What our members are saying

I used to think 'free' search was a no-brainer. Then I realized how much of my data, time and attention I was handing over. 🤯 After having tested it for a week, I now use the paid search engine Kagi, and it's been a game-changer.

Mastodon Jonzie Halo

For $10 a month, think about how much time and energy you will save.

X Dave Wakeman

You have heard me talk about Kagi before. It is the best search experience I have had in ages.

Bluesky Ross Winn

I’ve been able to fully drop Google Search and move all my searches to Kagi and it rules. No more weird AI summaries that fail to supply the information I need. Just nice, accurate search results.

Bluesky Alex Cranz

Kagi search is better, doesn't show ads, allows you to give priority to sites such as Wikipedia, allows you turn off AI responses, has no sponsored links and has a far better translate than Google.

Bluesky nvgg

I made the switch 1+ year ago. Freeing myself from Google search with a Kagi subscription was possibly the best money I ever spent on SaaS.

Bluesky Jukka Niiranen

Use Kagi, it's the only search engine where it is the product, not the user. There are no ads, and they don't sell your data. You get the results you're looking for and nothing else.

X Jonas

It's honestly been one of the most valuable subscriptions I pay for. No other search engine I've used in the past couple years has so much as held a candle next to it.

Mastodon Targrus

Dropping Google search for Kagi made me actually efficient using web search again.

Mastodon Chris

Kagi is a paid search engine that gives power back to the user. It takes security seriously, and has systems in place to protect personal data. There are no ads and no sponsored results. It's worth the small monthly fee imho.

Bluesky Paul Scollon

It's been a godsend for my internet searching.

Mastodon Joshua

Kagi is amazing for search. Worth a lot more than what they charge.

Bluesky Dirk Hohndel

I happily signed up and never looked back. Not (just) for AI but also excellent results, speed and configurability.

Bluesky Veith

Kagi is so good. Was initially very skeptical, and I'm 100% a convert.

Bluesky Taggart

Kagi is well worth the money.

Bluesky Steve Puma

Our household has converted to the Kagi search engine & I'm impressed by its FEATURES (did you know that your search engine could do what YOU want it to do??) for instance: the community-driven "SlopStop" where people downrank results that are full of AI slop.

Bluesky Kat

It's amazing. You're basically taking your search engine back. From the ability to clean up stuff you don't want to see for me that's social media, and the other ability to see statistics and adjust them you'll never want to go back and all the little other features are exceptional.

Bluesky Yuuka Yuki Linux

Once you go Kagi, you never go back.

X Bill Brown

In recent weeks, I've explored Kagi, and I’ve now decided to make the switch. It does have a modest price tag, which buys you a complete lack of ads. Much more importantly, Kagi is insanely customizable.

Mastodon Jochen Wolters

Fast, great results, and AI when you want it, while preserving privacy.

Bluesky Scott Nourse

Kagi so far has been absolutely worth it.

Bluesky Florian Troßbach

I love Kagi so much. The $10 is so very well worth it.

Bluesky Slivers

I pay monthly for search with Kagi and it's worth every penny to support a company that currently wants Search as a public good.

Bluesky Isaac

Kagi is really leagues ahead of whatever else I've tried.

X Luba Luft

I would highly recommend giving Kagi a try. It's a paid search engine, and by God it's worth it.

Bluesky Jørgen

You may think 'why pay for search', but search really is central to the internet experience and to getting so many things done. Kagi just does this so well and is only getting better, while everything else seems to be getting worse.

X Astra

I am LOVING this Study assistant. It’s genuinely helping me learn and understand my calculus homework; instead of just telling me the answer and steps, it’s working through it with me.

Bluesky patchysid

I'm a massive Kagi stan can't use Google now.

Bluesky Jim Waterson

Kagi's version of AI search is very good, with links to sources for all claims.

Bluesky John Quiggin

I got a paid plan from Kagi because I got fed up of advertisers paying for my search results. Now that I pay for them they’re actually useful to me! Fund your own search engine kids, it’s not expensive and you’ll save your own time.

Bluesky Benj

One thing that has helped me a lot to improve the internet: paying for Kagi as a web search and switching away from Google. Not dealing with all the ads when searching has been a bit QoL improvement.

Bluesky Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham

Why Kagi is my only search engine: If nothing is free, it is a matter of the currency by which you choose to pay for your services. I will always choose giving money to a company I trust over giving personal data to a company I don't. One way or another we are paying.

Bluesky Jared Gardner

I can only recommend you try out Kagi search - it was life changing!

Mastodon Ruth Mottram

Never ever going back from Kagi. The value is unmatched.

