's browser: tab stacks, tiling, notes, endless settings. Heavier for it. | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● |
Opera Built-in sidebar apps and workspaces. Owned by an ad-tech-heavy parent company. | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● |
Zen Browser Open-source Arc-style workspaces and vertical tabs on Firefox's engine. Young project. | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● |
Orion WebKit efficiency with Chrome and Firefox extension support. Mac-only, by Kagi. | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● |
Arcmaintenance mode In maintenance mode since May 2025 - security fixes only. We don't recommend starting here. | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● | ●●●●● |
The answer that works with every browser
SupaSidebar adds an Arc-style sidebar - spaces, pinned tabs, instant search - on top of whichever browser you pick. Switch browsers anytime without rebuilding your setup.
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