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I've been using DuckDuck Go since leaving Google Search, but that seems to be the first step away. I'm not keen on their AI assist. I tried Start Page, but the first four results were ads. I don't mind paying a small fee for good search. So Brave Search or Kagi?

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[–] pahulf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Which subscription tier do you use?

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 week ago

I also use Kagi. Just start with the trial, upgrade to the $5 starter tier when you run out, then upgrade to the pro $10 tier if you hit the limit. It appropriately apportions things if you've only used half your month.

I'm on the $10 pro tier as I use over the 300 searches a month in the $5 starter tier ($10 is unlimited).

Kagi has AI on request. If you put a question mark on the end of your search query, you get an AI response. No question mark, no AI.

I think Kagi is worth trying for other reasons, but probably only for people who $10 a month is not a significant cost. It's not better than food, but it does let me block all Pinterest results so I never see them.

[–] rando@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah I would say start with the smaller one and its very easy to upgrade/downgrade. For me I do the highest tier one because I work in tech and I want to use all the premium LLM stuff hah