Brave Leo vs Chrome vs Gemini vs Merlin

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Brave Leo
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Competitor 1
Chrome
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
Merlin
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Brave Leo
brave.com
Brave Leo is the AI assistant built into the Brave browser.
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Competitor Chrome
google.com
A marketing manager switches between her laptop and phone throughout the day, researching competitors on one device and picking up where she left off on another
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Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Merlin
getmerlin.in
AI assistant in your browser
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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87Bvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
1.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 2.4%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 13.8%
6-month growth
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+11.2%
+0.8%
-9.1%
Global rank web
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#1
#17
#46,011
Avg. last 3 months
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86.5B
2.7B
1.3M
Bounce rate lower is better
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28%
28%
50%
Pages / visit
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8.7
4.1
2.5
Visit duration
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9m 58s
7m 01s
4m 15s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 97% · ● Referral 2%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
Brave LeoChromeGeminiMerlin
021.9B43.8B65.6B87.5BChrome · 84.2BChrome · 85.8BChrome · 78.2BChrome · 86.9BChrome · 84.8BChrome · 87.5BChrome · 84.9BChrome · 87BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2M1M10M100M1B10B100BChrome · 84.2BChrome · 85.8BChrome · 78.2BChrome · 86.9BChrome · 84.8BChrome · 87.5BChrome · 84.9BChrome · 87BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BMerlin · 1.5MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.3MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.4MMerlin · 1.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$59.99per month · free tier available
Free
$4.99per month · free tier available
$29per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Brave Browser FreeBrave Origin $59.99Brave Firewall + VPN Custom/moBrave Talk Premium Custom/mo
Free Free
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $29/moTeams $15/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeDocumentsTextWeb pages
Web pagesTextImages
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
Web pagesTextDocumentsCode
Output
TextCode
ImagesText
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextImagesCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeProductivity & OfficeWriting & Content+4 more
Development & CodeAI Browsers
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDesign & CreativeDevelopment & CodeEducation & Learning+21 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
10
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15
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Translations
Chatbots
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Summarizing
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Writing
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Coding
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Image generation
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Browser
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Video summaries
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Email writing
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Browser tabs management
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Chrome extensions
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Copywriting
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Document summarization
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Image to image
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Password management
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Research
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Safe browsing
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Search engine
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Social media
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Social media posts
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Video generation
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Web research summarization
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Google search
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Image editing
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Mind maps
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PDFs
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Phishing detection
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Productivity
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Reviews
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Prompts
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