Search engines
Kagi privacy rating
Paid, ad-free search engine from Kagi Inc. that combines its own index with results from other providers and lets users rank, block or boost websites.
Summary
Kagi scores 50 out of 100 (grade D) on the search engines criteria. It meets 3 of 11 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and no profile-based ads. It partly meets transparency report, TLS configuration, security headers and no search history logs. It does not meet open source, independent audit, tells users about requests and no account needed. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.
Score 50 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The site loads no analytics or telemetry and does not track which results are clicked.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid subscriptions, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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Partial
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
The privacy policy includes a warrant canary, but no request counts are published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Partial
No search history logs Weight 3 of 3
Are searches stored without IP addresses or other identifiers?
Searches are not linked to accounts; request logs kept for debugging are purged after seven days.
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Yes
No profile-based ads Weight 2 of 3
Are ads (if any) based only on the current search, not a profile?
No ads are shown.
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No
No account needed Weight 1 of 3
Can every feature be used without an account?
A paid Kagi account is needed to search; Privacy Pass allows unlinkable authentication.
Automated tests
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Partial
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (75/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.