Brave vs Thorium

Brave

Brave is a privacy-focused web browser built on Chromium that blocks ads and trackers by default. It features a built-in ad blocker, optional privacy-preserving ads via BAT tokens, and a built-in Tor browsing mode.

BrowsersFreeOpen Source

Thorium

Thorium Performance-optimized Chromium fork compiled with AVX2 and other CPU-specific optimizations for faster browsing.

BrowsersFreeOpen Source

Quick Facts

Brave SoftwareCompany—

2016Year Launched2022

FreePricing ModelFree

YesOpen SourceYes

BrowsersCategoryBrowsers

—PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Brave

CompanyBrave Software

Year Launched2016

Pricing ModelFree

Open SourceYes

CategoryBrowsers

Platforms—

Thorium

Company—

Year Launched2022

Pricing ModelFree

Open SourceYes

CategoryBrowsers

PlatformsmacOS, Windows, Web

Pricing

Brave

Free

Thorium

Free

Free: $0/one-time

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