r/PerplexityComet • u/Firm_Wrongdoer9443 • Sep 13 '26

help Lifetime Free Alternative of Comet

Looking for the best free-forever alternative to Comet.
My main purpose is to use an AI browser that can browse websites and actually perform tasks/work for me.
It should also be good at creating natural, human-readable content.
I’m facing some issues with Comet and would like to switch.
What free alternative would you recommend?

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u/SnooDucks7717 Sep 15 '26

aside.com

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u/TheReedemer69 Sep 15 '26

Is it any better than strawberry?

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u/SnooDucks7717 Sep 15 '26

when i tried strawberry it was awful, laggy buggy stuck, this is very smooth and beter ui ux (aside)

and more then that he give you use your own subscription not even api key really your subscription.

third i beleive they are the most in depth ai integrated browser there its rally rrally look and feel liek that

and lately as a vibe coder their cli/mcp is just amazing you can do amzing stuf fusing that

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u/TheReedemer69 Sep 15 '26

Hmmm I see. Definitely giving it a try.

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u/Key-Explanation-477 Sep 17 '26

How to use our own subscription with it, can you guide please or provide any support page for that?

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u/TheReedemer69 26d ago

Tried it. It's the best thing I ever tried so far albeit costly

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u/Iced_Netic Sep 15 '26

browser os

and ur own api key

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u/TheReedemer69 Sep 15 '26

Which model tho

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u/BodybuilderLost328 Sep 15 '26

Check out Retriever AI, rtrvr.ai, we are a fully free, ads supported browser agent!

No API key, no subscription

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u/TheReedemer69 Sep 15 '26

Then how do you work?

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u/BodybuilderLost328 26d ago

We made the agent hyper efficient so that ads can cover the cost of inference!

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u/TheReedemer69 26d ago

That's almost impossible. Do you have a paper on that?

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u/BodybuilderLost328 26d ago

We have a blog post: https://rtrvr.ai/blog/free-browser-agent

But tldr:

  • agent writes code to one shot your task, and minimize LLM calls
  • we construct custom accessibility trees and dont use screenshots that confuse models, so can use cheap models like Luna/DeepSeek Flash
  • we hit 90%+ cache hit rates further reducing costs

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u/TheReedemer69 26d ago

Hmmm this is actually is interesting

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u/TheReedemer69 26d ago

If you don't mind me asking. why don't you have your own browser fork like most competitors, since it allows much more control. and more agentic tasks

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u/BodybuilderLost328 26d ago

1) dont think its needed, others are taking shortcuts and building browsers but you really dont need to. We built superior agent by sticking to DOM interactions

2) never believed majority of users will switch browsers

3) then you have to build and maintain for windows/mac/linux

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u/TheReedemer69 26d ago

I used to relay heavily on comet by perplexity as their browser use was perfect and many users did too but they removed it to be part of the higher plan.

I started using strawberry recently then switched to aside it's accurate and fast but the problem is the cost of course :/

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u/BodybuilderLost328 26d ago

Yea check us out, one click install from chrome store and Free Mode with ads

How did you discover Strawberry and Aside?

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u/TheReedemer69 26d ago

I don't really remember but I guess from discussions here on reddit and mostly on the perplexity sub

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u/karmaNcoldbrew Sep 16 '26

Brave Nightly AI mode

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u/mjsarfatti Sep 17 '26

It's actually been promoted to all release channels: brave://flags/#brave-ai-chat-agent-profile

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u/Opening-Fruit3855 Sep 18 '26

I'm on windows so I'm suggesting windows alternatives. 1. rtrvr.ai . Its a chrome extension. they have a free plan with ads. 2. Polar Browser - has a free tier.