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- Category
- Search · SaaS alternative
- Cost
- Paid
- Country
- US
- Licensing
- Proprietary
# PROS AND CONS
+ what works
- +No ads and no behavioral tracking, paid model aligns incentives with the user
- +Personal ranking controls let you block, raise, lower, or pin domains in your results
- +Hybrid index pulls from multiple sources plus Kagi's own Teclis crawler for small-web content
- +AI features included (Quick Answer, Universal Summarizer, Kagi Assistant) without separate fees on higher tiers
− watch out for
- −Closed source backend, so privacy claims rest on trust and policy rather than audit
- −US jurisdiction, subject to US subpoenas and gag orders
- −Starter tier caps searches at 300 per month; unlimited search requires the $10 Professional plan
- −No free tier beyond a 100-search trial
# PRIVACY NOTES
Kagi is funded by subscriptions, not ads, and states it does not log IP addresses, build user profiles, or sell data. Account email is required for billing, and search history is opt-in. Kagi Inc. is a US company based in Palo Alto, so US legal process applies. Privacy Pass is supported to decouple search queries from the billing identity, and the service is reachable over Tor.
# REPLACES
google-searchbing
# TAGS
#paid · #metasearch · #ai-search · #no-ads
# DOES THIS WORK FOR YOU
# NOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO TRIED IT
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