Alternatives to AVG Secure Browser
A free privacy-focused web browser from AVG that blocks ads, trackers and online threats. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
AVG Secure Browser
A free privacy-focused web browser from AVG that blocks ads, trackers and online threats.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as AVG Secure Browser.
Avast Secure Browser
A free browser from Avast with built-in ad blocking and anti-tracking protection.
Avast Secure Browser is a similar free proprietary browser for Windows, macOS and Android with ad blocking and anti-tracking on by default, tied to Avast products instead.
Norton Private Browser
A free Chromium-based browser from Norton with built-in tracker and phishing protection for Windows and Mac.
Norton Private Browser is a free Chromium browser with tracker and phishing protection for Windows and Mac, but has no Android version and promotes Norton's paid products.
Brave
A Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers out of the box, with no extension to install first.
Brave is open source under MPL-2.0 with ad and tracker blocking by default, adds Linux builds and Tor windows, and does not promote a security vendor's other products.
DuckDuckGo Browser
Privacy browser with tracker blocking, cookie pop-up handling and one-click data clearing.
DuckDuckGo Browser is open source under Apache-2.0 with tracker blocking, cookie pop-up handling and one-click data clearing by default, though its extension support is much narrower.
Epic Privacy Browser
Chromium browser that blocks trackers and routes traffic through an encrypted proxy.
Epic Privacy Browser is a closed source Chromium browser with an always-on private mode, a uBlock-based ad blocker and a built-in encrypted proxy on Windows, macOS and Android.
Helium
An open-source Chromium browser that blocks ads, trackers and cookie banners by default without telemetry.
Helium is an open source GPL-3.0 Chromium browser that blocks ads, trackers and cookie banners without telemetry on Windows, macOS and Linux, but has no Android build.
Google Chrome
Google's browser, the Chromium-based one most web development is tested against.
Google Chrome gives the largest extension library and best site compatibility on Windows, macOS and Linux, but has no built-in ad blocking and ties into Google accounts.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft's Chromium-based browser, bundled with Windows.
Microsoft Edge is a free Chromium browser that runs Chrome extensions unchanged and adds vertical tabs and a PDF reader, while pushing Bing and Microsoft accounts.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Ulaa
Privacy-focused Chromium browser from Zoho with separate browsing modes.
Opera
Chromium browser with an ad blocker, a free proxy VPN and a messenger sidebar.
Aloha Browser
A privacy-focused web browser for mobile and desktop with a built-in free VPN and ad blocker.
Cromite
A hardened Chromium fork for Android, Windows and Linux with ad blocking and Google services removed.
ungoogled-chromium
Plain Chromium with every connection to Google web services stripped out, and nothing else changed.
