DuckDuckGo Alternatives

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, Google Chrome, iPhone and Mozilla Firefox apps. The best DuckDuckGo alternative is Startpage, which is free. Other great apps like DuckDuckGo are Searx, Qwant, Ecosia and Brave Search.

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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 and Open Source. 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.
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    You can simply start a private search engine like a Google or Yahoo does. API integration from Google, Bing and Yahoo will fetch results for the searches. Ads integration service is also made available to ensure that the service earns a profit.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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    WebCrawler is a search engine, and one of the oldest surviving search engines on the web today. For many years, it operated as a metasearch engine.

    45 WebCrawler alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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    Solaire is a unique Chrome extension designed to transform your everyday searches into a powerful tool for positive change. By replacing your default search engine and new tab with Solaire, you can help fund renewable energy projects simply by doing what you already do—searching the web.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
     
  4. Lycos icon
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    Lycos is a search engine which originally started as a research project at Carnegie Mellon University and officially launched in 1995.

    45 Lycos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
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