Hey sorry if this has been asked before. I checked and didn’t see any posts, but basically is the kagi search engine worth it? I’m gearing up to cancel Hulu/spotify so I’ll have a little more money in the monthly budget and Kagi is one of the things I’m considering

Currently I use DuckDuckGo and it’s pretty good for me, but the main thing that makes me interested in Kagi is the ability to rank websites so they appear more or less often and the filter by type like academic sources or Reddit only.

I don’t really like ai stuff (not inherently, it’s just shoved into everything so I’ve come to hate it) but it seems pretty unobtrusive in Kagi?

I want to hear from people who actually pay for and use Kagi. Is the 300 searches a month enough for you or do most of you need the unlimited search plan? I know about the free trial but I want to know about the long term user experience

Edit: Thank you to everyone who responded!! I learned a lot about Kagi and I think I’m gonna end up getting the 300/mo plan and see if it’s enough for me. Thanks again! <3

  • jif@piefed.caEnglish
    14·
    5 days ago

    I have used Kagi quite a bit, and while I love it, I stopped using it.

    1. It’s expensive.
    2. They don’t contribute to the open internet in any way. Its a closed product.

    If either of these things weren’t true I’d probably still be paying for it.

    • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
      173·
      5 days ago

      It’s not expensive. For the price of a single cheap lunch. Your main gateway to the internet is no longer trying to use you to make money from advertisers. It has the largest most capable feature set of any search provider. Again for the price of a single cheap lunch. It would be the last subscription I cancel.

      • jif@piefed.caEnglish
        7·
        5 days ago

        I suppose “expensive” is a relative term. It’s expensive for me, especially when the alternative is free.

        • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
          3·
          5 days ago

          I don’t know where you are. But in the US or most of Europe it’s roughly the price a single lunch. A cheap fast food lunch. If you have a hard time affording fast food once a month, I get it. But I’d easily skip one meal a month for a better internet.

    • FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafeOPEnglish
      5·
      5 days ago

      Thank you for the response! I agree that the $10 plan is too expensive for me currently but since I’m planning on cancelling another subscription the $5 plan is something I could make work, if it’s worth it