Brave Leo vs Microsoft Edge Copilot
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Brave Leo
AI assistant built into the Brave browser
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Microsoft Edge Copilot
Copilot woven into Edge — multi-tab reasoning, voice, vision, Journeys
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 |
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| Value for money | — | |
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| ASEAN readiness | — | |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Free tier | Free: Llama 3.1 8B, Claude Haiku, Qwen 3 14B, GLM 4.7 Flash; no account required | Free with Edge browser; core AI features available without a Microsoft 365 subscription |
| Paid from | Leo Premium $14.99/mo ($149.99/yr) — Claude Sonnet 4.6, Opus 4.6, Kimi K2.5, DeepSeek | Deeper grounding in personal/work data via Microsoft 365 Copilot ($30/user/mo) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2023 | 1975 |
| Maker | — | Microsoft Corporation |
| Verdict | Leo has the best-designed privacy story in mainstream browser AI: no account, no chat retention, third-party models proxied through AWS Bedrock with zero data retention, and — since April 2026 — a local Ocelot model that... |
Of the big-tech browser assistants, this is the one that leans hardest into being part of the browser itself. In May 2026 Microsoft scrapped the separate 'Copilot Mode' toggle and folded its capabilities into Edge proper... |
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