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            "name": "Google Search",
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            "website": "https://www.google.com/",
            "page": "https://listme.name/software/google-search",
            "tagline": "Web search with images, maps, news and AI Mode",
            "summary": "Google Search is the search engine from Google, free to use in any web browser. It returns web pages with images, maps, news and video results, and it offers AI Mode for longer answers.",
            "developer": "Google",
            "platforms": [
                "web"
            ],
            "pricing": "free",
            "price_note": "Free to use; funded by advertising",
            "free_to_use": true,
            "open_source": false,
            "strengths": [
                "Broad coverage across web, images, news and maps",
                "Free to use without an account for basic searches",
                "AI Mode for longer answers"
            ],
            "limits": [
                "Results depend on location and account settings",
                "Tied to Google's advertising and account services"
            ],
            "checked": "2026-10-10",
            "connected_to_publisher": false,
            "overview": "Google Search covers web pages, images, news, maps and videos from one search box, and it offers AI Mode for conversational answers. Results can depend on location and on account settings, which users can review in their account.\n\nGoogle Search is the default search in Chrome and in many other products, so it is the reference point for comparing the engines in this list. It does not promise the privacy-first design of DuckDuckGo or Brave Search, because search is tied to Google's advertising and account services."
        },
        {
            "slug": "kagi",
            "name": "Kagi",
            "kind": "web",
            "website": "https://kagi.com/",
            "page": "https://listme.name/software/kagi",
            "tagline": "Paid, ad-free search engine with an AI assistant",
            "summary": "Kagi is a paid search engine with no ads and no tracking, plus an AI assistant with Quick and Research modes. Plans are monthly subscriptions, and a trial of 100 searches is offered before paying.",
            "platforms": [
                "web"
            ],
            "pricing": "subscription",
            "price_note": "Starter $5 a month for 300 searches; Ultimate $25 a month; 100-search trial",
            "free_to_use": false,
            "open_source": false,
            "strengths": [
                "No ads in search results",
                "Assistant with Quick and Research modes",
                "Monthly plans with a visible search count"
            ],
            "limits": [
                "Requires a subscription after the 100-search trial",
                "Top AI models are limited to the highest plan"
            ],
            "checked": "2026-10-10",
            "connected_to_publisher": false,
            "overview": "Kagi is a search engine that users pay for, so results carry no ads. Its site describes a privacy-focused service, an Assistant that answers questions in Quick mode on lower plans and in Research mode on higher ones, and an API for developers. The pricing page calls the service fully funded by its users.\n\nKagi lists a Starter plan at $5 a month for 300 searches and an Ultimate plan at $25 a month with unlimited searches and premium AI models. A trial of 100 searches is offered before a subscription is needed. Kagi suits people who want search without advertising and accept a monthly fee, while people who only search occasionally may prefer a free engine."
        }
    ],
    "differences": [
        "Google Search has a free plan or free version; Kagi does not.",
        "Google Search: free. Kagi: subscription."
    ],
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            "of": 7,
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                {
                    "product": "google-search",
                    "rank": 1,
                    "score": 91,
                    "verdict": "The broadest results, with images, maps, news and AI Mode, but results are tied to a Google account and advertising. The privacy-focused engines below trade some breadth for less tracking.",
                    "best_for": "General searches, images, maps and news",
                    "spec": {
                        "privacy": "Tied to a Google account",
                        "cost": "Free",
                        "ai_answers": true,
                        "open_source": false
                    }
                },
                {
                    "product": "kagi",
                    "rank": 4,
                    "score": 85.5,
                    "verdict": "Ad-free search funded by subscribers, with an AI assistant and Kagi Translate. The monthly fee from $5 is the cost of entry, and the pricing page lists no free search plan.",
                    "best_for": "Paying for ad-free search",
                    "spec": {
                        "privacy": "No ads, paid by users",
                        "cost": "From $5 per month",
                        "ai_answers": true,
                        "open_source": false
                    }
                }
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    "page": "https://listme.name/compare/google-search-vs-kagi",
    "json": "https://listme.name/api/v1/compare/google-search-vs-kagi.json",
    "notes": [
        "Scores are editorial and only comparable inside one list. Products with connected_to_publisher true receive a disclosed ranking lift: https://listme.name/methodology"
    ],
    "source": "https://listme.name",
    "license": "Free to read and cite with attribution to listme.name.",
    "docs": "https://listme.name/developers"
}