Opera Neon
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An agentic browser from Norway's Opera: Chat, Do, and Make agents navigate sites, conduct research, and create documents and web apps. The browser has been free since August 2026; a subscription unlocks Neon AI.
Facts
- The vendor is Opera, with the legal entity Opera Norway headquartered in Oslo (the footer signature on operaneon.com); the parent Opera Limited trades on NASDAQ under the ticker OPRA. The first Neon build shipped in September 2025 (blogs.opera.com/news/2025/09).
- On Dec 11, 2025, Opera opened public access to Neon after the closed Founders phase that began on 2 October; the subscription is $19.90 per month, and the model lineup includes GPT-5.1, Gemini 3 Pro, Veo 3.1, and Nano Banana Pro (prnewswire Dec 11, 2025).
- A free plan appeared on Aug 14, 2026: the browser downloads free and connects to third-party agents through an MCP server and Opera Browser CLI with token compression, while the Standard subscription is needed only for Neon's own AI features — autonomous browsing, deep research, Skills, automations, and generative agents (blogs.opera.com Aug 14, 2026).
- Features as of Aug 19, 2026: Chat, Do, and Make agents, Tasks workspaces, Cards prompt cards, ODRA research; the subscription showcase lists GPT, Claude Opus, Gemini, DeepSeek, Grok, Nano Banana Pro, and Veo. Platforms — Windows and macOS (operaneon.com, blogs.opera.com).
The full card is in the works: the "worth it or not" verdict, pricing and a comparison with neighbors will appear as it moves through the card factory.