Kagi
Premium, ad-free, private search funded by its users
About Kagi
Kagi is a paid search engine with no ads and no tracking, funded entirely by subscriptions. It lets you block, boost, or pin domains, scope searches with Lenses, and get cited AI answers. Paid plans also include Kagi Assistant, which gives you access to multiple leading AI models in one interface.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- No ads or sponsored results, so the first results are organic and usually higher signal than ad-supported engines
- Domain blocking, boosting, and pinning let you permanently tune results to your preferred sources
- Lenses make it easy to search only forums, academic papers, or developer documentation
- Paid plans bundle an AI assistant with multiple leading models, which can replace a separate AI subscription
- Fair pricing policy credits you for months you don't use the service
- Strong privacy stance with no tracking or ad profiling
Cons
- No free tier beyond a 100-search trial, so it costs money where Google and DuckDuckGo are free
- Starter plan's 300-search cap runs out quickly for heavy users, pushing most people to the $10 plan
- Local, maps, and image search can trail Google in depth and relevance
- Flagship AI models and Research mode require the $25/month Ultimate plan
- Team plans are monthly billing only
Key Features
Ad-Free, Tracking-Free Search
Results contain no ads or sponsored placements, and searches are not tracked or used to build ad profiles because the business is funded by subscriptions.
Domain Personalization
Block, lower, raise, or pin specific websites so the domains you trust rank higher and the ones you dislike disappear from every search.
Lenses
Scope searches to curated sets of sites, such as forums, academic sources, or programming docs, or build your own custom Lenses.
Quick Answer
Gives a search-grounded AI summary at the top of results, with citations back to the source pages.
Kagi Assistant
A chat interface that combines Kagi Search with multiple frontier AI models you can switch between. The Ultimate plan adds Research mode and flagship models.
Universal Summarizer
Summarizes web pages, PDFs, and videos so you can get the key points of long content quickly.
Bangs and Shortcuts
Use !bang shortcuts to jump straight to searches on other sites, plus redirects and regex-based URL rewrites.
Fair Pricing Policy
In any month you don't use your plan, Kagi automatically credits your account for that month's subscription.
Family and Team Plans
Shared billing with per-member customization, Kagi for Kids parental controls on the Family plan, and admin controls plus shared Lenses for teams.
Search and AI APIs
Developer APIs for Kagi Search, FastGPT, and the Universal Summarizer to use Kagi results in your own apps.
Pricing
- 100 searches
- Kagi Assistant with 100 interactions
- Custom settings synced across devices
- No commitment
- 300 searches per month
- Kagi Assistant with Quick mode
- Ad-free, private results
- 10% off with annual billing
- Unlimited Kagi Search
- Kagi Assistant with Quick mode and a larger monthly allowance
- Fair pricing credit for unused months
- Everything in Professional
- Kagi Assistant with Research mode
- Access to flagship AI models
- Highest level of support for Kagi's mission
- 2 Professional accounts
- Unlimited Kagi Search
- Upgrade members to Ultimate for $15/month each
- Professional plans for up to 6 family members
- Kagi for Kids with parental controls
- Per-member search customization
- Professional plan per user
- Admin controls
- Shared Lenses and collaboration
- Ultimate upgrade at $25/user/month
- Monthly billing only
Best For
Ad-Free Daily Search
Replace Google as your default search engine to get results without ads, SEO spam, or tracking.
Developer Research
Use Lenses and domain boosting to prioritize official docs, GitHub, and Stack Overflow when debugging or learning a new library.
Deep Research with AI
Use Kagi Assistant in Research mode to compile cited answers from search results across multiple AI models.
Family-Safe Search
Give each family member a Professional account, with Kagi for Kids parental controls for children.
Private Team Search
Give a team private search and AI with admin controls, shared Lenses, and no data used for advertising.
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