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DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo Inc. · US · since 2008-09
The default privacy search for non-technical users. No search history, no profile, ad-supported via non-personalized ads. Mostly Bing results plus their own crawler. Companion browser app on every platform.
ProprietaryFree
Pros
- + Easy switch from Google for non-techies
- + Companion browser app
- + Free
Cons
- − Closed source backend
- − US jurisdiction
- − Microsoft-tracker carve-out controversy (2022)
Highlights
- ▸No search profile
- ▸Bang shortcuts (!w wikipedia, !g google)
- ▸Built-in tracker blocker in browser app
Specs at a glance
- License
- Proprietary
- Open source
- No
- E2EE
- N/A
- Audited
- Not yet
- Self-host
- No
- HQ
- US
- Pricing
- free
- Platforms
- 5 platforms