Kagi
Kagi is a paid, privacy-first search engine and web ecosystem designed to eliminate ads, trackers, and algorithmic manipulation from your online experience. It is entirely user-funded, ensuring its incentives align with users, not advertisers. Key capabilities include ad-free Kagi Search with powerful customization, Kagi Assistant for private access to multiple LLMs (like Claude, GPT, and Gemini) grounded by search results, Orion Browser with built-in ad-blocking and anti-tracking, and tools like Kagi Translate and Universal Summarizer. The primary target users are developers, tech founders, and privacy-conscious individuals seeking an ethical, high-quality alternative to mainstream search. Kagi's curated 'Small Web' initiative prioritizes authentic human content over commercial spam and SEO farms.
Everything worth knowing about Kagi
The complete picture — from everyday features to the technical detail builders and IT folks dig for.
What it actually does
Who uses it
Real use cases, no hype- Completely ad-free search experience
- Strong default privacy with no tracking
- User-funded model aligns incentives with users
- Highly customizable search result tuning
- Proprietary ranking augmented by curated Small Web index
- Privacy Pass support decouples subscription from search data
- Orion browser supports Chrome, Firefox, and Safari extensions
- Requires paid subscription after generous trial
- Smaller index than Google/Bing for rare queries
- Local search and map results are notably weaker
- Lower plan tiers severely limit search queries
- Heavy reliance on third-party indexes for broad crawl
- AI Assistant subject to strict Fair Use limits
- Slow crawling frequency for brand new websites
The deep-dive specs
FAQ
Includes technical Q&ATraffic Insights
Monthly Visits
4.7M
November 2026
Growth Rate
-9,2%
vs last month
Dominance
0%
in Search
Top Country
United States
52% of traffic
Top Countries Breakdown
Growth Trend
Declining
Traffic has decreased compared to last month.
No sneaky tiers, no “contact sales”
Here's who each plan is actually for — and where the hidden charges might hit.
Official pricing, checkout, and plan upgrades are handled directly on kagi.com.
What the internet actually thinks
Data refreshed weekly. No paid placements.
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