It doesn't seem to suffer from some of the slowdowns and lag that other browsers might experience and thus makes surfing the web a little bit faster. The look and layout of this web browser is pretty flat and modern-looking and whizzing through the menus shows off its speed. The rendering engine is cloud-based, so it takes some of the load off of the PC in order to speed up rendering. What Puffin Browser does is uses cloud servers to add additional speed and encryption for its users. Once you've activated your Puffin account, a free month trial is activated so a credit card or payment method is required to get started. While the program is free to download and install, it does require a small subscription price to pay for its cloud services. Full encryption of web traffic and prevention of DNS hijacking are headline features. Puffin Browser, also called Secure Browser, is a web browser that's built and designed for faster Internet browsing and it introduces a few privacy features.