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24 alternatives to Better Internet Search

Ad-free, privacy-preserving search engine for better results

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Better Internet Search launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1PF
   Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine▲1,183

   2017 · skytorrents.in · its alternatives →

2. 2YC
   You.com, private search engine that summarizes the web – built for devs▲361

   Skip the groundwork with our AI-ready Web Search APIs, delivering advanced search capabilities to power your next product.

   2021 · you.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Andi▲282

   New way to search free from spam, tracking and ads

   2022 · andisearch.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Presearch - A Better Search Engine▲93

   Support decentralized search by becoming a node operator.

   2021 · t.me · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting alternative to Google search▲32

   A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine - benbusby/whoogle-search

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6AS
   A Simple Search Engine▲30

   2020 · kuurio.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Free Internet Plugin▲147

   Removes paywalled stories from Google results

   2021 · freeinternetplugin.com · its alternatives →

8. 8IW
   Improve web search with custom search engines▲23

   2020 · searchcommons.org · its alternatives →

9. 9
   A search engine that doesn't track you, where users vote for results▲62

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    I'm building a non-profit search engine▲441

    An open source, non-profit web search engine. Contribute to mwmbl/mwmbl development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    You.com▲381

    Private search engine that summarizes the web

    2021 · you.com · its alternatives →

12. 12AC
    Altsear.ch - you can get by without using Google/Yahoo/Bing to search▲21

    2021 · altsear.ch · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Brave Search beta▲194

    Private search that puts you first, not big tech

    2021 · search.brave.com · its alternatives →

14. 14NT
    No Trash Search▲137

    2022 · notrashsearch.github.io · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Intelligent Search▲70

    Optimize your Google searches - faster and better results

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Getpage▲67

    World's best private search engine

    2022 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Friday Search▲101

    Learning through conversational search

    2022 · friday.education · its alternatives →

18. 18
    No More Google, privacy-friendly alternatives to Google products▲96

    Privacy-friendly alternatives to Google that don

    2018 · nomoregoogle.com · its alternatives →

19. 19PD
    Presearch: Decentralized Search Engine▲10

    2021 · presearch.org · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Search Encrypt▲69

    The Privacy Based Search Engine

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Social Search Engine▲71

    A crowd-sourced, anonymous social search engine

    2021 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Search Trends after COVID by SEOmonitor▲76

    Free tool to explore search trends by industry, niche, topic

    2020 · app.seomonitor.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Nool Quest▲22

    Google, but respects your privacy

    2025 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Quor▲64

    Privacy focused search engine

    2021 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →