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<title>Comparison of Web Browsers</title>
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<h1>Comparison of Web Browsers</h1>
<p>This comparison compares the most popular cross-platform (desktop and mobile) browsers and their features. Until 2016, there were the "Big 5" browsers (Firefox, IE/Edge, Chrome, Opera, and Safari), but since then the market has become more fragmented with new browsers such as Brave and Vivaldi becoming more popular. I have decided to limit my test to these 7 browsers as they are both available on PCs and on phones (unlike for example Pale Moon, which stopped developing its mobile version), and also have decided against including "regional" browsers such as Yandex Browser (Russia), Naver Whale (Korea) or the Chinese browsers (Baidu, 360, Sogou, QQ, ...).<br /><br />
The result of the comparison is less clear than last time. In terms of pure features, Vivaldi, Opera and Firefox are at the top of list, followed by Edge and Brave, with Chrome and Safari being the most "bare-bones" and least customizable browsers. Ironically, the "worst" browsers have the highest market shares, thanks to them being preinstalled on iOS and Android.</p>
<h2 class="center">Comparison of Web Browsers</h2>
<p class="center">Source: eylenburg.github.io</p>
<p class="center" style="color: red; font-size: small;">Last updated: 1 April 2026</p>
<p style="font-size: 75%; font-style: italic;"> This table is best viewed on a monitor with 1920px width (Full HD) with 100% display scaling.</p>
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<th colspan="3">Mozilla Firefox</th>
<th colspan="2">Apple Safari</th>
<th colspan="3">Google Chrome</th>
<th colspan="3">Microsoft Edge</th>
<th colspan="3">Opera</th>
<th colspan="3">Vivaldi</th>
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<td colspan="3"><img src="pics/logos/browsers/firefox.png" height="100" /></td>
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<td colspan="3"><img src="pics/logos/browsers/chrome.svg" height="100" /></td>
<td colspan="3"><img src="pics/logos/browsers/edge.png" height="100" /></td>
<td colspan="3"><img src="pics/logos/browsers/opera.png" height="100" /></td>
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<td colspan="3" style="font-weight: bold;">Mozilla Corporation & Foundation</td>
<td colspan="2" style="font-weight: bold;">Apple Inc.</td>
<td colspan="3" style="font-weight: bold;">Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)</td>
<td colspan="3" style="font-weight: bold;">Microsoft Corporation</td>
<td colspan="3" style="font-weight: bold;">Opera Software AS</td>
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<td colspan="3">United States</td>
<td colspan="2">United States</td>
<td colspan="3">United States</td>
<td colspan="3">United States</td>
<td colspan="3" class="tooltip">Norway<span class="tooltiptext">but owned by Chinese investor</span></td>
<td colspan="3">Norway</td>
<td colspan="3">United States</td>
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<td class="legend">Based on </td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>forked from Netscape</strong>, via Mozilla Suite</td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>forked from Konqueror</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>forked from Safari</strong>, based on Chromium (the unbranded, FOSS version of Chrome)</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>based on Chromium</strong> since 2020, <br />previously forked from Internet Explorer</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>based on Chromium</strong> since 2013, <br />previously an independent product</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>based on Chromium</strong>, <br />founded by ex-CEO of Opera</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>based on Chromium</strong>, <br />founded by ex-CEO of Mozilla</td>
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<td class="legend">Predecessors and first release</td>
<td colspan="3" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px;">1994 Netscape → '98 Mozilla → '02 Firefox</td>
<td colspan="2">2003 Safari</td>
<td colspan="3">2008 Chromium/Chrome</td>
<td colspan="3">1995 Internet Explorer → 2015 Edge</td>
<td colspan="3">1995 Opera</td>
<td colspan="3">2016 Vivaldi</td>
<td colspan="3">2016 Brave</td>
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<td class="legend">Browser identification (user agent string on PC)</td>
<td colspan="3">Firefox</td>
<td colspan="2">Safari</td>
<td colspan="3">Chrome</td>
<td colspan="3">EDG (until 2020: Edge)</td>
<td colspan="3">OPR (until 2013: Opera)</td>
<td colspan="3">Chrome (until 2019: Vivaldi)</td>
<td colspan="3">Chrome (until 2016: Brave)</td>
