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Brave Leo review
8.0/10★★★★★Private AI assistant built into the Brave browser, free with no account needed
- Best for
- Privacy-minded people who want a free AI helper in a fast everyday browser
- Price
- Freemium · from $14.99/month
Free: Leo free with no account, on smaller models with usage limits - Platforms
- Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Other
- Made by
- Brave Software, USA
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.8★ (661K) · Android 4.8★ (3.87M)
What it is
Leo is the AI assistant inside Brave, the privacy-focused browser. It summarises pages, PDFs, Google Docs and YouTube videos, answers questions with Brave Search citations and lets you pick from several models or bring your own. Brave says it doesn't keep chats or train on them.
What the AI does
- Summaries of pages, PDFs, Docs and videos
- Answers with Brave Search citations
- Choice of models, including Claude and Llama
- Bring your own model
- Temporary chats kept off your history
Pros and cons
- No sign-up needed for the free tier
- Strong privacy: chats not kept or used for training
- Model choice, including bring-your-own
- Brave runs on every major platform
- An assistant only; it can't yet act on websites for you
- Free tier uses smaller models
- Premium is pricier than some rivals
How it scores
Excellent privacy and value, but it can't yet act on websites like the agentic browsers.
Feature checklist · 6 of 9
- AI agent that clicks, types and completes tasks on websites (no)
- Summarise or chat with the page you're on (yes)
- Ask questions across several open tabs (no)
- Useful AI features free without a subscription (yes)
- Choice of AI models (yes)
- On-device or local AI option (yes)
- Connects to email, calendar or work apps (no)
- AI browser on iPhone and Android (yes)
- Available on both Windows and Mac (yes)
Alternatives
See all Brave Leo alternatives, ranked →
- Perplexity Comet 8.7/10People who want the most capable free AI browser on every device
- Google Chrome with Gemini 8.2/10Chrome users who want AI help without switching browsers
- Microsoft Edge with Copilot 8.0/10Windows and Microsoft 365 users who want AI in the browser they already have
- Genspark AI Browser 7.4/10Power users who want to automate research and shopping across many sites
Perplexity Comet vs Brave LeoGoogle Chrome with Gemini vs Brave LeoMicrosoft Edge with Copilot vs Brave Leo
Sources
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