“Kagi is the only real competitor to Google since they use some of their indexes, but be aware that any money paid for them goes to Russia which in turn supports their efforts in Ukraine.”
“Price is the other obvious one. Their full plan is $25 a month, for which you get $20 in tokens (plus their excellent search engine). What that means obviously varies a lot depending on if you're using e.g.”
“Kagi + privacy-friendly providers and OpenRouter with ZDR already solve part of this problem. So I'm wondering: what would make someone choose a new provider instead of using Kagi/OpenRouter with a ZDR provider?”
“Based on people's recommendations, I tested Kagi briefly, and so far, the recommenders are right: it feels like Google when it used to be good. I may try a subscription.”
“I don't really understand why you're making a distinction, personal use is personal use. Why should it matter whether I'm using a web browser or local AI agent(s).”
“The results quality is pretty good, but I probably use the uprank and downrank feature all the time. Being able to report stuff as AI and get little indicators that a site is AI slop is good.”
“I love Kagi. I want to see them do well, of all of the search alternatives, this is the only one where I’ve never felt the need to go back to google.”
“If I'm chasing ideas or period specific things, then I need a more powerful image search engine [w/out subscription to use an LLM like Kagi], and can point me to verified sources of truth, starting with who made the thing and when.”
“I love Kagi so much. What an incredibly thoughtful, fast, powerful, customizable search tool. I love that I can filter-out / rank / save search tools, and their focus on speed & execution makes it deeply worth a few bucks a month.”
“Keyword trustworthy, I think Kagi is one of the only companies that would be in a position to do this without pushback.But, regular models and harnesses work okay for this too.”
“My household is hooked on the AI Assistant. It’s heartwarming to be able to buy consumer software that just works.If only Kagi had a Shopping feature, then it would be a complete solution for us.”
“I wish Kagi had existed years ago. I just saw someone talking about the Google SEO-laden experience when troubleshooting coding errors and realized it’s a pain I haven’t felt in a long time. It’s telling that Google never made a “remove this site from results” option.”
“I use it for any first pass searches. It’s great. Add a ? at the end of a search and get an annotated answer. Super happy with it and super happy to keep paying. Plus they send me stickers sometimes that go on my laptop that serve as a conversation starter to evangelize Kagi a bit in person.”
“I love Kagi but will probably be selective or ignore this one. Sometimes, I like to know what's out there, and I don't have a problem with paying for good content.”