DuckDuckGo Alternatives

DuckDuckGo is described as 'Privacy-focused search engine offering Zero-click Info, instant answers, and more, built from open-source software for a user-friendly experience' and is a leading web search engine in the web browsers category. There are more than 100 alternatives to DuckDuckGo for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best DuckDuckGo alternative is Startpage, which is free. Other great apps like DuckDuckGo are Searx, Qwant, Brave Search and Ecosia.

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DuckDuckGo alternatives are mainly Web Search Engines, but if you're looking for Image Search Engines or Privacy Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include EU, Open Source and Kindle Fire + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to DuckDuckGo.
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  1. Yahoo! Search icon
     40 likes

    The search engine that helps you find exactly what youre looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web. Yahoo! Search is a web search engine, owned by Yahoo! Inc.

    93 Yahoo! Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  2. OceanHero icon
     3 likes

    OceanHero is a modern web browser with all the features you love - dark mode, private browsing, tracker blocking, and many more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  3. MillionShort icon
     18 likes

    Million Short is an experimental web search engine (really, more of a discovery engine) that allows you to REMOVE the top million (or top 100k, 10k, 1k, 100) sites from the results set. We thought it might be somewhat interesting to see what we'd find if we just removed an...

    83 MillionShort alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Heexy icon
     4 likes

    Heexy is a search engine designed to provide users with a fast and easy way to search the web. This search engine uses advanced algorithms to provide relevant results, and its clean and user-friendly interface makes it easy to use for anyone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. SearchCans icon
     1 like

    SearchCans is a dual-engine API infrastructure designed for AI Agents, RAG pipelines, and LLM applications. It provides two core services:

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  6. Search for a Cause is a search engine that allows you to raise money for charity each time you search. We raise money through a small number of ads included with the search results. The revenue earned from those ads is pooled together and then donated to our partner charities...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  7. Keep your searches private by redirecting searches that may be tracked to Hide My Searches, a privacy-focused search engine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  8. Fleetic icon
     Like

    Fleetic is a site and image search engine, alternative to google or other search engines. We use our own bot and algorithm We are in the process of expanding our website database.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Ellpedia icon
     5 likes

    Ellpedia is a private metasearch engine based on Google and Bing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Find icon
     14 likes

    Improve your browser's URL bar with an action engine. Don't just search, Find!.

    49 Find alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Find vs DuckDuckGo Comments
    sssssahra
    Positive
    0

    Bangs are more powerful, it can be search engines and any other action on a site. Default fallback search is on DuckDuckGo, but can be customized to be anything.

    euo29025
    Positive
    -2

    Customize your bangs and actions, self-host your meta search engine and improve everyone's privacy

    • Find is Free and Open SourceDuckDuckGo is Free and Proprietary
  11. hyperDart icon
     4 likes

    hyperDart is a new kind of search engine - one that combines the power of AI with the insight of real experts and structured datasets.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Google Chrome
     
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