Search Engine reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 314 Reddit reviews across 26 subreddits and 43 posts to rank the best Search Engine brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/browsers, r/firefox, r/privacy, r/degoogle, r/Piracy. Top-rated brands include DuckDuckGo (3.9/5), Kagi (4.7/5), Brave (4.1/5).

Stats
Reviews314
Subreddits26
Posts43
Brands65
Products6
Top communities
r/browsers61r/firefox59r/privacy35r/degoogle25r/Piracy21
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#1

DuckDuckGo

3.9
(57)
"Duckduckgo.onion is the best"
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"DuckDuckGo. There are other options, sure, but none of them are as complete as DDG."
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"I use duckduckgo, it hasn't failed me so far - also I use heavy use of bangs."
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"My favorite is duckduckgo because it has less ads and tracking than Chrome."
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"DDG is the best, because if you want to use another search engine you can just quickly use a bang."
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"Duckduckgo for years. Haven't even thought about Google since I've started using DDG."
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"I only use DDG for searches. They've had their issues in the past but still are pretty good."
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"Vouch duckduckgo for privacy"
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"I use thor or duckduckgo"
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"Duck duck Go."
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#2

Kagi

4.7
(41)
"Being able to raise sites up or block sites from appearing on search results is sooo good"
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"Kagi is really a game changer for me."
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"+1 for Kagi. Question was about privacy, not cost."
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"Kagi"
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"Kagi is the best search engine I've ever used"
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"I've started paying for Kagi, and the results are bloody impressive."
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"Kagi is amazing. It's really a premium experience with much better results compared to DDG."
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"Kagi is, without exaggeration, the best search engine you can use right now."
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"Kagi is the best"
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"I second Kagi."
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#3

Brave

4.1
(43)
"Brave search engine feels like Google before Google went to shit."
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"Use a combination of Startpage and Brave. Both are amazing in different ways."
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"Brave seqrch is just superior"
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"I've been using it for a couple of years and it's been great."
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"I really like the results of brave search. You should try it out."
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"I am using Brave search with Waterfox"
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"The only serious alternative to Google is Brave Search."
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"Brave Search. It’s private and also has other cool features."
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"Another vote for brave search"
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"Brave is decent"
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#4

Startpage

3.9
(33)
"Use a combination of Startpage and Brave. Both are amazing in different ways."
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"I've been using Startpage since last year and I am loving it"
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"If you REALLY need a private option, choose Startpage."
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"Does nobody use Startpage but me? For clearnet, brave is also good"
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"Startpage"
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"Startpage"
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"Startpage and Mojeek work well over Tor too."
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"Startpage. Basically Google indexing but private."
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"I’m using Startpage lately and it seems the best one between the ones I tried (basically DDG, Qwant, ecosia and Brave search)"
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"I use Brave browser with Startpage search."
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#5

SearXNG

4.1
(14)
"Or even better: SearXNG"
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"I've been loving searxng. Only FOSS option I get good results from."
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"It's a meta search engine / aggregator of multiple search engine results with a focus on privacy."
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"If you use any SearXNG instance, go into settings and select Startpage, Duckduckgo and Brave as engines."
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"SearXNG & eTools"
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"Startpage and SearXNG"
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"Searx, it aggregates whatever engines you want"
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"Searxng is a good metaengine."
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"I like searxng. There are many instances on the web, so good luck blocking them all."
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"I use SearXNG, but Startpage and Brave search are also great"
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#6

Perplexity

4.4
(11)
"I haven’t used any other search engine for research in months."
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"Perplexity. I find I get the answers I want."
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"I would suggest taking a look at Perplexity."
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"Perplexity."
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"Perplexity."
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"Perplexity.ai is the one i use"
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"Perplexity is nice, it gives u sources while giving u the answer"
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"Perplexity"
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"Perplexity"
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"I use [Perplexity.ai] it has the advantage of actually searching the web and providing a answer based on the recent searches."
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#7

