Brave vs NordVPN
Based on our analysis, Brave is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Brave | NordVPN |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | A · 86/100 | C+ · 62/100 |
| What they collect | Positive (88) | Mixed (65) |
| Who they share it with | Positive (85) | Mixed (58) |
| What you can do | Positive (84) | Mixed (68) |
| What they promise | Positive (83) | Mixed (60) |
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 →NordVPN genuinely doesn't log your VPN activity — that part of the privacy pitch holds up — but outside the tunnel it runs a large advertising and analytics infrastructure full of US-based trackers, shares data within a broad corporate group, markets to you for a year after you cancel, and retains billing records for a decade.
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