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The new home for your internet on MacOS—One window. Many workspaces. All your tabs.
SigmaOS is a super interesting primary browser contender in the space. In the myriad of productivity-focused browsers out there, we believe that Arc vs SigmaOS are the two leaders in the space.
SigmaOS tried to re-think how a browser layout should be, and build in layers of productivity along the way (not too dissimilar to that of Arc).
The thing is, Sigma has quite minimal funding, and in the browser space, you're competing with companies that have billions of dollars to throw at improving the browser (Google Chrome, Edge, Safari), so when comparing it to those, it's tough to see how they'll manage to compete.
That said, even just comparing SigmaOS to that of Arc, Arc has raised over $100M to take on this incredibly competitive space, whereas SigmaOS is trying to fight having raised likely less than $2M. It's also tough to understand if people are actually willing to pay for a browser, and at $20/mo on the paid tiers for SigmaOS, it just feels like Arc is the more likely winner here.
SigmaOS does make some pretty different opinionated design decisions though, it's worth a shot checking out if you want to try something fresh and new, though not sure we'd bet on it ultimately taking up any meaningful browser marketshare.
AI won’t exist as an app. Or a button. It’ll be an entirely new environment — built on top of a web browser.
Dia Browser is the latest project from The Browser Company (the same team behind Arc Browser), and while it’s an interesting experiment, it feels more like a stripped-down Chrome with an AI sidekick than an actual serious browser contender.
Dia is for those who are super excited about agentic browsers (think of a baked-in AI chat sidebar, that can co-pilot the browser with you at times).
If you're someone that likes the idea of being able to have pre-built prompts that can be ran that interact with and take into consideration the content on the page you're visiting, then you'll love their "Skills" functionality (this will either immediately click for you as to what's possible, or not):
Sorta. The main competition going on right now is between Perplexity's Comet vs Dia. And while I see some promise behind Dia, I am definitely finding myself only using it for some personal searching. Like going in the depths on researching to buy something. It hasn't been able to replace Arc Browser as my day-to-day work and productivity-focused browser.
It's also incredibly difficult for me to break the habit (or even want to) use ChatGPT less (I use the desktop app, triggering it with CTRL + spacebar), and it seems the team really wants you to embrace their AI chatbot in-place of ChatGPT to get the full benefits (of getting your browser to learn and understand you.
With all of that, if you’re someone who just wants a clean browser with built-in AI to summarize articles or answer questions, speak to your open tabs and YouTube videos to help with research, then sure, Dia might be worth giving a shot. But if you actually care about productivity, speed, and having real control over your setup, Arc still feels lightyears ahead (yes, even in maintenance mode). It's clear that Dia was built for a totally different audience (e.g. my parents or those who haven't taken to embracing AI just yet, then absolutely yes, Dia feels like a solid gateway into this).
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