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<td class="legend">HTML and Javascript engine</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Gecko/SpiderMonkey</strong><br />WebKit/Nitro on iOS</td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>WebKit/Nitro</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Blink/V8</strong><br />WebKit/Nitro until 2013 + on iOS</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Blink/V8</strong><br />WebKit/Nitro on iOS<br />Trident/Chakra in IE Mode<br />EdgeHTML/Chakra until 2020</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Blink/V8</strong><br />WebKit/Nitro on iOS<br />Presto/Carakan until 2013 + in Opera Mini</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Blink/V8</strong><br />WebKit/Nitro on iOS</td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Blink/V8</strong><br />WebKit/Nitro on iOS<br />Gecko/SpiderMonkey in very early versions</td>
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<td class="legend"><span class="semititle">Usage share</span>
<br />Usage share over time<br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-size: x-small; color: #777;">
• worldwide<br />
• all device types included<br />
• source: TheCounter 2002-07, StatCounter 2008-23</span>
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<td colspan="2"><img src="pics/browser_mktshare/Safari.png" style="padding: none; width: var(--browserwidth);" /></td>
<td colspan="3"><img src="pics/browser_mktshare/Chrome.png" style="padding: none; width: var(--browserwidth);" /></td>
<td colspan="3"><img src="pics/browser_mktshare/Edge.png" style="padding: none; width: var(--browserwidth);" /></td>
<td colspan="3"><img src="pics/browser_mktshare/Opera.png" style="padding: none; width: var(--browserwidth);" /></td>
<td colspan="3"><img src="pics/browser_mktshare/Vivaldi.png" style="padding: none; width: var(--browserwidth);" /></td>
<td colspan="3"><img src="pics/browser_mktshare/Brave.png" style="padding: none; width: var(--browserwidth);" /></td>
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<td class="legend"><a href="https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share" target="_blank">Usage share 02/2026</a> - All (Desktop / Mobile)</td>
<td colspan="3">2.3% (4.2% / 0.6%) </td>
<td colspan="2">16.5% (6.7% / 25.3%)</td>
<td colspan="3">68.9% (73.3% / 65.6%)</td>
<td colspan="3">5.4% (11.0% / 0.4%)</td>
<td colspan="3">1.8% (2.3% / 1.4%)</td>
<td colspan="3"><0.1% <span class="tooltip">(estimate based on users)<span class="tooltiptext">In early 2026, Vivaldi reached <a href="https://forum.vivaldi.net/topic/115872/vivaldi-reaches-4-million-users-worldwide" target="_blank">4 million</a> users, compared to Firefox's <a href="https://data.firefox.com/dashboard/user-activity" target="_blank">200 million</a> monthly active users and Brave's <a href="https://bravebrowserstats.com/" target="_blank">109 million</a> monthly active users.</span></span></td>
<td colspan="3">0.9% (1.4% / 0.5%)</td>
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<td class="legend semititle"><br />Operating system support</td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
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<td class="legend">Windows</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes <!--<span class="tooltip">(also portable)<span class="tooltiptext">Inofficial builds (not provided or supported by Mozilla)</span></span>--></td>
<td colspan="2" class="dropped">Dropped</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes <!--<span class="tooltip">(also portable)<span class="tooltiptext">Inofficial builds (not provided or supported by Google)</span></span>--></td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes (preinstalled)</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes <!--(also portable)--></td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes <!--(also portable)--></td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes <!--<span class="tooltip">(also portable)<span class="tooltiptext">Inofficial builds (not provided or supported by Brave Software)</span></span>--></td>
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<td class="legend">macOS</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="2" class="yes">Yes (preinstalled)</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
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<td class="legend">GNU/Linux</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="2" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
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<td class="legend">BSD</td>
<td colspan="3" class="almost tooltip">Free/Net/Open/DragonFlyBSD</span><span class="tooltiptext">All inofficial builds (not provided or supported by Mozilla). <br />FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD are mentioned as Tier-3 targets by Mozilla: <br />https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/contributing/build/supported.html</span></td>
<td colspan="2" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="dropped">Dropped: Free/<span class="tooltip">Net/OpenBSD<span class="tooltiptext">NetBSD and OpenBSD had only had inofficial ports (not provided or supported by Opera Software)</span></span></td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Unix System V</td>
