Alternatives to Cốc Cốc
A Chromium-based web browser made for Vietnamese users, with ad blocking and video downloading built in. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
Cốc Cốc
A Chromium-based web browser made for Vietnamese users, with ad blocking and video downloading built in.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Cốc Cốc.
Google Chrome
Google's browser, the Chromium-based one most web development is tested against.
Google Chrome keeps the same Chromium engine with the largest extension library and adds Linux support, but ties into Google accounts and drops the Vietnamese language tools of Cốc Cốc.
Microsoft Edge
Microsoft's Chromium-based browser, bundled with Windows.
Microsoft Edge is Chromium-based with vertical tabs, sleeping tabs and a built-in PDF reader, runs Chrome extensions unchanged, and pushes Bing and Microsoft accounts instead of Vietnamese services.
Brave
A Chromium browser that blocks ads and trackers out of the box, with no extension to install first.
Brave keeps built-in ad and tracker blocking on a Chromium base, is open source under MPL-2.0, runs on Linux and Android, and adds a crypto wallet and rewards programme.
Firefox
The main browser not built on Chromium, with tracking protection turned on by default.
Firefox replaces Chromium with Mozilla's own open-source engine, blocks tracking by default with Total Cookie Protection, and supports content blockers through extensions rather than built-in ad blocking.
Opera
Chromium browser with an ad blocker, a free proxy VPN and a messenger sidebar.
Opera stays Chromium-based and closed source with a built-in ad blocker, and adds a free proxy VPN, workspaces and sidebar messengers, with builds for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Slimjet
Chromium browser with ad blocking, form filling and download tools built in.
Slimjet keeps built-in ad blocking plus download and video tools on a closed-source Chromium base and adds Linux support, but it is maintained by a very small team.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
360 Secure Browser
A Chinese Chromium-based browser from Qihoo 360 with malicious site blocking and built-in AI tools.
QQ Browser
Tencent's Chinese-language web browser with a built-in Yuanbao AI assistant, split-screen browsing and file tools.
Naver Whale
Korean Chromium browser with a sidebar, split tabs and built-in capture tools.
Yandex Browser
Chromium browser from Yandex with built-in translation and AI features.
Sleipnir
Japanese Chromium browser from Fenrir built around mouse gestures and text rendering.
Lunascape
Japanese browser with built-in ad blocking and a crypto wallet.
