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Search engines · 9 alternatives

Instead of Kagi, try one of these 9.

Every alternative is lined up against Kagi on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Kagi 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
KagiWhat you have now
Ad-free, paid search engine with no tracking.
PricePaid
from $5/mo
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
Brave Search#2
Independent search index focused on privacy.
PriceFree
premium $3/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Bing#3
Microsoft’s search engine with AI answers built in.
PriceFree
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
Ecosia#5
Search engine that plants trees with its ad revenue.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Startpage#6
Google results wrapped in a privacy layer.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Mojeek#7
Independent search engine with its own crawler.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Qwant#8
French privacy engine that refuses profiling and filter bubbles
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Android · iOS
YaCy#9
Peer-to-peer search engine you can run and index yourself.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux

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.

Kagi alternatives at a glance

Kagi is a paid search engines app (from $5/mo). We compared 9 alternatives: 2 are open source, 9 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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