Ecosia

3.6
(12)
"Ecosia and ocean hero 💚🦸‍♂️"
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"I use Ecosia, because the money from ad revenue are supposed to go to planting trees. I am pretty happy with it"
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"Ecosia is for now a pretty decent option. Love it so far and it is green!"
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"I'm using Ecosia too. I believe this is the best for for now"
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"Ecosia - Maybe not the greatest search engine, but 99% of the time it finds exactly what I want."
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"The search that plants trees"
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"Ecosia gets its results from google and bing so you get recent and up to date from reddit."
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"Currently I'm using Ecosia and so"
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"I am on Kagi. If I weren't, I would be on Ecosia with its Google backend."
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"Ecosia not bad either."
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#8

SearX

4.4
(7)
"Searx... selfhosted"
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"SearXNG Startpage Brave search"
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"SearXNG > Kagi > Startpage"
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"Use searx or duck duck go"
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"Searx, Qwant, Startpage"
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"Create a self hosted searx instance"
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"Try [SearX](https://searx.space/)"
#9

Yandex

4.2
(6)
"Yandex works 100x better for me for piracy It has never let me down"
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"I get far better results from Yandex than google or Brave's own search."
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"It's pirate friendly and has a better image ui with no shitty webp"
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"Yandex.com is mostly uncensored, except for Russian stuff."
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"I think Yandex is the best search engine."
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"I was going to say Yandex. I don't use it all the time, mostly Google which I like for standard things such as maps etc."
#10

Presearch

4.0
(5)
"It is free from censorships and decentral."
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"Presearch is pretty good."
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"Presearch"
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"I do agree with another commenter that Presearch is a good search engine for what you are trying to look for in one."
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"Take a look at "Presearch""
#12

Mojeek

3.6
(5)
"Mojeek, is real good to neither seem to censor anything like google and to a much lesser extent Braves own search."
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"Mojeek or Brave Search"
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"Try mojeek. It doesn't fill your request with 100 results that have nothing to do with what you're looking for."
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"Mojeek, Kaji, Yandex, Ecosia, Startpage, Bing, Baidu, Dogpile, Lycos, Qwant, Ask ... and more."
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"Mojeek"
#13

Qwant

3.4
(5)
"I recommend either Qwant or You.com"
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"Using Qwant here. Behind the scene, Qwant uses Google and Bing, but it doesn't pass my information to them."
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"Qwant, Ecosia, rarely google..."
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"Qwant : French search engine. There is an AI, but it can be disabled."
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"Qwant bases on filtered serps of bing"
#14

Bing

3.5
(4)
"I mostly use Bing. It's less likely to have technical problems than DuckDuckGo."
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"Recommendations for duckduckgo and startpage show you that bing is actually a pretty good service, once you subtract the vitriol associated with Microosft."
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"Bing - https://www.bing.com/"
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"Just want something other than Google, try Bing."
#15

Smile

4.3
(3)
"This is the one you should look for."
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"Elasticsuite. I’m migrating a couple of clients from an expensive Saas search engine to Elastic and they’re glad."
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"I'd also checkout Smile Elastic suite, leverages the standard ElasticSearch/OpenSearch but extends it's functionality greatly"
#16

Algolia

4.3
(3)
"I think you should check out options like Algolia or Searchanise."
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"For the time being, Algolia looks like the winner."
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"You can use an advanced search functionality for your store, like Algolia."
#17

4get

4.0
(3)
"I use 4get"
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"Use [4get](http://4get.ch)"
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"Try [4get](http://4get.ch), it has basically all the search engines that have their own index."
#18

Google

3.7
(3)
"Honestly, google shopping is probably your best bet, using the 'used' filter."
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"I'm just doing Google + DuckDuckGo + Qwant and Wikipedia+ Wikimedia."
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"I've tried Startpage, Brave Search, and DuckDuckGo but I keep on coming back to Google."
#19

DeepSearch

5.0
(2)
"Deepsearch is my go_to , better than ecavator"
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"DeepSearch is my go-to, better than excavator."
#20

Google Flights

4.5
(2)
"Google flights. When choosing the airports click on the '+' button and add airports, I think the maximum is 6 or 8."
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"Google flights is good for comparing all the different flight options and prices."
#21

Searchanise

4.5
(2)
"They are known to give fast and accurate search results."
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"I use Searchanise now for large catalog stores."
#22

