Subscription search — no ads, no tracking, custom ranking. Best privacy-respecting paid option.
$5–25/mo · annual plans accept BTC / LTC · email signup
Search engines
Search engines that don't profile, don't sell queries, and aren't downstream of Google/Microsoft auction data. From metasearch front-ends to fully independent crawlers. Privacy posture varies — read the row, not just the chip.
last reviewed 2026-05-13
› Search engines » Paid · Independent 2Mullvad subscribers get a Google-fronted private search at no extra cost.
Included with Mullvad VPN · 100 queries/day
Privacy-respecting metasearch. Aggregates 70+ engines locally on your server.
Free · AGPL · Docker / source
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Whoogle
Self-hosted Google proxy. Get Google's results without the tracking, ads, or AMP.
Free · MIT · Python / Docker · self-hostable
Independent crawler-backed search. Free tier; API requires email.
Free · API from $5/mo
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Stract
Open-source search engine with its own crawler. Customisable ranking, optional Sidekick LLM integration.
Free · Rust · self-hostable
Solo-built indie search engine for the non-commercial web. Surfaces forums, wikis, personal sites Google buried.
Free · AGPL · Java · self-hostable
Free no-tracking search. Bing-backed index. The mainstream private-search default.
Free · ad-supported
Google results, no Google tracking. Dutch operator.
Free · ad-supported
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