Our take
Pick Orion if mac / iOS users who will stay on Free at $0 while they open a first Favorites Start Page, then Orion+ at $50/year when they want early builds and the forum badge — not $150 lifetime first unless they want that printed commitment, and not SigmaOS workspaces. Pick Zen Browser if people who will stay on Free at $0 while they open a first Personal workspace + ChatGPT / YouTube tabs, then optionally tip on
Best for
Orion A zero-telemetry WebKit window you start at a public $
Zen Browser A Firefox window you start at a public $
Free plan
Orion $0 · ). Help: “the Orion browser is free to use.”
Zen Browser $0 · ). Download / build from the site and GitHub. No printed Pro / Team / Cloud $ on the marketing pages we fetched
Lowest paid
Orion Orion+ $5/yr
Zen Browser Not published by the vendor
Watch out
Orion Orion+ does not unlock a second browser
Zen Browser Support is a tip, not a second browser
Last checked
Orion 2026-10-23 · help.kagi.com/orion/orion-plus/orion-plus.html
Zen Browser 2026-10-23 · zen-browser.app
mac / iOS users who will stay on Free at $0 while they open a first Favorites Start Page, then Orion+ at $50/year when they want early builds and the forum badge — not $150 lifetime first unless they want that printed commitment, and not SigmaOS workspaces.
Read the Orion pagepeople who will stay on Free at $0 while they open a first Personal workspace + ChatGPT / YouTube tabs, then optionally tip on Donate — not SigmaOS Pro $20 first unless they want that Mac Airis sidecar, and not Orion+ unless they want Kagi’s WebKit support SKU.
Read the Zen Browser page
