Privacy passport
- No tracking
- Yes
- Open source
- No
- Only you can read it
- Nothing stored
- No account
- Yes
- Free
- Yes
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- Android
- iPhone
- Mac
- Windows
- Web
Private alternatives to Google Search
Free because it is funded by ads; searches can be saved to your Google account and used to target ads.
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Startpage
Service
Shows Google results without passing your IP or identity to Google, plus an anonymous view proxy for opening pages.
- No tracking
- Closed source
- No account
- Free plan
- Android
- iPhone
- Web
Brave Search
Service
Search with its own independent web index, no user profiling, and an optional paid plan that removes ads.
- No tracking
- Closed source
- No account
- Free plan
- Web
Kagi
Service
Paid search engine with no ads, funded by subscribers, letting you rank, block or boost sites in your results.
- No tracking
- Closed source
- Account needed
- $5/month
- Android
- iPhone
- Web
Qwant
Service
French search engine with untargeted ads and no search history, building its own European index with Ecosia.
- No tracking
- Closed source
- No account
- Free
- Android
- iPhone
- Web
Ecosia
Service
Search engine from Berlin that spends its ad profits on climate projects and does not sell personal data.
- Minimal tracking
- Closed source
- Account optional
- Free
- Android
- iPhone
- Web
SearXNG
Self-hosted
Open-source metasearch you can run yourself or use through public instances; it queries many engines without sending your identity.
- No tracking
- Open source
- No account
- Free
- Web
MetaGer
Service
Open-source metasearch run by a German nonprofit, with anonymous prepaid tokens for ad-free searches.
- No tracking
- Open source
- No account
- Free plan
- Android
- Web
Swisscows
Service
Family-friendly Swiss search engine that stores no search data, with a Pro plan for results without ads.
- Minimal tracking
- Closed source
- No account
- Free plan
- Android
- iPhone
- Web
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