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20 Kagi alternatives

Kagi: Subscription search engine with no ads or tracking, per-site ranking controls, Lenses, Quick Answer and a multi-model AI assistant. 20 apps do similar work, most sharing Web Search, Chatbot and Privacy, ranked by how much they have in common with Kagi.

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  1. Privacy-first search infrastructure for AI agents, with smart routing, structured results, and native API, MCP, and Skill access.

    Also: Privacy, Search, Web Search

  2. DuckDuckGo

    DuckDuckGo's anonymized chat with Claude, GPT, Mistral and open models (formerly DuckDuckGo AI Chat); free, no account needed.

    Also: Chatbot, Privacy, Summarization

  3. Brave

    Brave's built-in browser assistant that summarizes pages and PDFs, with Brave Search grounding and bring-your-own-model support.

    Also: Chatbot, Privacy, Summarization

  4. Microsoft

    Microsoft's AI assistant for chat, images, voice and files, now one app for personal and work accounts on web, desktop and mobile.

    Also: Chatbot, Web Search

  5. Mistral AI

    Mistral's unified AI agent — Work mode for long-horizon research, analysis and drafting, Code mode for sandboxed coding with GitHub pull requests.

    Also: Chatbot, Web Search

  6. EGOIST

    A fast, local-first desktop AI chat client that works with GPT, Claude, Gemini, and local models, with markdown and LaTeX rendering, web search, image generation, and MCP tool support.

    Also: Chatbot, Web Search

  7. OpenAI

    ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and launched in 2022.

    Also: Chatbot, Web Search

  8. xAI

    Grok is a free AI assistant designed by xAI to maximize truth and objectivity. Grok offers real-time search, image generation, trend analysis, and more.

    Also: Chatbot, Web Search

  9. Perplexity AI

    A web search engine that uses a large language model to process queries and synthesize responses based on web search results.

    Also: Chatbot, Web Search

  10. All-in-one AI assistant. Personalized, fast and free.

    Also: Chatbot, Search

  11. Zoom

    Zoom's AI teammate (formerly AI Companion): meeting summaries and notes, agentic search, custom agents and workflows across Zoom and other apps.

    Also: Search, Summarization

  12. Slack

    Generative AI built into Slack's paid plans: channel summaries, huddle notes, AI search answers, daily recaps and the Slackbot agent.

    Also: Search, Summarization

  13. Anas Ouhdda

    Searches the text, speech and faces inside your phone's photos and videos, with every model running on-device — no cloud, no account.

    Also: Privacy, Search

  14. Local, 24/7 screen and audio recorder that turns your work into searchable memory for AI agents.

    Also: Privacy, Search

  15. A polished desktop app for discovering, running, and chatting with local language models — no terminal required.

    Also: Chatbot, Privacy

  16. Local-first meeting and interview recorder that transcribes, labels speakers and writes up your notes entirely on your own computer, for a one-time price.

    Also: Privacy, Summarization

  17. Perplexity

    Perplexity's agentic browser, where an assistant sits beside every tab and can act on the pages you are looking at.

    Also: Web Search

  18. Deep-research AI agent that builds cited reports or structured datasets, scaling depth to your budget.

    Also: Web Search

  19. You.com sells web search, content extraction, answer and research APIs for AI agents; its consumer chat closed to new users in 2026.

    Also: Web Search

  20. Olostep Technologies, Inc.

    One API to search, scrape, crawl, map and monitor the web, returning clean structured text that AI agents and RAG pipelines can use directly.

    Also: Web Search