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How Stoic Browser compares
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At a glance
| Capability | Stoic Browser | Perplexity Comet | Dia | Opera Neon | Google Chrome | Wavebox | Playwright MCP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free · Pro $29 one-time | Free; Perplexity paid plans add more | Free · AI plans from $10/mo, $100/mo top tier | Free · Standard $19.90/mo | Free; auto browse needs Google AI Pro or Ultra | Free Basic · Pro $8.33/mo billed yearly | Free, Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | macOS, Windows, Linux | macOS, Windows, Android, iOS | macOS, Windows | Windows, macOS | macOS, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS, Android, iOS | macOS, Windows, Linux | Anywhere Node.js 18+ runs |
| Where the AI comes from | Your own coding CLIs (16) or a local model | Perplexity's hosted models | Dia's hosted models, on paid plans | Opera-provided models on Standard | Gemini | Brainbox: included tokens, your API key, or on-device | Whichever MCP client you connect |
| Separate logins per product | A separate session per workspace | Browser profiles | Profiles | Not a focus | Profiles, one window each | Spaces, groups and apps | One persistent profile per instance, or isolated sessions |
| Outside agents can drive it (MCP) | Built in: 4 presets, scoped to chosen workspaces | No official server | Not documented | MCP connector and Browser CLI, all plans | Chrome DevTools MCP, a separate developer tool | Not documented | It is an MCP server |
| Scheduled, repeatable browser jobs | Recorded automations and Crawl Mode, every 15 min to daily | No record-and-replay | Morning Brief on the top plan | Scheduled tasks, on Standard | No | No | No |
| Chrome extensions | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 1 on Basic, all on Pro | n/a |
Competitor facts are from each vendor’s own pages, checked 12 Oct 2026. Sources are listed on every comparison. Spot something out of date? Write to hello@stoicsoft.com.
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Stoic Browser vs Perplexity Comet
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- AI browser
Stoic Browser vs Dia
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Stoic Browser vs ChatGPT Atlas
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Stoic Browser vs Arc
Spaces and split view, still moving, with agents and automations on top.
- Agentic browser
Stoic Browser vs Opera Neon
Two agentic browsers with MCP access. One rents the models, one uses yours.
- Browser
Stoic Browser vs Google Chrome
Six Chrome profiles, or one window with a workspace per product.
- Work browser
Stoic Browser vs Wavebox
Two browsers for many accounts. One adds agents and automations.
- Browser MCP server
Stoic Browser vs Playwright MCP
Giving your coding agent a browser: an automation server, or your signed-in workspaces.