# 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.

- Website: https://kagi.com
- Jurisdiction: United States. Five Eyes member. Subject to the US CLOUD Act.
- Home page trackers: none found
- Category: [Search engines](https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/)
- Also rated: [Kagi Translate](https://privacyratings.com/translation/kagi-translate/) (Translation), [Kagi Assistant](https://privacyratings.com/ai-assistants/kagi-assistant/) (AI assistants)
- Grade: D (50/100)

## Criteria

| Criterion | Answer | Note | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open source | No | Closed source. |  |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | The site loads no analytics or telemetry and does not track which results are clicked. | https://kagi.com/privacy |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Funded by paid subscriptions, with no ads. | https://kagi.com/pricing |
| Independent audit | No | No independent audit is published. |  |
| Transparency report | Partial | The privacy policy includes a warrant canary, but no request counts are published. | https://kagi.com/privacy |
| Tells users about requests | No | No published policy on notifying users about data requests. |  |
| TLS configuration | Partial | Grade B | https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=kagi.com&hideResults=on |
| Security headers | Partial | Grade B (75/100+) | https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=kagi.com |
| Modern web standards | Not tested yet | Not tested yet. |  |
| No search history logs | Partial | Searches are not linked to accounts; request logs kept for debugging are purged after seven days. | https://kagi.com/privacy |
| No profile-based ads | Yes | No ads are shown. | https://kagi.com/pricing |
| No account needed | No | A paid Kagi account is needed to search; Privacy Pass allows unlinkable authentication. | https://kagi.com/pricing |

Source: https://privacyratings.com/search-engines/kagi/
Edit: https://github.com/privacyratings/privacyratings.com/edit/main/ratings/search-engines/kagi.md