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Kagi
Kagi is a paid private search engine with no ads that offers fast results customization and an integrated assistant with multiple models plus lenses and privacy technologies like Privacy Pass.
Pricing Starts $5 per month
Category research
Difficulty Beginner
Type Web App
Status Active
Feature Tags Comparison
Only in Kagi
searchassistantmodelslensesproductivity
Shared
privacy
Only in Andi
ai-searchanswerschatcitations
Key Features
Kagi
- • Ad free results with ranking you control via lenses site boosts and filters for faster trustworthy research
- • Assistant with many models selectable per thread for mixed tasks and budget control
- • Privacy Pass and onion access for anonymous requests where supported
- • Starter plan with 300 searches for light users and unlimited on Professional
- • Family and Team plans with central billing and allowances
- • No billing for months with zero use through fair pricing credits
Andi
- • Chat style answers with citations for fast reading and verification
- • Simple interface with quick follow up questions to refine results
- • Privacy friendly defaults with no third party ad tracking
- • Mobile friendly UX with apps and extensions for quick access
- • Planned developer API and premium tier for power users
- • Lightweight experience focused on speed and clarity
Use Cases
Kagi
- → Academic research where forum or paper lenses speed discovery without sifting ads
- → Competitive analysis where site boosts prioritize trusted sources and docs
- → Daily browsing for professionals who want privacy speed and clean SERPs
- → Developers who need fast documentation searches across ecosystems
- → Writers who gather sources without ad clutter and trackable links
- → Students who need predictable costs and a distraction free engine
Andi
- → Quick factual lookups with linked sources you can verify
- → Exploring a topic through follow up questions in chat
- → Researching products and concepts without ad clutter
- → Learning oriented browsing for students and self learners
- → Drafting summaries from multiple sources then opening originals
Perfect For
Kagi
researchers developers writers analysts privacy conscious users and teams who want fast ad free search strong source control and an integrated assistant
Andi
students, solo researchers, knowledge workers and privacy mindful users who want concise answers with sources instead of ad heavy result pages
Capabilities
Kagi
Ad Free Engine Intermediate
Multi Model Chat Intermediate
Privacy Pass Professional
Lenses and Boosts Intermediate
Andi
Conversational Results Basic
Follow Ups Basic
Linked Sources Basic
Apps and Extensions Basic
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