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Price against what you get

Best-value browsers

Going by our grades, Brave, Vivaldi and Firefox give the most for the money among browsers: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $7.08 a month across the 8 that charge, from $2.50 (Brave) to $16.67 (Shift). 7 more cost nothing at all. 7 of the 15 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 4 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Set price against

Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged

C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$2$5$10$20More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessBraveVivaldiFirefoxGoogle ChromeShiftDia

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

  • Nothing scores higher without costing more
  • The best score at each price
  • Has a free plan
  • No free plan
15 of the 16 browsers in this directory. Scores are ToolGPA’s own grades; prices are each vendor’s own, read up to Oct 10, 2026. The lines cross at the middle starting price ($7.08) and the average score (2.9). The data as JSON · The chart as a picture
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The best at every price

Each step is the highest score browsers reach at that price or below. Nothing on the chart beats these without costing more.

  1. Free

    No paid plan · scores 3.7 of 4

  2. $2.50

    a month to start · scores 4.0 of 4

    • Brave$3.00 per month, or $29.99 per year (Search premium)AAA

Paying more for less

The browsers that the most others beat on both counts: a higher score and a lower starting price.

  1. ShiftStarts at $16.67 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.0 of 4.13 of 14 score higher for lessCCC
  2. DiaStarts at $10 a month and scores 2.3 of 4.9 of 14 score higher for lessBCC
  3. WaveboxStarts at $8.33 a month and scores 2.3 of 4.8 of 14 score higher for lessCBC
  4. RamboxStarts at $5.83 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3 of 4.8 of 14 score higher for lessCBC
  5. OrionStarts at $4.17 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3 of 4.8 of 14 score higher for lessBCC

A high starting price often means a product is sold to companies and has no small plan, and a score is three letters, not the whole product. Read a tool’s own page before ruling it out.

The four quarters

Where the tools fall when the chart is cut at the middle price and the average score.

More for less7

Each scores above the category's average and starts at or below its middle price.

Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Arc

Costs more, scores more0

Each scores above the average and starts above the middle price.

None.

Costs less, scores less4

Each scores below the average and starts at or below the middle price.

Safari, Orion, Rambox, Zen Browser

Costs more, scores less4

Each scores below the average and starts above the middle price.

DuckDuckGo Browser, Wavebox, Dia, Shift

All 15 on the chart

Highest score first, then lowest price. The last column counts the tools that score higher and start lower.

#ToolScoreFeatures, ease, platformsA monthAs its listing states itScore higher for less
1Brave4.0AAA$2.50$3.00 per month, or $29.99 per year (Search premium)None
2Firefox3.7ABAFreeFreeNone
3Vivaldi3.7AABFreeFreeNone
4Opera3.7AAB$4$4 per month (VPN Pro; billing term for this rate not stated)1
5Google Chrome3.3BBAFreeFreeNone
6Microsoft Edge3.3BABFreeFreeNone
7Arc3.0CABFreeFreeNone
8Safari2.7BBCFreeFreeNone
9DuckDuckGo Browser2.7CBB$8.33$9.99 per month, or $99.99 per year (Plus subscription)7
10Orion2.3BCC$4.17$5 per month, $50 per year or $150 lifetime, plus sales tax (Orion+)8
11Rambox2.3CBC$5.83$7.00 per month, or $70.00 per year (Pro)8
12Wavebox2.3CBC$8.33$8.33 per month, paid annually (Wavebox Pro)8
13Dia2.3BCC$10$10 per month (Better Answers)9
14Zen Browser2.0CCCFreeFreeNone
15Shift2.0CCC$16.67$19.99 per month, or $199.99 billed annually (Advanced)13

How browsers grade

Every bar is all the browsers we grade, cut by the letter each got on that count.

  • Value for moneyaverage 3.1
  • Free plan and trialaverage 3.4
  • Featuresaverage 2.8
  • Ease of useaverage 3.1
  • Platforms and integrationsaverage 2.8

An A is worth 4 and an F nothing. C is the ordinary grade. Every browsers grade in one table

Not on the chart

Sold for a single payment, or with no public price that can be put as dollars a month. They are graded like the rest.

  • Comet$20.00 (lowest Perplexity Pro in-app purchase; billing basis not shown)

Common questions

Which browsers give the most for the money?

Brave, Vivaldi and Firefox. Each is the highest-scoring tool at its price or below: Firefox scores 3.7 out of 4 and is free; Vivaldi scores 3.7 out of 4 and is free; Brave scores 4.0 out of 4 and starts at $2.50 a month when paid by the year. This goes by ToolGPA's own grades for features, ease of use and platforms, averaged out of 4, set against the price each tool's paid plans start at.

Which are the best free browsers?

Of the 7 browsers here with no paid plan at all, Firefox and Vivaldi score highest, at 3.7 out of 4. 8 more have a free plan beside their paid ones.

Which browsers are best for under $5 a month?

Brave, with a score of 4.0 out of 4: the highest among the 10 that start at $5 a month or less. Brave starts at $2.50 a month when paid by the year.

Which browsers cost the most for what they offer?

On this chart, Shift (starts at $16.67 a month when paid by the year, scores 2.0 out of 4, and 13 tools score higher for less), Dia (starts at $10 a month, scores 2.3 out of 4, and 9 tools score higher for less) and Wavebox (starts at $8.33 a month, scores 2.3 out of 4, and 8 tools score higher for less). A high starting price often means a product is sold to companies and has no small plan, so check what the price includes before ruling one out.

How much do browsers cost?

The middle starting price is $7.08 a month: half of the 8 browsers with a recurring price start below that and half above. 7 of the 16 in this directory have no paid plan, and 8 of those that charge also have a free plan.

How is the score on this chart worked out?

It is the average of three of the five grades ToolGPA gives every tool: features, ease of use, and platforms and integrations, with an A worth 4 and an F worth 0. The other two grades, value for money and the free plan, are about price, so they are left out and price gets an axis of its own. 15 of the 16 browsers are on the chart; 1 are left off because they are sold for a single payment or publish no price that can be put as dollars a month.

How this chart is made

  • The score is the average of three of a tool’s five grades: features, ease of use, and platforms and integrations. An A is 4 points and an F none. Value for money and the free plan are left out because they are about price, and price has an axis of its own.
  • The price is what paid plans start at, in dollars a month, on the cheapest way of paying the listing names. A yearly price is divided by twelve, and a price in another currency is converted. A price for each person is shown for one person.
  • A tool with no paid plan sits in the band marked Free. A tool with a free plan beside paid ones is placed at its paid price and drawn as a filled dot.
  • The grades are ToolGPA’s own judgement from each vendor’s pages and from public reviews, not from testing, and no vendor can pay for one. How we grade

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