Dia by The Browser Company
AI-native browser from the makers of Arc
Overview
Dia is The Browser Company's AI-native browser, successor to Arc, built around a persistent AI sidebar that understands open tabs and browsing context, plus reusable "Skills" for repeated tasks. The Browser Company was acquired by Atlassian for $610M (completed October 2025). Dia has since shipped a paid Pro tier ($20/month) that uncaps AI usage and Skills, alongside a free tier with usage limits.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 11 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- Full browser, unlimited browsing
- Capped chat and Skills usage
- Basic memory
- Unlimited chat and Skills
- Personalised memory
- Early access to new AI features
Use cases
ASEAN Perspective
Dia by The Browser Company in Southeast Asia
ASEAN-region availability and pricing notes coming soon. Drop the editorial team a note via /contact/ if you can supply local context (Singapore/Malaysia/Indonesia/Thailand/Vietnam).
Dia is the most thoughtfully designed of the current AI-browser wave: instead of bolting a chatbot onto a browser, it builds around tab-scoped memory and reusable "Skills," and pairs that with genuinely better privacy defaults than Comet or Atlas (local encryption, granular access control). For people who lived in Arc and want an AI-native successor from the same team, it is the natural pick.
The caveats are real. Dia runs only on macOS 14+ Apple Silicon, with no confirmed Windows date, so most of the world cannot run it yet. Skills still misfire on complex requests, and the free tier caps AI usage (Pro is US$20/month). It is a polished early product, not a finished one — promising for Mac users, irrelevant for everyone else until cross-platform ships.
What people say
With OpenAI retiring Atlas in August 2026, Dia is suddenly one of the last dedicated AI browsers standing — and the one with the clearest design point of view. The June 2026 releases finally answered Arc refugees' biggest complaint by bringing back the sidebar, vertical tabs and pinned tabs, and the core loop — chatting with your open tabs, plus reusable Skills for repeated tasks — remains the most polished implementation of the genre.
Money is where reviews get spiky. Pro costs $20/month with a 14-day trial, buying uncapped chat and personalised memory; the free tier is pitched by the CEO at "a few times per week" of AI use, and users report hitting a wall around eight messages with an hour-long cooldown. One widely shared review asked whether Pro is worth $20 a month and answered "absolutely not" — the complaint isn't quality, it's that the same money buys ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro outright. The Browser Company has floated future tiers ranging from $5 to several hundred dollars.
Platform reach is still the hard limit. Dia runs only on Apple Silicon Macs (Intel is excluded entirely); the Windows build remained an unshipped waitlist as of mid-2026, and access has stayed invite-gated for much of the browser's life, with Arc users skipping the queue. Atlassian's $610M all-cash acquisition closed in late 2025, and the release cadence has held up since — a genuine concern at the time, given Arc's fate.
If you're on an M-series Mac and lived in Arc, Dia is the natural successor and the free tier costs nothing to try. Everyone else is still waiting.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
About this listing
This entry was compiled from publicly available data including Dia by The Browser Company's official website, press releases, documentation, and reputable third-party publications. RECATOOLS is not affiliated with Dia by The Browser Company unless explicitly stated.
Third-party AI tools update their pricing, features, availability, and policies frequently. Information here may be outdated by the time you read this — we make reasonable efforts to keep listings current, but cannot guarantee absolute accuracy.
For the latest details, please refer to Dia by The Browser Company directly →
Spotted something out of date? Suggest an update →
Alternatives to Dia by The Browser Company
More in LLMs & Chat
