Kagi review
7.8/10★★★★★Paid, ad-free search with cited Quick Answers and an AI Assistant on 30+ models
- Best for
- Heavy searchers happy to pay for ad-free results and model choice
- Price
- Paid · from $5/month
Free: Trial with 100 searches - Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Kagi Inc.
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.5★ (42) · Android 4.5★ (750)
What it is
Kagi is a subscription search engine with no ads or trackers. Quick Answer summarises the top results with references when you end a query with a question mark, and Kagi Assistant pairs Kagi Search with models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others. Kagi says it never sells your data or trains AI on your searches.
What the AI does
- Quick Answer summaries with references
- Kagi Assistant with web search on or off
- Choice of models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and more
- Research mode on Ultimate
- Lenses and personalised results in Assistant
Pros and cons
- No ads or trackers, and no AI training on your searches
- Quick Answer cites the pages it used
- Wide choice of AI models in Assistant
- Lenses and personalisation tune results
- No free plan after the 100-search trial
- Cheapest plan caps you at 300 searches a month
- Best models and Research mode need the $25 Ultimate plan
How it scores
Excellent ad-free results and cited answers, but you pay for what rivals give away. iOS rating is for the Kagi Assistant app.
Feature checklist · 7 of 9
- Inline citations linked to each source (yes)
- Follow-up questions that keep the context (yes)
- Deeper multi-step research mode (yes)
- Search with a photo or image (no)
- Choose which AI model answers (yes)
- Works without an account (no)
- Ad-free results (free or on a paid plan) (yes)
- Doesn't profile you or train AI on your searches (yes)
- iPhone and Android apps (yes)
Alternatives
See all Kagi alternatives, ranked →
- Perplexity 8.8/10Getting a quick, sourced answer you can check claim by claim
- Google AI Mode 8.6/10Anyone who wants AI answers without leaving Google or paying
- ChatGPT search 8.4/10Searches that are one step in a longer task
- Brave Search 8.3/10Privacy-minded people who want free AI answers without a Google account
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