Hey sorry if this has been asked before. I checked and didn’t see any posts, but basically is the kagi search engine worth it? I’m gearing up to cancel Hulu/spotify so I’ll have a little more money in the monthly budget and Kagi is one of the things I’m considering
Currently I use DuckDuckGo and it’s pretty good for me, but the main thing that makes me interested in Kagi is the ability to rank websites so they appear more or less often and the filter by type like academic sources or Reddit only.
I don’t really like ai stuff (not inherently, it’s just shoved into everything so I’ve come to hate it) but it seems pretty unobtrusive in Kagi?
I want to hear from people who actually pay for and use Kagi. Is the 300 searches a month enough for you or do most of you need the unlimited search plan? I know about the free trial but I want to know about the long term user experience
Edit: Thank you to everyone who responded!! I learned a lot about Kagi and I think I’m gonna end up getting the 300/mo plan and see if it’s enough for me. Thanks again! <3
i got 3 free months in november and i grew very fond of it. now i have a family with 3 other people and they all really enjoy it.
idk how to describe it, using other search engines like ddg just feels wrong and like a lesser, more corporate internet experience.
i turned off the ai features and it’s not bothering me anymore.
just try the free trial or just get the lowest plan for a month and decide from there.
in my opinion it’s a really good product and even my non-tech-savvy friends prefer to pay for it than use other search engines.
the orion browser by kagi on ios is also great in combination.
I looked into the Orion browser a bit but it looked like it had a lot of ai stuff. Currently I use Firefox on mobile but I’m open to changing it. Thank you for the response!