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📣 spaceman_2020

Cheaper Alternatives to Kagi?


I'm at a breaking point with Google. The search results have become so damn mediocre that I just can't find what I want anymore.

Have tried DDG and the results are mostly the same as Google.

Kagi is the best for my use case, but its just too expensive for the family plan. I live in India and with everything, it's like INR 1800, which is more than my home wifi, netflix, and phone combined. Really hard to justify paying that much

Does anyone have a cheaper alternative they would recommend?

  👤 KomoD Accepted Answer ✓
> Kagi is the best for my use case, but its just too expensive for the family plan

Well you can get a non-family plan, do you really need to pay for 6 people? Plans start at $5 for 350 searches, or $10 for unlimited.

👤 solardev
INR 1800 is about $22 USD? Wow, that's incredibly cheap for wifi, phone, and Netflix.

I pay about $80 for wifi, $50 for phone, and $20 for Netflix. That's about INR 12,500.

International pricing is always fascinating to me. Wonder if Kagi will offer regional pricing.

👤 blackeyeblitzar
Try one of these? https://alternativeto.net/software/kagi-search/
👤 BOOSTERHIDROGEN
As a recent Kagi subscriber who switched to Whoogle, I don't see any drawbacks.
👤 DeepSeaTortoise
Custom Brave goggles

Allows you to rerank the results yourself.