Brave Firewall + VPN Review
Community-sourced VPN review based on real Reddit & Twitter discussions
Brave Firewall + VPN tends to get mentioned as a convenient “all-in-one” option if you already like the Brave browser and want extra privacy on top. People like the idea of pairing Brave’s built-in tr...
What the Community Says
Brave Firewall + VPN tends to get mentioned as a convenient “all-in-one” option if you already like the Brave browser and want extra privacy on top. People like the idea of pairing Brave’s built-in tracker/ad blocking with a VPN for everyday browsing, especially on phones where it feels simple and integrated. It’s often talked about in the same privacy-friendly toolbox as things like Tor and other well-known VPNs.
The big watch-out is that some folks don’t fully trust Brave because it’s Chromium-based and they’re wary of anything that feels too close to the Google ecosystem, even if Brave itself aims to be privacy-focused. There are also complaints that Brave’s ad blocker can get detected on some sites, which can be annoying when pages nag you to turn it off. And if you’re the type who wants to tweak every setting, Brave’s built-in approach can feel either “nice and simple” or “why can’t I control more?” depending on your personality.
Strengths
- Super convenient if you already use Brave
- Good everyday privacy pairing with built-in blocking
- Simple, phone-friendly setup
Weaknesses
- Some people don’t trust Brave because it’s Chromium-based
- Ad blocker can get detected on some websites
- May feel limiting if you want lots of customization
Summary generated 1 week ago from 33 community mentions
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10 reviews"Naw. Brave is the best."
"Giving options to the user to configure the software exactly the way he wants is bloat? Since when? Bloat in a browser is added "features" which have nothing to do with the browsing experience and could be replaced with extensions. The only thing that could be considered as bloat in Vivaldi is the email client and the rss reader it includes. Sorry but Vivaldi is not a bloated browser it is a complicated browser. This crown goes to Brave, and the runner up is Edge."
"Brave much better"
"Braves adblocker gets detected unlike edges"
"Get brave"
"You should. There are a couple of VPNs out there who have no logging as a feature. This means they don't keep a log of what you do with the VPN, they don't keep any logs about what sites you visit or what file sharing software you use. They don't keep any records of what torrents you might (or might not) download. And that there is the key point. I do not think that Bitdefender does that though I am prepared to be proven wrong. The other things that Bitdefender does you can do with other free software. You could install third party free antivirus. Any decent av software will pick up on mo..."
"Happy to report that Urban VPN is working again on Brave."
"Brave Wizztree 7zip VLC Lenovo vantage Gpu software...if you have one Your all good"
"Some of their products are open source. You can check out their github: [AdGuard](https://github.com/AdguardTeam) You should also not buy from them directly but through a 3rd party like stacksocial which often has family lifetime deals (with codes) for less than their annual subscription for an individual. But you should ask yourself why you want to use them too. Zen is a FOSS desktop app, Brave has adblocking integrated, UBO / adguard extensions work well in firefox on both desktop and mobile, etc. You have options. Paying for adguard mostly buys you the mobile app as a differentiator w..."