Brave vs Anthropic (Claude)
Based on our analysis, Brave is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Brave | Anthropic (Claude) |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | A · 86/100 | B · 72/100 |
| What they collect | Positive (88) | Mixed (65) |
| Who they share it with | Positive (85) | Positive (78) |
| What you can do | Positive (84) | Positive (78) |
| What they promise | Positive (83) | Positive (82) |
Brave's browser collects no browsing history and routes most sensitive requests through its own proxies to strip your IP address — the privacy architecture is genuinely sophisticated — but it's a US company, Safe Browsing on mobile exposes your IP to Google or Apple, and Leo AI feedback submissions can include full conversation transcripts retained for a year.
View full analysis →Anthropic collects identity and account data, all prompts and responses, and coding sessions. Consumer users can opt in to having conversations used for model training with data retained up to 5 years. API and commercial customers are unaffected: their data is never used for training. With training off, 30-day retention for safety then deleted. No advertising business; data never sold. Dedicated Privacy Center at privacy.claude.com.
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