Google Search Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to Google Search for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best Windows alternative is Yandex.Search, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Google Search and six of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Google Search are YaCy, Whoogle Search, Surfshark Search and Yelliot Search Engine.

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  1. Yandex.Search icon

    Yandex.Search

     113 likes

    Yandex is the fastest growing search engine in the world, serving primarily Russian users. It has been experimenting with an English-based search engine, but its main operations are for its Cyrillic engine.

    96 Yandex.Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Telegram
    • iPad
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    Yandex.Search vs Google Search Comments
    jaam01
    Positive
    1

    The reverse image search is far superior of the ones of Google and Bing, it finds the exact same picture and actually similar ones (in case of art, similar pictures of the same artist).

    Guest
    Positive
    3

    You can find even better stuff on Yandex. Not the most "trendy" results, but good, quality stuff!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    It has great results and has great webmaster tools which are easy to use compared to bings tools and Yandex Metrica is great for analytics.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Yandex.Search is Free and ProprietaryGoogle Search is also Free and Proprietary
    • Yandex.Search is Privacy focusedGoogle Search is not according to our users
  2. YaCy icon

    YaCy

     145 likes

    YaCy 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...

    89 YaCy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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    YaCy vs Google Search Comments
    paulodelgado
    Negative
    3

    Doesn't work out of the box.

    • YaCy is Free and Open SourceGoogle Search is Free and Proprietary
    • YaCy is Privacy focused and LightweightGoogle Search is not according to our users
  4. Whoogle Search icon

    Whoogle Search

     34 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.

    90 Whoogle Search alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Whoogle Search screenshot 1
     
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    Surfshark Search icon
    Surfshark Search

    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...

    https://surfshark.com
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  6. Surfshark Search icon

    Surfshark Search

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Surfshark Search screenshot 1
     
  7. Yelliot Search Engine icon

    Yelliot Search Engine

     6 likes

    Yelliot! You & Elliot search engine, Top #1 Hybrid Alternative Search Engines for : Web, Videos, Images, Jobs, Torrent, Flight, Hotels, direct access to results fusing search query tunneling to search results, all-in-one search engines.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
    • HTML
    • Chromium
    Yelliot Web Search engine
     
  8. Groot Web Search Engine icon

    Groot Web Search Engine

     4 likes

    This is a very fast and clutter free internet search engine. Get your results instantly and without any fuss.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Windows Mobile
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Kindle Fire
    • Chromecast
    Groot Web Search Engine screenshot 1
     
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