AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Xayn
Convenient, controllable, and private web search
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Xayn launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Skip the groundwork with our AI-ready Web Search APIs, delivering advanced search capabilities to power your next product.
2021 · you.com · its alternatives →
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Andi▲282New way to search free from spam, tracking and ads
2022 · andisearch.com · its alternatives →
- 3IM
2019 · useguard.com · its alternatives →
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- 5AS
Hey all, Last time when we were on HackerNews [1], we received a lot of feedback, and we incorporated most of it. - We have changed our name from grep.help to usegrasp.com - A privacy policy page - Bulk import - Pricing page We are happy to introduce a new feature: a personalized answer search engine that provides direct citations to the content on the page. Demo: https://usegrasp.com/search?q=is+starship+fully+reusable%3F 1 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35510949
2023 · usegrasp.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Private search that puts you first, not big tech
2021 · search.brave.com · its alternatives →
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We (Nick, Dens, Denzell, Fede, Drew, Aaryan, and Daniel) have been building HN Discovery, a discovery-focused search engine for Hacker News, in our spare time for the past 6 months and are excited to show it! It adds the following features relative to the existing keyword search interface and preserves the existing ones: - no-JS version (hnnojs.trieve.ai) - site:{required_site} and site:{negated-site} filters - public analytics - LLM generated query suggestions based on random stories - recommendations - dense vector semantic search - SPLADE fulltext search - RAG AI chat - order by…
2024 · hn.trieve.ai · its alternatives →
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Shynet▲81Modern, privacy friendly, and cookie free web analytics
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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MyDeviceAI▲140A private Perplexity that runs locally on your mobile device
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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LazyWeb brings you Andi search - conversational, anonymous, and ad-free. Find what you need.
2021 · lazyweb.ai · its alternatives →
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Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Search without ads or tracking. View results how you want.
2021 · lazyweb.ai · its alternatives →
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