Instead of Brave Search, try one of these 10.
Every alternative is lined up against Brave Search on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Brave Search sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.
Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
Likes
Brave SearchWhat you have now
Independent search index focused on privacy.
PriceFree
premium $3/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Private search that never tracks your queries.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
LikesVisit ↗
AI search that answers with cited sources.
PriceFreemium
pro $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
LikesVisit ↗
Kagi#3
Ad-free, paid search engine with no tracking.
PricePaid
from $5/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
LikesVisit ↗
SearXNG#4
Self-hosted metasearch engine aggregating many sources.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
LikesVisit ↗
Ecosia#5
Search engine that plants trees with its ad revenue.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
LikesVisit ↗
Google results wrapped in a privacy layer.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
LikesVisit ↗
Mojeek#7
Independent search engine with its own crawler.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
LikesVisit ↗
Qwant#8
French privacy engine that refuses profiling and filter bubbles
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Android · iOS
LikesVisit ↗
YaCy#9
Peer-to-peer search engine you can run and index yourself.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
LikesVisit ↗
You.com#10
AI search and chat platform.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
LikesVisit ↗
How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. How we compare.
Brave Search alternatives at a glance
Brave Search is a free search engines app (premium $3/mo). We compared 10 alternatives: 2 are open source, 7 are completely free, 2 can be self-hosted and 0 work fully offline. The most popular is DuckDuckGo, with 2.1k likes.
Best free optionSearXNG
Self-hosted metasearch engine aggregating many sources.
Free · Open source · Self‑hostableBest open-source optionYaCy
Peer-to-peer search engine you can run and index yourself.
Free · Open source · Self‑hostable