Kagi (search engine)

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Kagi
Web search engine
Founded2018
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California
Country of originUSA
CEOVladimir Prelovac
Key peopleVladimir Prelovac, Raghu Murthi, Dr. Norman Winarsky
URLhttps://www.kagi.com/
AdvertisingNo
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
Current statusOnline

Kagi (/ˈkɑː.ɡi/ kah-gee[1]) is a paid ad-free search engine developed by Kagi Inc., a company located in Palo Alto, California.[2]

The name means "key" in Japanese. (鍵)[3]

Features

Kagi

Kagi functions as a metasearch engine to aggregate search results from other established search engines with its own indexes for websites and news.[4] They run their own crawler under the brand name Teclis,[5] although this index is only used for small-web searches.[6]

The search engine allows results to be filtered by category with a feature called lenses and allows the user to create their own lenses. Some lenses include filtering to find discussions,

trackers
it has.

Kagi allows for customization of the user interface, including a custom CSS editor.[7]

Orion Browser

Orion Browser is a browser developed by Kagi Inc. that is based on the

WebExtensions. Although they are working on going open source, Orion browser is not fully open source yet.[12] Orion Browser is designed to be used with Kagi but users have the option to use any search engine.[13][14][8] It is only available on macOS and iOS
devices, with Kagi Inc. stating a potential Windows version sometime in the future, and is still in beta.

Kagi Translate

On 7 Nov 2024, Kagi Translate was introduced. Its aim is to provide better translation results than Google Translate or DeepL. Kagi Translate is free and can be used without an account.[15]

Search results quality

Kagi has been critiqued for not providing search results that outperform already established players.[6]

Business model

Kagi has no ads or sponsored search results, being based on an account-based, subscription service instead.[8][16] [17] Kagi allows users 100 free searches before they must subscribe to one of the monthly subscription plan tiers[18] below:

  1. A $5 tier that allows for 300 searches a month (formerly 500)
  2. A $10 tier that allows for unlimited monthly searches
  3. A $25 tier[19] that allows for unlimited searches and early access to new features.[17][10]

Kagi had around 20,515 subscribed members as of January 29, 2024, and 347,000 searches were made that day.[11]

Privacy

The site claims not to collect user actions such as searches.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "About | Kagi's Docs". help.kagi.com. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  2. ^ "About | Kagi's Docs". help.kagi.com. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  3. ^ "About | Kagi's Docs". help.kagi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  4. ^ "Search Sources | Kagi's Docs". help.kagi.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  5. ^ "Teclis - Non-commercial Web Search". teclis.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  6. ^ a b "How bad are search results? Let's compare Google, Bing, Marginalia, Kagi, Mwmbl, and ChatGPT". danluu.com. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
  7. ^ a b Currie, Jason (2022-08-10). "What Is Kagi Search and What Can You Do With It?". Make Use Of. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  8. ^ a b c d Pierce, David (2023-10-01). "The best Google alternative I've tried yet". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  9. ^ Master, Web (2023-05-12). "Kagi Search Gets Major Upgrade". GreyCoder. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  10. ^ a b Ivanovs, Alex (2023-09-24). "Google Search vs. Kagi - Is paying for a search engine the future?". Stack Diary. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  11. ^ a b c Claburn, Thomas (2024-01-30). "AI is changing search, for better or worse". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2024-02-18.
  12. ^ "Orion F.A.Q." kagi.com. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
  13. ^ Ashwin (2022-06-03). "Orion is a browser for macOS that supports Firefox and Chrome extensions - gHacks Tech News". gHacks Technology News. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  14. ^ Smith, Ernie (2022-01-21). "Orion Browser: A Future Best Web Browser for the Mac?". Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
  15. ^ "Kagi Translate - We speak your language". Kagi Blog. 2024-11-07. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  16. ^ Koebler, Jason (2024-04-03). "Friendship Ended With GOOGLE Now KAGI Is My Best Friend". 404 Media. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
  17. ^
    ISSN 1059-1028
    . Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  18. ^ Parab, Pranay (2023-10-19). "Does Kagi Making It Worth Paying to Search the Internet?". Lifehacker. Archived from the original on 2023-10-19. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  19. ^ "Plan Types | Kagi's Docs". help.kagi.com. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
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