Side-by-side comparison · AI Browsers & Agents
Claude Cowork vs Opera Neon vs Comet
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.
At a glance
Pick it if: Business owners and office teams who want repetitive file, report and admin work done for them without building automations.
Pick it if: Business owners and power users who want an AI that does web tasks for them and are happy to pay for access to several top models in one place.
Pick it if: Anyone who researches, compares or reads a lot online and wants an AI helper in the browser without paying for it.
Overview
| Attribute | Claude Cowork | Opera Neon | Comet |
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| In one line | Claude's agent mode: hand it a whole task across your files, apps and browser. | Opera's agentic AI browser that browses, researches and builds things for you. | Perplexity's free web browser with an assistant that reads your tabs and does tasks. |
| Pricing model | Paid | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $20/mo | $19.90/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | No | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | Yes | No |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Claude Cowork | Opera Neon | Comet |
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| Overall rating | 4.1Winner | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Claude Cowork | Opera Neon | Comet |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes | No | Yes |
| Desktop app | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Browser extension | No | No | Yes |
| API access | No | Yes | No |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | No | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | No | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | No | No |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Makes images | No | Yes | No |
| Makes video | No | Yes | No |
| Writes code | Yes | Yes | No |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | Yes | No | No |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities score | 11/ 17 | 11/ 17 | 11/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Claude Cowork | Opera Neon | Comet |
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| Plans | Pro $20/mo, or $17/mo billed yearly Trying it on a few tasks a week. | Free Free Trying Neon, or letting your own AI agent use a browser. | FreeOur pick Free Everyday browsing with an assistant for summaries and questions. |
MaxOur pick From $100/mo Anyone handing off tasks every day. | StandardOur pick $19.90/mo Anyone who wants Neon's agents to do web tasks for them. | Comet Plus $5/mo Readers who want partner publishers' paywalled articles. | |
Team $25/seat/mo, or $20/seat/mo billed yearly Small teams sharing connectors and admin controls. | Perplexity Pro $20/mo, or $200/yr Anyone who wants the agent to do tasks for them. | ||
Enterprise From $20/seat/mo yearly plus usage, 20-seat minimum Companies that need admin, spend and security controls. | Perplexity Max $200/mo, or $2,000/yr Heavy users running many tasks in the background. | ||
| Which plan to pick | Start on Pro to see which jobs it handles well for you. If you hand it real work most days you will hit the limits, and Max is the plan that makes it a daily tool. | If you're choosing Neon, it's for the agents, so Standard at $19.90 a month is the plan that matters. Month to month, so try it for one month on a real job. The free plan's chat is more basic than the free AI in Opera One, so only stay on Free if you want to plug in your own Claude or ChatGPT. | Use it free: the sidebar assistant alone is worth having, and most people never need more. Pro makes sense if you want Perplexity's research tools anyway, but don't buy it just for the browser agent, since Pro's credits are a one-off bundle. Nobody needs Max just for the browser. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Cowork, Opera Neon or Comet?
Claude Cowork scores highest overall in our ratings (Claude Cowork 4.1/5, Opera Neon 3.4/5 and Comet 3.9/5). Claude Cowork is best for weekly reports built from several sources and organising and cleaning up folders of files. Opera Neon is best for handing off web chores like bookings and form filling and deep research reports on a market or competitor. Comet is best for summarising long pages, PDFs and videos and comparing products or suppliers across tabs.
Which is cheaper, Claude Cowork, Opera Neon or Comet?
Claude Cowork: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $20/mo. Opera Neon: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $19.90/mo. Comet: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $5/mo.
Which is easier to use, Claude Cowork, Opera Neon or Comet?
Comet rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Anyone who researches, compares or reads a lot online and wants an AI helper in the browser without paying for it.
How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.
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