<td colspan="3" class="almost tooltip">Solaris, Illumos. <span class="dropped">Dropped: HP-UX, AIX, ...</span><span class="tooltiptext">Formerly also for IRIX and Unixware. All inofficial builds (not provided or supported by Mozilla). <br />Solaris is mentioned as a Tier-3 target by Mozilla: <br />https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/contributing/build/supported.html</span></td>
<td colspan="2" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="dropped">Dropped: Solaris</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
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<tr>
<td class="legend">Android</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="2" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">iOS</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="2" class="yes">Yes (preinstalled)</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Other modern operating systems</td>
<td colspan="3" class="dropped">Dropped: <span class="tooltip">AmigaOS, ArcaOS (OS/2), Haiku (BeOS), OpenVMS, QNX, and RISC OS<span class="tooltiptext">Inofficial builds (not provided or supported by Mozilla)</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">ChromeOS <br /><span class="dropped" style="display: block">Dropped: Fuchsia</span></td>
<td colspan="3" class="yes">Xbox System Software</td>
<td colspan="3" class="dropped">Dropped: ArcaOS (OS/2), Haiku (BeOS), and QNX</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Legacy operating systems</td>
<td colspan="3" class="dropped">Dropped: Maemo, Firefox OS, <span class="tooltip">SkyOS<span class="tooltiptext">Inofficial builds (not provided or supported by Mozilla)</span></span></td>
<td colspan="2" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="dropped">Dropped: Windows Phone/Mobile</td>
<td colspan="3" class="dropped"><span class="almost" style="display: block">Dormant: <span class="tooltip">Opera Mini for basic phones<span class="tooltiptext">Opera Mini for basic phones is not actively developed anymore, but is still available for download and comes preinstalled on some feature phones. Rendering is done server-side using the Presto engine.</span></span></span>Dropped: MacOS Classic, Wii, Nintendo DS, MeeGo, EPOC/Symbian, Bada, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile/Phone, Linux-based TVs</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
<td colspan="3" class="no">No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend semititle" style="font-size: large;">Feature Comparison</td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr style="background-color: lightgrey; color: black; font-weight: bold;">
<td class="legend firstcolumn"></td>
<td class="desktop">Win/Mac/Linux</td>
<td class="android"><span class="tooltip">Android<span class="tooltiptext">This comparison looked at <em>Firefox</em> and not <em>Firefox Focus</em> or <em>Firefox Klar</em>.</span></span></td>
<td class="ios"><span class="tooltip">iOS<span class="tooltiptext">This comparison looked at <em>Firefox</em> and not <em>Firefox Focus</em>.</span></span></td>
<td class="desktop">Mac</td>
<td class="ios_wide">iOS</td>
<td class="desktop">Win/Mac/Linux</td>
<td class="android">Android</td>
<td class="ios">iOS</td>
<td class="desktop">Win/Mac/Linux</td>
<td class="android">Android</td>
<td class="ios">iOS</td>
<td class="desktop">Win/Mac/Linux</td>
<td class="android"><span class="tooltip">Android<span class="tooltiptext">This comparison looked at <em>Opera</em> and not <em>Opera Mini</em> or <em>Opera Touch</em>.</span></span></td>
<td class="ios"><span class="tooltip">iOS<span class="tooltiptext">This comparison looked at <em>Opera</em> (formerly <em>Opera Touch</em>); dropped features may refer to <em>Opera Mini</em>.</span></span></td>
<td class="desktop">Win/Mac/Linux</td>
<td class="android">Android</td>
<td class="ios">iOS</td>
<td class="desktop">Win/Mac/Linux</td>
<td class="android">Android</td>
<td class="ios">iOS</td>
</tr>
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<td class="legend"> </td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
<td colspan="3"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">License</td>
<td class="yes" colspan="3">MPL</td>
<td class="no" colspan="2">Proprietary</td>
<td class="no" colspan="3">Proprietary</td>
<td class="no" colspan="3">Proprietary</td>
<td class="no" colspan="3">Proprietary</td>
<td class="no" colspan="3">Source available</td>
<td class="yes" colspan="3">MPL</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend tooltip">Privacy ratings<span class="tooltiptext">Home much does the browser "phone home" to the developer?<br />
Sources: <a href="https://www.scss.tcd.ie/Doug.Leith/pubs/browser_privacy.pdf" target="_blank">[1]</a>, <a href="ttps://spyware.neocities.org/articles/index.html" target="_blank">[2]</a>, <a href="https://www.cloudwards.net/?s=browser" target="_blank">[3]</a>, <a href="https://www.kuketz-blog.de/tag/browser/" target="_blank">[4]</a>, <a href="https://tilde.club/~acz/shadow_wiki/browsers.xhtml" target="_blank">[5]</a>, <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/" target="_blank">[6]</a>, <a href="https://www.privacyguides.org/en/mobile-browsers/" target="_blank">[7]</a></span></td>
<td colspan="3" class="yellow">mixed</td>