Bluesky Torben Haack

Now I exclusively use Kagi and will never go back. Having a good, clean search experience and the ability to customize how YOU use it is game changing.

Bluesky Devin Arthur

I switched to Kagi long ago for my search. Never felt the need to drop back to Google. Yeah, it cost a little money (cup of coffee/month) but good things do and you're not the product or spied on.

Mastodon Ron Gilbert

It's is genuinely insane that the same keywords typed into Kagi when looking for a YouTube video just work when YouTube's search itself will serve me complete garbage.

Bluesky Damien

Kagi is by far the most valuable service I spend my money in. You have no idea how Kagi Search, the Assistant and the Summarizer help me everyday. It's simply amazing.

X Ribeiro

Worth every single bit of its subscription price.

Bluesky Eric

Switch to Kagi and enjoy an AI free search, no ads, and automatic slop blocking from results. It's like having the old web back again, especially if you are searching scientific topics.

Bluesky Gwen Pearson

I pay $5/mo for Kagi and the whole experience has been superior on every level. Paying for a search engine felt weird at first but privacy and actually finding things is worth it to me.

Bluesky Max Riffner

I really recommend paying for Kagi as a search engine that really gives excellent search results straight off the bat. It's a joy to search again.

Bluesky NeverFadingWood

Never thought I would gladly pay a subscription fee for a search engine but I am. Kagi is good dude.

X Nick

You're already paying for search. It's just a question of what currency. Over the past decade, Kagi is both the only search engine I've paid money for and the least expensive search engine I've used.

Bluesky Len

Kagi is an exceptional search engine that costs me less than two drinks at Starbucks per month. It prioritizes results over ads and is not optimized for SEO. I'm a huge fan of Kagi! The ability to pay a little extra and access Kagi Assistant, which includes access to every AI model, is incredible.

Bluesky Fred Rossi

Been paying for Kagi for almost two years now and can't imagine not having it.

Bluesky Narles

Kagi gives me the documentation I need in result #1. Zero distractions.

LinkedIn Sahil Kapoor

With Kagi, I feel like I'm back on the days when web links with ref= where king and everyone just shared information like a big family.

Mastodon Zoe Hendrickse

For search, I bailed on all the free services & finally coughed up for a subscription to Kagi. Kagi is GREAT. Worth it.

Bluesky Grek Pak

Just a reminder that paying for Kagi is the one subscription you'll be glad to have. I can't see myself ever dropping that one.

Bluesky Mike Stevens

Pay and use Kagi and get your privacy and sanity back.

Mastodon alien8

It feels magical.

Bluesky Ian Ramjohn

It's incredible how good a search engine can be when your eyeballs aren't the product.

Bluesky TapGhoul

Kagi search is better than the alternatives, and worth paying for!

X Scott Kuntzelman

Kagi is quietly becoming the best search engine for technical content. Their results for self-hosting queries consistently surface useful guides instead of SEO farms. At $5/mo it's the most worthwhile subscription in my toolkit right now. No tracking, no ads, actually good results.

Bluesky selfhosting

It's paid, yeah, but after using it I'm never going back to a free engine. The difference in quality really is night/day.

Bluesky Ari

As it stands, you won't find a better search engine, paid or otherwise. The fact is, Kagi Search and Translate has more useful features than I have characters to describe them in one post. Well worth the cost of entry.

Bluesky ‪Strateture

What I DO know is Kagi absolutely worth paying for.

Mastodon Aaron

I have been using Kagi for well over a year. Very happy with it.

Bluesky Curiosititis

I've been using Kagi exclusively on mobile for about 6 months and my search results are consistently better.

Bluesky Tinsmith

Kagi has been the most groundbreaking research tool I've quite possibly ever had access to.

Mastodon CyberSloth

I know it might seem crazy to pay for web search. I find Kagi so useful, it’s among the best subscription values I pay for each month. It’s just plain better than Google’s or anyone else’s results. The fact that it’s ad-free is a bonus, not for me the primary reason I gladly pay. I pay because it’s better. It’s like the HBO of web search.

Mastodon John Gruber

I suspect that many Kagi customers feel that their support for the company equates to taking a stand against big tech, but even if you don’t feel inclined to rebel, their service is simply better than Google Search.

Bluesky Elliot Jay Stocks

I don't know how you people use Google for search anymore. It's awful. I use Kagi now and not looking back!

Bluesky El jefe

Kagi is about the best $10 a month I spend on anything digital right now.

Mastodon Aaron Mahler

My Kagi subscription remains undefeated as the best money I spend on an online service.

