Agentic browser

Stoic Browser vs Opera Neon

Two agentic browsers with MCP access. One rents the models, one uses yours.

Checked 12 Oct 2026 · Opera Neon site

The short answer

The closest match on paper: both let outside agents drive the browser and both run scheduled tasks. Neon's agents run on models Opera provides for $19.90/month; Stoic Browser uses your own CLIs and a one-time license, and adds per-product logins and recorded automations.

Neon Standard is $19.90/month for agents, research and model choice; Stoic Browser Pro is $29 once
Both expose the browser to outside agents over MCP; Neon's connector is on its free plan too
Neon has an ad blocker, free VPN and extensions; Stoic Browser has none of those
Stoic Browser runs on Linux and keeps its data in one local file

What each one is

Stoic Browser

Stoic Browser is a desktop browser for founders who run more than one product. Each product gets a workspace with its own logins, your installed coding agents (Claude Code, Codex and 14 more) work inside those workspaces, outside agents can drive them over MCP, and recorded chores replay on a schedule. Free for 2 workspaces; Pro is $29 once.

Opera Neon

Opera Neon is Opera's agentic browser for Windows and macOS. The free plan includes the browser, basic Neon Chat, an ad blocker, a free VPN, and a Browser CLI and MCP connector for plugging in your own agents. Standard, at $19.90/month, adds Neon's agents that act on the web, deep research, scheduled tasks, long memory and models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google.

Side by side

Feature	Stoic Browser	Opera Neon
Basics
Price	Free · Pro $29 one-time	Free · Standard $19.90/mo
Platforms	macOS, Windows, Linux	Windows, macOS
Chrome extensions	No	Yes
Built-in ad blocker	No	Ad blocker and free VPN
AI and agents
Where the AI comes from	Your own coding CLIs (16) or a local model	Opera-provided models on Standard
Agent acts on web pages	Yes, with 7 CLIs and local models	Neon Do, on Standard
Outside agents can drive it (MCP)	Built in: 4 presets, scoped to chosen workspaces	MCP connector and Browser CLI, all plans
Limits on what the agent may do	Tool scopes, allowed domains, undoable change log	Not documented
Running several products
Separate logins per product	A separate session per workspace	Not a focus
Scheduled, repeatable browser jobs	Recorded automations and Crawl Mode, every 15 min to daily	Scheduled tasks, on Standard
Where your data lives	One local SQLite file on your machine	Credentials and cookies stay on device

Which to choose

Choose Stoic Browser if

You'd rather pay once than $19.90 every month
You already have Claude Code, Codex or a local model
Each product needs its own logins, and each MCP connection should only see some of them
You need Linux

Choose Opera Neon if

You want hosted frontier models included, with no CLI to install
You want deep research, image and code generation in the browser
You want an ad blocker, VPN and extensions built in

Questions

Something missing? Write to hello@stoicsoft.com.

Do both browsers work with Claude Code over MCP?

Yes. Opera lists an MCP connector and Browser CLI on every Neon plan. Stoic Browser's MCP access writes a config for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Claude Desktop or VS Code, with a preset for what the connection may do, the workspaces it may use, and a credential that expires.

Which is cheaper over a year?

Neon Standard is $19.90 a month, about $239 a year. Stoic Browser Pro is $29 once for one device, with 12 months of updates, and the free plan covers 2 workspaces. Your coding CLI or model plan is a separate cost either way if you use one.

Free for 2 workspaces. No account needed. macOS, Windows and Linux.

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