<td colspan="2" class="yellow">mixed</td>
<td colspan="3" class="red">bad</span></td>
<td colspan="3" class="red">bad</span></td>
<td colspan="3" class="red">bad</span></td>
<td colspan="3" class="yellow">mixed</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yellow">mixed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend tooltip">Security ratings<span class="tooltiptext">How technologically secure is a browser against exploits? <br />
Sources: <a href="https://github.com/RKNF404/chromium-hardening-guide/blob/main/pages/BROWSER_SELECTION.md" target=_"blank">[1]</a>, <a href="https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html" target="_blank">[2]</a></span></td>
<td colspan="3" class="yellow">mixed</td>
<td colspan="2" class="green">good</span></td>
<td colspan="3" class="green">good</span></td>
<td colspan="3" class="green">good</span></td>
<td colspan="3" class="yellow">mixed</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yellow">mixed</td>
<td colspan="3" class="yellow">mixed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend semititle"><br />Bookmarking & archiving</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="ios_wide"></td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Bookmarks bar or speed dial with folders</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes<span style="font-size: 90%;"> (bookmarks bar)</span></td>
<td class="android yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">"Collections" can be used as groups of bookmarks on the homepage</span></td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes<span style="font-size: 90%;"> (bookmarks bar)</span></td>
<td class="ios_wide no">No</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes<span style="font-size: 90%;"> (bookmarks bar)</span></td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes<span style="font-size: 90%;"> (bookmarks bar)</span></td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes (both)</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios dropped">Dropped</td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes (both)</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes<span style="font-size: 90%;"> (bookmarks bar)</span></td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Session manager</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">"Collections" can be used to save and restore sessions</span></td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="ios_wide no">No</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop ext"><span class="dropped"><span class="tooltip">Dropped<span class="tooltiptext">dropped in version 79</span></span></span> <span class="tooltip"><small>(w/ ext.)</small><span class="tooltiptext">possible with 3rd party browser extension</span></span></td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop ext"><span class="dropped"><span class="tooltip">Dropped<span class="tooltiptext">dropped in version 15</span></span></span> <span class="tooltip"><small>(w/ ext.)</small><span class="tooltiptext">possible with 3rd party browser extension</span></span></td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Download/screenshot whole website</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">HTML/PNG</td>
<td class="android yes">PDF</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop yes">Webarchive/PDF</td>
<td class="ios_wide no">No</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop yes">(M)HTML</td>
<td class="android yes">MHTML</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop yes">MHTML/PNG</td>
<td class="android yes" style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle;">MHTML/PNG</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop yes">(M)HTML/PDF</td>
<td class="android yes" style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle;">(M)HTML/PDF</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop yes">(M)HTML/PNG/JPG</td>
<td class="android yes" style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle;">MHTML/PNG</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">(M)HTML</td>
<td class="android yes" style="font-size: 80%; vertical-align: middle;">MHTML/PNG</td>
<td class="ios yes">PDF</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend semititle"><br />Search</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="ios_wide"></td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Default search engine</td>
<td colspan="3">Google</td>
<td colspan="2">Google</td>
<td colspan="3">Google</td>
<td colspan="3">Bing</td>
<td colspan="3">Google</td>
<td colspan="3">Bing</td>
<td colspan="3">Brave Search</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Can delete/hide preinstalled search engines</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="ios_wide no">No</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop dropped"><span class="tooltip">Dropped<span class="tooltiptext">dropped in version 15</span></span></td>
