Brave Search Alternatives

Brave Search is described as 'Delivers private, independent search with an exclusive index, no tracking or profiling, transparent result ranking, browser integration, and image search' and is a very popular web search engine in the online services category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Brave Search for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, iPad and Google Chrome apps. The best Brave Search alternative is DuckDuckGo, which is free. Other great apps like Brave Search are Startpage, SearXNG, Qwant and Ecosia.

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  1. Uruky icon
    Official Partner
     11 likes

    Private, ad-free meta-search engine with no tracking, no query logging, and no personal data collection. Supports both web and image search, allows domain/TLD personalization, is fully EU-based, offers a monthly pay-as-you-use model, and includes night mode for users.

    27 Uruky alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. Yandex.Search icon
     116 likes

    Yandex is the fastest growing search engine in the world, serving primarily Russian users. It has been experimenting with an English-based search engine, but its main operations are for its Cyrillic engine.

    96 Yandex.Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Telegram
    • iPad
     
  3. Whoogle Search icon
     36 likes

    Ad-free, privacy-focused meta-search providing Google results without tracking, JavaScript, cookies, or AMP links, supporting proxies and autocomplete. Customizable, Docker-deployable, mobile-ready, with theme options and additional privacy features.

    90 Whoogle Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Open source search solution crawling the web to prioritize small and non-commercial sites, supporting unique discovery of personal content, white-label deployment, cost-effective hardware, side-loaded indexing, and ongoing improvements for configurability.

    48 Marginalia Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. xPrivo Search icon
     8 likes

    xPrivo Search is a 100% European, privacy-focused search engine that operates on a fully independent european index instead of relying on US Big Tech like Bing. Choose between classic web results or AI enhanced results with full European data sovereignty & privacy.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. 4get icon
     24 likes

    This is a metasearch engine that gets results from other engines, and strips away all of the tracking parameters and Microsoft/globohomo bullshit they add. Most of the other alternatives to Google jack themselves off about being ""privacy respecting"" or...

    63 4get alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
     
  7. searxist icon
     8 likes

    A simple Android app to wrap SearXNG with Material You colors, plus some system integrations.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  8. Meta-search engine acting as a privacy-preserving proxy without persistent user tracking or targeted ads, providing domain blocklists, advanced operators, switchable future backends, custom themes, link controls, and a clean interface for private results.

    53 Waterfox Private Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Mwmbl Search icon
     16 likes

    Mwmbl is a non-profit, ad-free, free-libre and free-lunch search engine with a focus on useability and speed. At the moment it is little more than an idea together with a proof of concept implementation of the web front-end and search technology on a small index.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Swisscows icon
     24 likes

    Privacy-first search engine providing web and image searches with no data tracking, no profiling, servers in Switzerland for privacy, encrypted connections, and automatic filtering of offensive or adult content to ensure a family-friendly experience.

    80 Swisscows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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