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Ask.com vs Brave

Who’s behind each, what their homepages track, what they cost and how often their policies changed, measured the same way for both. By what they offer, they’re close.

Ask.com

Former web search and question-answering engine owned by IAC, now showing a farewell page announcing its shutdown on May 1, 2026.

Brave

Brave is a free, open-source, Chromium-based web browser for desktop and mobile that blocks ads, trackers and cookie pop-ups by default, with add-ons such as Brave Search, a VPN, Tor private windows and an AI assistant.

Company
Not stated
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Registered in
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Unknown
Online since
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Audience
Smaller site
Top 1K
Trackers on the homepage
fewer
  • Visitor analytics: Matomo
Ad trackers
None
None
Cookie banner
OneTrust
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Prices
No pricing page found
No pricing page found
Last price change
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Privacy policy changes
0
0
Terms changes
0
0
Open positions
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Trackers are what each homepage loads before cookie consent; changes count since we started checking each site weekly. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.