The Best DuckDuckGo AlternativesTop Web Search & Image Search Engines like DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is described as 'Privacy-focused search engine offering Zero-click Info, instant answers, and more, built from open-source software for a user-friendly experience' and is a leading web search engine in the web browsers category. There are more than 100 alternatives to DuckDuckGo for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and iPhone apps. The best DuckDuckGo alternative is Startpage, which is free. Other great apps like DuckDuckGo are Searx, Qwant, Brave Search and Ecosia.
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DuckDuckGo alternatives are mainly Web Search Engines, but if you're looking for Image Search Engines or Privacy Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Kindle Fire + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to DuckDuckGo.- Web Search Engine
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100 Startpage alternativesPrivacy-focused search engine that uses Google results minus trackers and ads, it stores no personal data, offers Anonymous View, and breaks filter bubbles for diverse results, built by Surfboard Holding B.V., Startpage is committed to privacy by controlling user data.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
Netherlands
EU
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Tor
- Mozilla Firefox
Startpage VS DuckDuckGo
Comments about Startpage as an Alternative to DuckDuckGo
Top Positive CommentTop Negative CommentOne of the main reasons for using DuckDuckGo is to escape Google gov propaganda. StartPage doesn't fix that problem.
Most Recent CommentribbonwoodcloseI like startpage as it focus is on privacy. https://www.digr.co also has focus on privacy and is ad-free .
99 Searx alternativesSearx is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Additionally, searx can be used over Tor for online anonymity.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
Germany- EU
Platforms
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
DiscontinuedSearx is no longer maintained. The GitHub repository has been archived on September 7, 2023. Users should probably take a look at
SearXNG.Searx VS DuckDuckGo
Comments about Searx as an Alternative to DuckDuckGo
Top Positive CommentBuster_BlueBoth are search engines that focus on privacy. Searx is a metasearch engine, however.
Top Negative CommentIt requires too much work in order to see if it is even similar.
Most Recent CommentOscar SandersonIs more privacy focused and you can configue it easierly
104 Qwant alternativesQwant is a European web search engine, launched in July 2013 and operated from Paris. It uses Bing in order to provide people with web search results. It claims not to employ user tracking and doesn't personalize search results in order to avoid trapping users in a filter...
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
France- EU
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
Qwant VS DuckDuckGo
Comments about Qwant as an Alternative to DuckDuckGo
Most Recent CommentAkinoWorks same as Google but in better and with more privacy. It cans aggregate Web, News and social feeds
It is more private than DuckDuckGo because its in Europe, and is the LEAST gov propaganda out of any search engine you could ever possibly find!
I prefer the results over duckduckgo
100 Brave Search alternativesBrave Search is built on top of a completely independent index, and doesn’t track users, their searches, or their clicks.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
United States
Platforms
- Online
- Tor
- Brave
Brave Search VS DuckDuckGo
Comments about Brave Search as an Alternative to DuckDuckGo
chirag127I like brave search engine as an alternative to DuckDuckGo because it's a web crawler too. While DuckDuckGo just give Bing results privately brave don't get search results from Bing
107 Ecosia alternativesEcosia is a green search engine that donates at least 80% of its profits from search ad revenue and online shopping to a reforestation program, currently in Burkina Faso. In November 2015 Ecosia celebrated 3 million planted trees and $5 Million donated for the environment.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
- Germany
- EU
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
Ecosia VS DuckDuckGo
Comments about Ecosia as an Alternative to DuckDuckGo
Most Recent Commentyoulk1234My problem: WHERE DO THEY GET THE MONEY TO PLANT THE TREES??? Probabily selling data , customized advertisement etc. So they are ecologic without being private, which doesn't make it usable for some cases (most too)
XarBuXarDo the same things, get more trees!
RemovedUserIt does the same thing, it just plants trees
103 SearXNG alternativesSearXNG is a free internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from various search services and databases. Users are neither tracked nor profiled.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
Country of Origin
- International
Platforms
- Linux
- Online
- Arch Linux
- Fedora
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- Docker
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Self-Hosted
SearXNG VS DuckDuckGo
Comments about SearXNG as an Alternative to DuckDuckGo
youlk1234Cool, but you need your own server to set it up, which costs money...
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Application types
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Platforms
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
Mojeek VS DuckDuckGo
Comments about Mojeek as an Alternative to DuckDuckGo
Top Positive CommentpanoptesIt's like DuckDuckGo (private and all that) but it has its own index. The complete package.
Most Recent CommentanathemiseDuckDuckGo is rebadged Bing whereas MoMoJeek is its own thing
Minnie ChangMojeek is DuckDuckGo but with its own results
91 YaCy alternativesYaCy is a free search engine that anyone can use to build a search portal for their intranet or to help search the public internet. When contributing to the world-wide peer network, the scale of YaCy is limited only by the number of users in the world and can index billions of...
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
- Germany
- EU
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
YaCy VS DuckDuckGo
Comments about YaCy as an Alternative to DuckDuckGo
HonestJohnI use almost excusively DuckDuckGo nowadays but YaCy is my ideal. Fully open source, fully decentralized search engine. Unfurtunatelly is still is kind of beta-alpha product, however if you desire true alternative to the "do(n't) be evil" serach engine, you should keep an eye on it.
I don't want to install something...
They don't censor your search results, which DDG now does.