Mind Browser vs Opera Neon

Mind Browser is a free, MIT-licensed Chromium browser with five sidebar agents: Planner, Navigator, Researcher, Writer, and Analyst. They handle planning, browser control, source research, writing, and analysis using supported model providers or Ollama on the user’s machine. With Ollama selected, prompts and page text stay local. The browser includes News Hub with six sections, political-spectrum labels, deduplicated briefings, Google Trends, Polymarket odds, and Kalshi questions. Finance Hub offers chart ranges, indicators, company fundamentals, industry news, trending tickers, and watchlists without API keys or subscriptions. Finance data is typically fifteen minutes behind for US equities, and there is no broker integration or order tool. Other tools include Shields network blocking, split view, notes, command palette, extensions, PDF annotation, screenshots, and a per-process task manager. It supports macOS 12 or later on Apple Silicon and Windows 10/11 on x64. Chrome bookmarks and history cannot currently be imported. The free plan is free, billed Free forever.

Opera Neon is a Chromium-based AI browser for macOS and Windows. It can open pages, research, fill forms, and create content for a user. Neon Chat uses open pages as context and supports image generation, video generation, photo-to-video generation, and web-app creation. Neon Do works with the current page, manages tabs, runs scheduled tasks, and connects with Google tools. Research agents include Deep Research, One-Minute Research, and Local Research. Neon Cards save instructions for reuse across Chat, Do, and Research Agents. MCP connections are supported, with Claude Code, Lovable, and n8n named as working tools. Connections are read-only by default; actions require permission, and Neon Do can be paused, stopped, or taken over. Opera says chats and workflows remain on its servers for 365 days, can be deleted, and are not used for training. An Opera account is required. The free plan includes basic AI chat, ad blocking, a free VPN, Browser CLI, and MCP Connector. Standard costs $19.90 a month.