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Alternatives to Safari
23 technology tools sit alongside Safari in this directory. Below is what separates each from Safari on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 14
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Safari starts at
- Free
Why people look past Safari
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Safari has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
An independent web browser with its own rendering engine, funded almost entirely by search placement deals.
Priced and rated the same as Safari on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Google's browser, built on Chromium, with the largest market share and the strictest limits on what extensions may do.
Priced and rated the same as Safari on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Microsoft's Chromium-based browser, distinguished by IE mode for legacy applications and by its integration with Microsoft 365 management.
Priced and rated the same as Safari on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Microsoft's email and calendar client, in the middle of a transition from the classic Windows application to a web-based replacement.
- Publishes an entry price of $1.99/month, where Safari does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than free.
Capture, organize, and analyze product feedback
- Publishes an entry price of $400/month, where Safari does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than free.
Cloud storage and file synchronization service
- Publishes an entry price of $9.99/month, where Safari does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than free.
Every Safari alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Safari (this page) | Free | Free | - | |
| Mozilla FirefoxFast, private & safe web browser | Free | - | - | vs Safari |
| Google ChromeFast, secure browser built for the modern web | Free | - | - | vs Safari |
| Microsoft EdgeThe only browser optimized for superior performance on Windows | Free | Free | - | vs Safari |
| Microsoft OutlookEmail, calendars and contacts in one place, on desktop, mobile and web | Free, then $1.99/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Safari |
| Canny | Free, then $400/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Safari |
| Dropbox | Free, then $9.99/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Safari |
| Amplitude | Free, then $49/month | - | 4 | vs Safari |
| ClickUp | Free, then $7/user/month (annual) | - | 5 | vs Safari |
| Auth0 | Free, then $35/month | - | 3 | vs Safari |
| Docker | Free, then $11/month | - | - | vs Safari |
| Apache Spark | Free | Open-source | - | vs Safari |
| Asana | Free, then $10.99/month | - | - | vs Safari |
| CloudAMQP | Free, then $19/month | Freemium | 6 | vs Safari |
| Coda | Free, then $10/month | - | - | vs Safari |
| Personetics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Safari |
| Zeta | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Safari |
| Finxact | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Safari |
| Thought Machine | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Safari |
| Alkami | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Safari |
| Datadog | $15/month | - | 3 | vs Safari |
| Drift | $2500/month | - | - | vs Safari |
| Dashlane | $4.99/month | - | 1 | vs Safari |
| Close | $9/month | - | 4 | vs Safari |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Safari badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (14)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Mozilla Firefox , Free
- Google Chrome , Free
- Microsoft Edge , Free
- Microsoft Outlook , Free, then $1.99/month
- Canny , Free, then $400/month
- Dropbox , Free, then $9.99/month
- Amplitude , Free, then $49/month
- ClickUp , Free, then $7/user/month (annual)
What you would be giving up
Safari is most often brought in for getting the longest battery life out of a macbook, where the difference against chromium browsers is hours rather than minutes, debugging a site on a real iphone or ipad, which requires safari's web inspector connected over usb from a mac, an all-apple household or team that wants tabs, passwords and passkeys to follow them across devices without a third-party account, privacy-conscious users on icloud+ who want tracking protection and private relay working by default rather than through extensions. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Safari is broadly right and the question is cost, the Safari pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Technology category lists everything the directory holds, and best technology tools ranks them.
Safari runs on not recorded. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Safari alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Safari?
- 23 other technology tools are listed in this directory, led by Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Outlook. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Safari?
- 14 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Outlook, Canny.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Safari?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Safari has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Safari?
- Safari is most often brought in for getting the longest battery life out of a macbook, where the difference against chromium browsers is hours rather than minutes, debugging a site on a real iphone or ipad, which requires safari's web inspector connected over usb from a mac, an all-apple household or team that wants tabs, passwords and passkeys to follow them across devices without a third-party account, privacy-conscious users on icloud+ who want tracking protection and private relay working by default rather than through extensions. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Safari?
- Apache Spark is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Safari alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Technology, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Safari against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Safari covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every technology tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Technology category, 23 tools beside Safari. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.