Freespoke

4.5
(2)
"Freespoke.com and kagi.com are my recommendations."
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"Freespoke here - shows all viewpoints and beyond mainstream, along with the regular results www.freespoke.com"
#23

Torry

4.0
(2)
"Torry has been working for me."
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"Try Torry.io"
#25

Kayak

4.0
(2)
"Try Kayak or Trabber."
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"For flights I use Kayak."
#26

Sonnet 3.5

5.0
(1)
"Sonnet 3.5 is extremely good at Julia!"
#27

Carfax

5.0
(1)
"Carfax is the best one I’ve seen because it’s the only one that lets me sort by ventilated seats LOL."
#28

Ahmia

5.0
(1)
"My favorite search engine is Ahmia (clearnet)"
#30

TinEye

5.0
(1)
"I’ve found Tineye to be super reliable for reverse image searches."
#31

Lumigo.ai

5.0
(1)
"For product search definitely lumigo.ai - an AI products search engine without ads and selecting the best products for your needs"
#32

Logitech

5.0
(1)
"I just used that to get the MX Master 3 that's on sale."
#33

Strong Home Mortgage

5.0
(1)
"I just used Strong Home Mortgage and their rates were unbeatable."
#35

SlumberPod

5.0
(1)
"Honestly, if you have a 6m old and travel frequently, I would spring for the slumberpod."
#36

Suiteness

4.0
(1)
"I've been using suiteness.com to search or looking at major hotel chains that I know typically offer suites."
#37

JuliaHub

4.0
(1)
"This one should be a lot more accurate for this context."
#38

Mullvad

4.0
(1)
"Mullvad Leta"
#39

ImmoRadar

4.0
(1)
"I've built the free search engine ImmoRadar to make flat hunting easier / faster."
#40

Wizard Tower

4.0
(1)
"They have pretty solid prices and a huge selection."
#41

Le Coin du Jeu

4.0
(1)
"They have a pretty good selection of stuff."
#42

Booking.com

4.0
(1)
"Booking.com for searching. Then trivago for getting the best price."
#43

Sleeker

4.0
(1)
"This is a torrent search engine and displays torrent results."
#44

Phind

4.0
(1)
"Phind.com, it has been pretty good with detailed search results for local stuff."
#45

Webcrawler

4.0
(1)
"Webcrawler"
#46

Blackle

4.0
(1)
"Blackle"
#47

Startpage and Qwant

4.0
(1)
"I use startpage and qwant. both are privacy friendly and use google results."
#48

DDG, Startpage, Yandex and Ecosia

4.0
(1)
"I like DDG, Startpage, Yandex and Ecosia. Out of those four, I mainly use DDG and Startpage"
#49

Metacrawler

4.0
(1)
"I think you should also consider Metacrawler."
#50

Rakuten

4.0
(1)
"Worth checking out a pretty cool feature where you can see a list of every store where you can stack a Rakuten + Amex/Chase offer."
#51

Quant

4.0
(1)
"I use quant"
#52

Searchspring

4.0
(1)
"Searchspring, Algolia"
#54

Skyscanner

4.0
(1)
"Skyscanner and Expedia."
#55

Expedia

4.0
(1)
"Skyscanner and Expedia."
#56

Tripcentral

4.0
(1)
"Tripcentral is good got vacation packages, you can see how the price fluctuates."
#57

Vertex

3.0
(1)
"Looked into Vertex by Google but they cant seem to contact me."
#58

Claude

3.0
(1)
"Claude is probably the best LLM for Julia right now."
#59

Neeva

3.0
(1)
"There popped not so long ago a new player called neeva, with great reasults, but didn't last long"
#60

Zen

3.0
(1)
"Zen for something non-Chromium based protection."
#61

Librewolf

3.0
(1)
"Librewolf for something extreme."
#62

AOL

3.0
(1)
"AOL & Yahoo have search."
#63

Yahoo

3.0
(1)
"AOL & Yahoo have search."
#64

Elgoog

3.0
(1)
"Elgoog"
#65

Luxxle

3.0
(1)
"I recently discovered Luxxle which no one seems to know"

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