I’ve been using this search engine and I have to say I’m absolutely in love with it.

Search results are great, Google level even. Can’t tell you how happy I am after trying multiple privacy oriented engines and always feeling underwhelmed with them.

Have you tried it? What are your thoughts on it?

  • bitduck
    382·
    10 months ago

    I’ve had better results than on Google in many cases. Also leaves DDG and other privacy relevant alternatives in the dust.

    But, unless you are a power user it’s hard to justify the cost. Very pricey.

    • aksdb@lemmy.world
      132·
      10 months ago

      I use the family plan with my wife. So we end up at $7 per month per user. Which IMO is ok. Given how important search is for our every day internet usage, I can accept this price.

      I rarely have to jump to the second page of the search results to get what I want, so I am really happy with Kagi.

    • Dirk Darkly@sh.itjust.works
      35·
      10 months ago

      The starter tier is only $5/month for 300 searches, which is more than enough for your average user.

      I can get not wanting to pay for search, but I wouldn’t call $5 “very pricey”. In fact, I’d be so bold as to call it reasonable.

      • million@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        10 months ago

        Maybe I am not average but I blow past 300 pretty easily. I also think you may underestimating how much people search on their phones.

        • kevincox
          6·
          10 months ago

          Same here. I tried on the starter plan but had to upgrade. According to my account I have made 802 searches since January 4th. So 17.4 searches a day on average. This means that for a 31 day month I am looking at 620 searches.

          I am also a heavy user of bookmarks and browser history. So I don’t rely on search to open specific sites (like searching for “facebook” which is one of Google’s most popular queries). So someone who is in the habit of using search for direct navigation is probably going to be a good chunk higher.

          That being said I work on the computer and do a fair number of searches for my job. So I can believe that a light user is pretty comfortable at 300 searches a month. But moderate searches or people who use the search engine for navigation will need the unlimited plan.

        • qaz@lemmy.world
          3·
          10 months ago

          I just checked and performed more than 300 search queries in the past 4 days.

      • qaz@lemmy.world
        6·
        10 months ago

        I just checked my history and performed 611 searches this week on this device alone. 300 is not even close to enough for a week. $5 is way too expensive for that.

      • force@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 months ago

        I have 2000 searches in the past 7 days… 300 searches a month seems so miniscule