Bluesky jslaker

Use Kagi! I'm a professional researcher and rely on search for my job. Kagi is that only search engine I'll use.

Bluesky Erin Biba

Getting over the hump of paying for quality products is a great place to be. I'm honestly happy every time I make a search on Kagi, it feels healthy in addition to being very high quality.

Bluesky Wesley Finck

I've never advertised that I'm a Kagi member since 2024/01, and that it's the best subscription I currently have: besides best and ad-free search engine, I'm in possession of all the best AI models with nice GUI. PS: Kagi Translate 🫶🏼

X Jamez

I've been trying out Kagi the last month or so and it's been just so quietly effective I've barely noticed it. Which is, I think, the highest praise I can give to a search engine right now.

Bluesky Ali C

I'm surprised and encouraged by my new replacement for Chrome and Safari with Kagi's browser Orion and its search engine. On the first couple of searches it managed to unsurface content that was exactly what I wanted, including some things I wrote/said years ago that I'd completely forgotten.

Bluesky Kenn White

I GLADLY pay for Kagi, where the search results are not an auction for my attention, but are, instead, strikingly accurate.

Bluesky Dave

It is *better* than old Google! it's $10/month for unlimited, but it saves me countless hours and doesn't violate my privacy/sell my data. Can't imagine going back.

Bluesky Public health guy

Kagi is the only SaaS product/subscription I actually am happy to pay money for.

Bluesky Will

Switched to Kagi a couple months ago and it has been incredibly solid and reliable.

Bluesky Hellgorithm

It's time for me to abandon the Google search completely, so I am running Kagi now. Great search results, no ads, no tracking, fully funded by the users.

X CR1337

Kagi is such a powerful tool especially if you’re doing deep dives types of research.

X S.G. Cheah

If I am ever trying to save money and cut subscriptions Kagi is probably the last to go. Life changing service.

X Okz

Made the switch to Kagi for search and haven't looked back.

Bluesky Zack Whittaker

I'm happy to pay money to not have everything tracked all the time, not have sponsored results in searches, and be able to force a 'higher rank' for sites i use all the time like Wikipedia.

Bluesky Super Scott

I had to switch to Kagi in order to continue to use the internet without losing my mind.

Bluesky Kevin Riggle

The Kagi AI Research Assistant is really underrated for book recommendations. I can give it oddly specific details about what flavor of book I'm craving and it comes back with great suggestions way faster than I could ever find on my own.

Bluesky Dan Herbert

I'm paying for Kagi for two years and very happy with it. Moving there from Google was very satisfying for me.

Bluesky Andrey

Kagi is hands down the best $10 I spend every month.

Bluesky Andrew Mercer

I've been paying for Kagi for 6+ months and I am extremely happy with it.

Bluesky Chris Krycho

I try and tell people what an enormous quality of life boost paying for Kagi is.

Mastodon Feoh

Been using Kagi and Orion for a week now! Never going back to anything else, both are next level.

X Rob

I pay for Kagi and am very happy.

Bluesky John Flournoy‬

No doubt about it, Kagi is the best.

Bluesky Allan Bloomfield

Been using for more than a year. I love looking things up again and yet spend far less time doing it. It's like the internet in the 90s and early 00s where the thing you want is in the top few hits; no games, no ads. They've improved the Orion browser a lot too.

Bluesky ‪Brendonowicz

Best search engine out there and worth every penny. I haven't touched Google in years.

X Siam

Kagi infrastructure runs on crack, results load way too quick and are way too accurate to my query (not that I'm complaining 😝)

Bluesky Index

I switched to Kagi several months ago. It's £10 per month but has no ads, no data tracking and the search results are great good. It also has bangs which are really helpful. You can also use CSS to customise the homepage.

Bluesky David Bowater

I use Kagi and it’s worth every penny.

Bluesky Faine Greenwood

It's 2026 and I don't believe I am saying this. But I am paying for a search engine because the experience is superior to Google (Kagi). Much faster that google with it's bloated tracking. Results are more relevant to what I care about.

Bluesky Jorropo

I've seen quite a lot of media hype lately about the Kagi search engine, Kagi and the hype is basically correct. It's easy to make it your default engine, and the search results you get are far, far superior to the enshittified ad-heavy slop you get from Google etc. You get what you pay for.

Bluesky C-N

Kagi is doing more for blogs than Google has in a long time.

Bluesky Ernie Smith

Kagi is one of my favorite products. It's the one I’m proud to pay for.

Nostr Maxime

I've been using Kagi for three years as of today, it remains one of the best changes to my online habits.

Bluesky Joey ‘Detchibe' W