Ad-free search engine with option to turn off AI content

Recommended by Veronica

Kagi eliminated the visual fatigue/cognitive fatigue that used to bombard me whenever I used other search engines. I love how customizable it is in terms of themes, tailoring search preferences (no AI summaries!), prioritizing favorite websites in search results, and just making it less stressful to browse the web. Subscriptions start at $5 a month and there is a 100-search free trial. I have never been more excited about a service.

PS: You can change the dog icon to a cat or a capybara too!

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Robert Palmer patiently explains to the void

@robertpalmerSep 4, 2026

I've been a Kagi user since 2022, and a paying user since January 2024, and I can say that I have not thought about another search engine in as much time. Absolutely worth the $10 per month.

Using a browser that defaults to another search engine is jarring. I see screenshots of what Google search results look like now, and it's like seeing the neighborhood you grew up in with shuttered storefronts and mouldering houses.

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Julian

“Look, I know it feels wild to pay for a search engine, but it also feels wild to actually find out you absolutely love to search for things when you don’t see nonsense all the time. This is one of the last things to cancel on my subscription list, and it earned that respect.”

jmd

“Google search has been going steadily downhill for at least a decade, and it's been a long time since they've had any meaningful motivation to actually make it good—their goals at this point are to maximize ad impressions, push their AI stuff, keep people on their site as much as possible, and track everything they do there. Kagi is a terrific alternative. It's a paid service, and it seems weird a”