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. OceanHero icon
     3 likes

    OceanHero is a modern web browser with all the features you love - dark mode, private browsing, tracker blocking, and many more.

    38 OceanHero alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. HotBot icon
     1 like

    Search Safely with HotBot.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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  3. YEP Search icon
     1 like

    The search engine that shares ad profit with creators and protects your privacy. Made by Ahrefs, designed for privacy, profit sharing and avoiding thin content

    53 YEP Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. MillionShort icon
     18 likes

    Million Short is an experimental web search engine (really, more of a discovery engine) that allows you to REMOVE the top million (or top 100k, 10k, 1k, 100) sites from the results set. We thought it might be somewhat interesting to see what we'd find if we just removed an...

    83 MillionShort alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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  5. Private, ad-free search tool providing organic results, not influenced by your location or search history. Prevents tracking and targeted ads, supports regional result switching, ensures a neutral experience, and requires no user account for anonymous searching.

    56 Surfshark Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. Free anonymous search engine for the Tor network and dark web. No cookies, no JavaScript, no logs. Indexes .onion hidden services with a Threat Intelligence API for security professionals.

    66 Onion Search Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  7. Qdex icon
     2 likes

    A new, private search engine with a fresh and modern design. Qdex's results come from Google, so the quality and relevancy of those is really good.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Boondabar is a search engine just like Google or Bing. Except we present results in a more visual way then other search engines. This means you’re able to find content fast, easier and it makes surfing the web much more enjoyable.

    64 Boondabar Visual Search Engine alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. KnowledgePicker icon
     12 likes

    Community-driven catalog of learning resources. Links to resources are organized by topics and rated/reviewed by users so you see which ones are the best. It's free and open for everyone.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    1
  10. Dogpile icon
     22 likes

    Metasearch engine integrating web, image, and video listings from leading sources, filtering duplicates, supporting privacy, custom filters, and real-time results for comprehensive searching across devices and offering advanced refinements.

    84 Dogpile alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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