Google Search Alternatives

Google Search is described as 'Dominant search engine offering personalized results, image, video, news search, and voice capabilities, used across multiple platforms' and is a leading web search engine in the online services category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Google Search for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Android, iPhone, Google Chrome and iPad apps. The best Google Search alternative is DuckDuckGo, which is free. Other great apps like Google Search are Startpage, Qwant, Searx and Ecosia.

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Google Search 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 Open Source, EU, Android, Web Search Engine, Online, Free and Linux. 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 Google Search.
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  1. MetaGer icon
     59 likes

    MetaGer is an open source metasearch engine focused on protecting users' privacy. Based in Germany, and hosted as a cooperation between the German NGO 'SUMA-EV - Association for Free Access to Knowledge' and the University of Hannover, the system is built on 24...

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    • Online
    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • Tor
     
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  2. You.com icon
     52 likes

    You.com is an AI-powered productivity platform designed to help individuals and teams streamline their work with intelligent tools. It integrates research, computation, and creative capabilities, allowing users to analyze complex topics, solve data challenges, and generate...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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  3. Stract icon
     37 likes

    Stract is an open source search engine where the user has the ability to see exactly what is going on and customize almost everything about their search results. It's a search engine made for hackers and tinkerers just like ourselves.

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    • Online
     
  4. Whoogle Search icon
     35 likes

    Ad-free, privacy-focused meta-search providing Google results without tracking, JavaScript, cookies, or AMP links, supporting proxies and autocomplete. Customizable, Docker-deployable, mobile-ready, with theme options and additional privacy features.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Arc Search icon
     13 likes

    Arc Search is a modern, AI-powered mobile browser. Features include a quick keyboard pop-up for searches, ad and tracker blocking, webpage summaries with the Browse for Me feature, auto-archive for inactive tabs, and a distraction-free Reader mode.

    68 Arc Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  6. Presearch icon
     87 likes

    Presearch is a community-powered, decentralized search engine that provides better results while protecting your privacy and rewarding you when you search.

    93 Presearch alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
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  7. 4get icon
     22 likes

    This is a metasearch engine that gets results from other engines, and strips away all of the tracking parameters and Microsoft bullshit they add. Most of the other alternatives to Google jack themselves off about being ""privacy respecting"" or whatever the...

    66 4get alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Tor
     
  8. Waterfox Private Search is a meta-search engine whose goal is to eventually serve as the default search option for Waterfox, reducing our dependency on Microsoft and other intermediaries who typically serve as gatekeepers between you and...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
  9. Swisscows icon
     23 likes

    Privacy-first search engine providing web and image searches with no data tracking, no profiling, servers in Switzerland for privacy, encrypted connections, and automatic filtering of offensive or adult content to ensure a family-friendly experience.

    81 Swisscows alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  10. This is an independent DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content, and attempts to show you sites you perhaps weren't aware of in favor of the sort of sites you probably already knew existed.

    49 Marginalia Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. Yahoo! Search icon
     40 likes

    The search engine that helps you find exactly what youre looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web. Yahoo! Search is a web search engine, owned by Yahoo! Inc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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