Opera vs Dawn
Opera is a long-running Chromium browser with a sidebar of built-in apps, workspaces, and an AI assistant.
| Feature | Opera |  Dawn |
|---|---|---|
| Tabs in a sidebar | Yes, optional since 2026 | Yes |
| Spaces for each project | Yes, Workspaces (up to five) | Yes, each with its own theme |
| Profiles for separate logins | Not that we found | Yes, with spaces inside each |
| Split view | Yes, up to four pages | Yes, up to four pages |
| Tabs that put themselves away | No, it snoozes idle tabs | Yes, after 12 hours (you choose) |
| Chrome Web Store extensions | Yes | Yes |
| Imports from Arc | Yes, since early 2025 (what comes over isn’t documented) | Yes: spaces, pinned tabs, folders, and favorites |
| Imports from other browsers | Chrome, Safari, and Firefox, or a bookmarks file | Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave, Opera, Dia, and Zen, or Safari’s bookmarks file |
| Netflix, Disney+, and Spotify (DRM) | Netflix, Prime Video, and Spotify; Disney+ doesn’t list Opera on Mac | Yes |
| Built-in AI | Opera One AI | None |
| Platforms | Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, Android | Mac |
| Price | Free | Free |
What’s different
Fewer extras
Opera’s sidebar holds messengers, AI, and more. Dawn keeps the sidebar for your tabs.
Profiles with spaces inside
Each Dawn profile keeps its own logins and extensions, with its spaces nested inside.
Tabs that put themselves away
Opera snoozes idle tabs. Dawn archives the ones you didn’t pin after 12 hours, and the command bar still finds them.
Where Opera wins
It runs on every platform and has more built in.
Switching from Opera?
Dawn brings over your bookmarks in one click.
Switch me from Opera to Dawn and bring my tabs along. Here’s how: https://dawn.example/llms.txt
Opera and Dawn: questions
What comes over from Opera?
Your bookmarks. History, passwords, and extensions stay in Opera.
Sources: Netflix: supported browsers, Opera 117 changelog (Arc import), Opera 128 (four-tab split screen), Opera features, Opera vertical tabs. Checked October 2026.