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Search engines · 11 alternatives

Instead of Ecosia, try one of these 11.

Every alternative is lined up against Ecosia on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Ecosia sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
EcosiaWhat you have now
Search engine that plants trees with its ad revenue.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
DuckDuckGo#1
Private search that never tracks your queries.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Kagi#2
Ad-free, paid search engine with no tracking.
PricePaid
from $5/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Brave Search#3
Independent search index focused on privacy.
PriceFree
premium $3/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
SearXNG#4
Self-hosted metasearch engine aggregating many sources.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Startpage#5
Google results wrapped in a privacy layer.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Mojeek#6
Independent search engine with its own crawler.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Qwant#7
French privacy engine that refuses profiling and filter bubbles
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Android · iOS
YaCy#8
Peer-to-peer search engine you can run and index yourself.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
Openverse#9
Search openly licensed images and audio for reuse.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
MetaGer#10
German nonprofit metasearch with anonymous proxy links and open code
PricePaid
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Android
Uruky#11
Paid private metasearch with monthly usage and EU hosting.
PricePaid
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS

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Ecosia alternatives at a glance

Ecosia is a free search engines app. We compared 11 alternatives: 4 are open source, 8 are completely free, 2 can be self-hosted and 0 work fully offline. The most popular is DuckDuckGo, with 2.1k likes.

Most liked overallDuckDuckGo

Private search that never tracks your queries.

Free
Best free optionBrave Search

Independent search index focused on privacy.

Free
Best open-source optionSearXNG

Self-hosted metasearch engine aggregating many sources.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable
Best to self-hostYaCy

Peer-to-peer search engine you can run and index yourself.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable

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