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Kagi Search

Ad-free search engine emphasizing privacy, no tracking, no telemetry, and no ad targeting, using its own index and top external engines for customizable, unbiased web and image results. Offers advanced tools and lens-based personalization for user control.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Subscription)
  • Proprietary

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Online
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Safari
  • Mozilla Firefox
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Features

Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Support for Themes
  3.  AI-Powered

Features

  1.  Ad-free
  2.  No Tracking
  3.  Bangs
  4.  Dark Mode
  5.  Instant Answers
  6.  Filter search results
  7.  No Censorship
  8.  No Logs
  9.  Built-in AI Assistant
  10.  Full-Text Search
  11.  Reverse Image Search
  12.  Independent
  13.  Independent search index
  14.  Bypass Censorship
  15.  Multiple languages
  16.  API Integration
  17.  Two-factor Authentication
  18.  Independent Searching
  19.  Widgets
  20.  Custom widgets

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Recent activities

  • ngswyzhy59 liked Kagi Search
  • dm29 reviewed Kagi Search  

    I never expected to leave Google Search for lack of any viable alternative, until I stumbled upon Kagi Search. It has a very sensible business model, with the human flair that enshitification has stripped from big tech products. Nice UI, widgets, DuckDuckGo like Bangs and many other useful things. Still, I wish the location based searching was more capable. It needs some rework.

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  • TBayAreaPat updated Kagi Search
  • TBayAreaPat reviewed Kagi Search  

    Signing in for a search is a turn-off

  • prplwtf liked Kagi Search
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Comments and Reviews

   
Comment summary: Kagi Search earns praise for fast, relevant results, privacy, ad-free searching, personalization, lenses, bangs, widgets, and a clean interface. Users value its hybrid indexing and ability to reduce SEO-heavy results, with some also appreciating its AI features. The main drawback is recurring cost: several users consider the plans expensive or not worthwhile, especially for heavy use. Signing in and limited location search also draw criticism, while one privacy concern about cloud hosting merits verification.
Top Positive Comment
Skye
8

I really like Kagi. I had previously used Startpage in tandem with DuckDuckGo, but Kagi has almost all of their features + a lot of their own, and produces better search results.

dm29
0

I never expected to leave Google Search for lack of any viable alternative, until I stumbled upon Kagi Search. It has a very sensible business model, with the human flair that enshitification has stripped from big tech products. Nice UI, widgets, DuckDuckGo like Bangs and many other useful things. Still, I wish the location based searching was more capable. It needs some rework.

TBayAreaPat
0

Signing in for a search is a turn-off

01 z0
1

There is a free version for those who feel uncomfy to pay for a search engine. Give it a try - considering the results, this will probably convince you to pay 5$ / month for search results that will save you a priceless amount of time. Also - no sponsored ads and the usual Google'esque experience. Now bring us a Kagi/Ecosia Mix to make this perfect - but until then, this is it

munnie
0

I like Kagi Search because it always gives me relevant results for what I search with various filter options and without any ads and tracking.

ij7zx
0

Kagi is a good search engine If you have the money go for it but its quite expensive IMO There's also really nothing they can do to lower the price since they rely on the API's of others This is why alternative search engines kinda suck Most of them rely on the index of others

ZachTaylor
0

I like the idea of a paid search engine but it's very expensive for what it is, not worth it.

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What is Kagi Search?

Kagi Search is a premium, ad-free search engine that prioritizes high-quality information. It uses its own index of top-tier results, supplemented by results from other leading search engines. Kagi upholds user privacy and control, with no ad targeting or tracking, and offers customization options for individual user needs. Users can mute or prefer certain websites and personalize the search engine's appearance. It is a paid service, with users paying for a pure, powerful search experience rather than being subjected to ads and privacy exploitation.

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Our users have written 17 comments and reviews about Kagi Search, and it has gotten 87 likes

Kagi Search was added to AlternativeTo by sr00 on and this page was last updated . Kagi Search is sometimes referred to as Kagi.