<td class="android dropped">Dropped</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Can add new search engines</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="ios_wide ext">with extension</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios dropped">Dropped</td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend tooltip">Search keywords<span class="tooltiptext">e.g. type "b <text>" to search for <text> in Bing</span></td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android dropped">Dropped</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="ios_wide ext">with extension</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend semititle"><br />Tracking</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="ios_wide"></td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop"></td>
<td class="android"></td>
<td class="ios"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend tooltip">Tracking protection<span class="tooltiptext">can include blocking of tracking scripts, tracking cookies, URL tracking parameters, fingerprinting attempts via canvas or supercookies, and more</span></td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios_wide yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend tooltip">Ad blocking (cosmetic, alongside trackers)<span class="tooltiptext">incl. blocking of "acceptable ads" and "non-intrusive ads"</span></td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android ext">w/ ext.</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="ios_wide ext">with extension</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Can clear cookies on exit</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="ios_wide no">No</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext"><a href="https://brave.com/privacy-updates/30-shred-button/" target="_blank" style="color: white;">"Auto-shred"</a></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Can clear cookies on website close</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android ext">w/ ext.</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="ios_wide no">No</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android ext">w/ ext.</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop ext">with extension</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">"Forget me when I close this site" feature</span></td>
<td class="android yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">"Forget me when I close this site" feature</span></td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext"><a href="https://brave.com/privacy-updates/30-shred-button/" target="_blank" style="color: white;">"Auto-shred"</a></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">CNAME uncloaking support</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios_wide yes ">Yes</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Partitioning of third-party cookies</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios_wide yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios yes tooltip">Yes<span class="tooltiptext">WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend tooltip">Partitioning of third-party storage (excl. cookies)<span class="tooltiptext">See <a href="https://privacytests.org/" target="_blank">PrivacyTests.org</a> for detailed tests of state partitioning.</span></td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="desktop almost tooltip">Mostly<span class="tooltiptext">Favicon cache is still missing</span></td>
<td class="ios almost tooltip">Mostly<span class="tooltiptext">Favicon cache is still missing. WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios_wide yes">Yes</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop almost">Mostly</td>
<td class="desktop almost">Mostly</td>
<td class="ios almost tooltip">Mostly<span class="tooltiptext">Favicon cache is still missing. WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop almost">Mostly</td>
<td class="desktop almost">Mostly</td>
<td class="ios almost tooltip">Mostly<span class="tooltiptext">Favicon cache is still missing. WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Opera -->
<td class="desktop almost">Mostly</td>
<td class="desktop almost">Mostly</td>
<td class="ios almost tooltip">Mostly<span class="tooltiptext">Favicon cache is still missing. WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Vivaldi -->
<td class="desktop almost">Mostly</td>
<td class="desktop almost">Mostly</td>
<td class="ios almost tooltip">Mostly<span class="tooltiptext">Favicon cache is still missing. WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
<!-- Brave -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android yes">Yes</td>
<td class="ios almost tooltip">Mostly<span class="tooltiptext">Favicon cache is still missing. WebKit's "Intelligent Tracking Protection" applies to all iOS browsers</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="legend">Can grant ephemeral website permissions</td>
<!-- Firefox -->
<td class="desktop yes">Yes</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Safari -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="ios_wide no">No</td>
<!-- Chrome -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Edge -->
<td class="desktop no">No</td>
<td class="android no">No</td>
<td class="ios no">No</td>
<!-- Opera -->