- Category
- Search · SaaS alternative
- Cost
- Free
- Country
- UK
- Licensing
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- Web
Pros and cons
+ what works
- +Independent crawler and index, not a Google or Bing reseller
- +No IP logging, no user profiles, no cookies by default
- +UK jurisdiction with GDPR-aligned data protection
- +Free to use; paid API available for developers and AI builders
− watch out for
- −Index of around 9 billion pages is far smaller than Google or Bing, so long-tail and very recent results can be thinner
- −Result quality for non-English queries and niche topics often lags the big indexes
- −Backend is closed source, so no-tracking claims rest on policy and trust rather than audit
- −UK jurisdiction includes the Investigatory Powers Act, which permits compelled data requests and gag orders
Privacy notes
Mojeek does not log IP addresses; visitor IPs are replaced with a two-letter country code before storage. No user profiles are built and no cookies are set without explicit consent. Mojeek Limited is a UK company subject to UK law (post-GDPR data protection regime, plus the Investigatory Powers Act). The differentiator is independence: Mojeek operates its own crawler and index of roughly 9 billion pages, rather than reselling Google or Bing results like most so-called private search front-ends.
Tags
#uk · #independent-index · #own-crawler · #no-tracking
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