Vivaldi and Brave compared.

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[OscarCP]

Both Vivaldi and Brave are browsers based on Chromium, a browser created open source by the Chromium Project. Currently I use Vivaldi, along with two other browsers, and I am satisfied with its performance when doing what I need to do with it.

Both browsers have Windows, macOS and Linux compatible versions.

I understand that Brave is open source, while Vivaldi is that only in part, because its Graphic User Interface is proprietary and some people don’t like Vivaldi because of that, although it does not bother me. The developers of Vivaldi claim that having more control on the GUI features makes it possible for them to continue improving on the ease of the users to customize it to better suit their particular needs and tastes. Be that as it may, I don’t know why this should be a concern: in half a century of working with computers I have used 13 different OS (not counting in this total also the different versions of each; if I did that, the number would be several times bigger) and with the exception of Linux, they all have been fully, not partially, proprietary.

Both browsers, from what I’ve been reading, are about the same when it comes to protecting the user’s privacy and security online.

Some other information here:

https://www.chromium.org/chromium-projects/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi_(web_browser)

I would be interested to hear what others might know and also what they think on how these two browsers compare with each other. Thanks in advance for any informed opinions.

Ex-Windows user (Win. 98, XP, 7); since mid-2017 using also macOS. Presently on Monterey 12.15 & sometimes running also Linux (Mint).

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macOS Monterey; browsers: Waterfox "Current", Vivaldi and (now and then) Chrome; security apps. Intego AV

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OscarCP wrote:

how these two browsers compare with each other

https://rigorousthemes.com/blog/brave-vs-vivaldi-which-is-better/

..Vivaldi doesn’t collect or sell its users’ data to other third parties. However, it does little to prevent other websites and apps from accessing your personal data…

It uses Google DNS together with antimalware security and anti-phishing for security even though it isn’t enough…

Type and purpose of data collected by Vivaldi AS

“When you install Vivaldi browser (“Vivaldi”), each installation profile is assigned a unique user ID that is stored on your computer. Vivaldi will send a message using HTTPS directly to our servers located in Iceland every 24 hours containing this ID, version, cpu architecture, screen resolution and time since last message. We anonymize the IP address of Vivaldi users by removing the last octet of the IP address from your Vivaldi client then we store the resolved approximate location after using a local geoip lookup. The purpose of this collection is to determine the total number of active users and their geographical distribution.”

When you compare these two browsers, Brave is more powerful in its privacy and security services…

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don’t really care which one is better imho because I have both Brave & Vivaldi browsers installed on one of my PCs, though I’m using the latest “snapshot” build of Vivaldi [yea I skipped the stable 5.3 release of Vivaldi since the latest snapshot build of Vivaldi is v5.4, in which that one will reach stable soon]

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Brave offers better privacy protection, while Vivaldi allows greater customization options. For example, a couple of years ago Brave removed the ability for the user to show the menu bar at the top of the screen, while you can still do this with Vivaldi. (I loathe hamburger menus.)

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I switched from Vivaldi to Brave for a few months but have recently switched back.   Annoyances with Brave were that it lacked the customization capabilities of Vivaldi and that it would not work on some websites that Vivaldi worked on.  The deal breaker though was that in Brave you can not delete the saved login credentials for just one website.  The only option is to delete them all.  I only save innocuous ones, like those for free streaming services, so when I inadvertently saved my banking credentials I was surprised that I could not go into settings and delete just the banking credentials.  I continue to use Brave for casual browsing on my android tablet and my iPhone but I am back to Vivaldi on my main PC.

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Peobody wrote:

The deal breaker though was that in Brave you can not delete the saved login credentials for just one website.

I think you can:

To view, edit, add or delete previously saved passwords in Brave:

Launch Brave
Open the Main Menu in the the top right.
Click Settings –> Additional Settings –> Auto-fill –> Passwords
…
Saved Passwords – In your list of saved passwords click to view the details of the selected login information or remove it from the list.

Brave Help Center — Manage Your Saved Passwords

HOW TO DELETE INCORRECT SAVED PASSWORDS IN BRAVE?

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The main difference between them is in their approach to privacy and customization. For people who prize having the freedom to personalize the look and use of their browser, Vivaldi is an obvious choice, while for people who hold privacy as their major consideration, Brave would be their preference. Personally, I prefer Vivaldi

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