Brave and Vivaldi are Chromium-based browsers but which one among the two is faster, better, and more secure? Let’s find it out!
Blockers
The two browsers let users block trackers as well as blockers. Brave can strip Twitter-embedded tweets, Facebook logins, and Google sign-in buttons from web pages. It supports two modes of blocking – standard, and aggressive. Vivaldi lets you enable the “tracker” or “ad blocker” or both. Its counterpart allows users to disable images or turn off the playback of animations on a page.
Tab reloader
Vivaldi ships with the “periodic reload” feature, which will make the browser refresh a tab after a certain time. This feature supports these time intervals – 1, 2, 5, 10, and 30 minutes. Brave doesn’t have the “tab reload” function built-in but you can add it to the browser by installing an extension.
Translate panel
This is another cool feature offered by Vivaldi. When you click on this option, the software will show a sidebar that boasts a “translate” tool. This tool boasts a huge textbox where the user must enter text in any language. Below the box, there’s a button with the label “translate” and above it, there are two dropdown boxes – one containing the language of the text the browser has detected and another containing the list of languages. Vivaldi maintains a list of earlier translations.
Cryptocurrency and rewards
Brave is one of the few browsers that ship with a cryptocurrency wallet. It will also reward you with tokens for watching/seeing advertisements on sites that support BAT (Basic Authentication Token).
Cookie consent blocker
The Brave shield can block the annoying cookie consent notices. When you run the browser for the first time, you will be prompted to enable this blocker. Vivaldi won’t do so but you can manually turn on its “remove cookie warning” function which will block the popups or messages. According to its developer, this feature works on most sites but some websites will bypass it.
Performance
Brave doesn’t have as many features as Vivaldi and this makes it a bit faster. The web pages not only load faster but also open quickly when you run it.
Bytes transferred
Vivaldi is the only browser that shows the number of bytes transferred between the user’s computer and the internet in real-time. This feature is not very useful but it gives you an indication that the internet is working. If you’re using another browser, you will have to use an online page size checker tool to know the size of the page.
Notes
If you are fond of taking notes, you don’t have to install a third-party application to do so. Vivaldi has a “notes panel” feature that lets users create and save unlimited text entries. You can attach files or images to the notes and also link an entry with a URL. Brave doesn’t offer such a feature yet.
Capture
Some browsers let users capture screenshots of a particular area or entire page. Vivaldi is one such browser. It lets users capture a page or area to a file or clipboard. You can save the captured area or screenshot on your computer as a PNG or JPG file or even attach the file to a note.
Guardian VPN
Brave has an advertisement in the form of “Guardian VPN”. The option to enable the VPN is baked into its toolbar. You can use the Virtual Private Network service only if you buy its subscription plan. Vivaldi doesn’t have the VPN feature yet.
Quick commands
Vivaldi comes with a Quick Commands feature through which you can open a new window, switch to full-screen view, open the task manager, open the settings screen, close the window, etc from one panel.
As mentioned earlier, both internet browsing software are built on top of the Chromium browser. Brave might be lacking many features its counterpart provides but you can add those missing functions with Chrome extensions.
