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Bing Logo
Bing 		Brave Search Logo
Brave 		DDG Logo
Duckduckgo 		Ecosia Logo
Ecosia 		Google Logo
Google 		Presearch Logo
Presearch 		PriEco Logo
PriEco 		SearXNG Logo
SearXNG 		Qwant Logo
Qwant 		Startpage Logo
Startpage 		Whoogle Logo
Whoogle

Privacy
Open Source cross cross cross cross cross check check cross cross check
Optional Javascript
yellow dash Only main results and no images on page
check
yellow dash Only main results
check cross cross check check cross check check
Access with Tor check check check check cross check check check check check check
Onion Address cross check check cross cross cross check check cross check check
Link Redirect Support cross cross cross cross cross cross cross cross cross cross cross
Alternate Frontend Redirect Support cross cross cross cross cross cross cross
check Depends on
instance
cross cross check

Tracking
Doesn't Log iP Addresses check check check check check check check
yellow dash Depends on instance, self-host to avoid trust
check check
yellow dash Depends on instance, self-host to avoid trust
Doesn't Log Device Data check check check check check check
yellow dash Depends on instance, self-host to avoid trust
check check
yellow dash Depends on instance, self-host to avoid trust
Doesn't log Searches check check check cross cross check check
yellow dash Depends on instance, self-host to avoid trust
check check
yellow dash Depends on instance, self-host to avoid trust
No Tracking Cookies check check check cross check check
yellow dash Depends on instance, self-host to avoid trust
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yellow dash Depends on instance, self-host to avoid trust

Independence
Independent Index check check
cross Bing
cross Bing
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cross Google
cross Aggregates
many
indexes
cross Bing
cross Google
cross Google
Decentralized on a Blockchain cross cross cross cross cross check cross cross cross cross cross
Decentralized on Instances cross cross cross cross cross cross cross check cross cross check
Self Hostable cross cross cross cross cross cross
cross Possible, but
lacks documentation
check cross cross check

Convenience
Dark Mode check check check check check check check check check check check
Rerank Sites cross check cross cross cross cross cross cross cross cross cross
Supports Bangs Bangs are a feature created by Duckduckgo. They allow a user to type a shortcut into their search engine and get results from another site instead.
cross check check cross cross cross check
check Chosen site's results show as SearXNG results
cross cross check
Multi-bang Support cross cross cross cross cross cross check cross cross cross cross
Ad-free Option
cross Only with ad blocker
check Can be disabled in settings
cross Only with ad blocker
cross Only with ad blocker
cross Only with ad blocker
cross Sponsored shopping, but no obtrusive ads
check No ads
cross Only with ad blocker
cross Only with ad blocker
check No ads
Ai Answers check check check check cross cross cross cross cross
Torrent Search cross cross cross cross cross cross cross check cross cross cross

Ethics
Pays Users
cross Planned
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check Hard to withdrawl
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Donates to Charity check cross check check check cross
cross planned, but currently runs off donations Donate Here
cross No source of income
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dash Runs off donations Donate Here
Carbon Neutral cross
check Duckduckgo is carbon negative
check Ecosia is carbon negative
cross cross cross cross cross
Carbon Negative cross
check Duckduckgo is carbon negative
cross cross
cross planned
cross cross cross cross