Search Engines

Requirements / Order

We have only included services that meet the following requirements:

  • Does not use trackers
  • Doesn’t store personal data during a search
  • Delivers regional search results

We tried to weigh the pros and cons of each service appropriately. The services are shown in descending order; if multiple services share first place, the order is random.

Startpage

Startpage

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Search results from Google

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Anonymous viewing of websites

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Server location can be selected (EU/US)

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Displays advertisements

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Interests of the owners are unclear

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Blocks VPN users from time to time

Website

Brave Search

Brave Search

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Uses its own search results

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Transparent search results

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AI summaries and code examples

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Displays ads

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Settings cannot be saved using parameters

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Servers at Amazon

Website

Kagi

Kagi

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Shows its own and personalized search results

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No advertising

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AI summaries and assistant

-

Requires a user account (subject to a charge)

-

Servers at Amazon and Google

-

Not possible to pay anonymously

Website

DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo

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Search results mostly from Bing

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Advertising can be deactivated

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Individualized display possible

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Influences search results

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Saves search queries

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Servers at Microsoft

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