irasponsible,

I’ve heard good things about Kagi, but I can’t justify the cost (especially as its USD)

Bishma,
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

If it were half the cost or if all the tiers had unlimited searches I’d probably subscribe, but I don’t want to ration the searches the way I used to have to ration dialup minutes.

flatpandisk,

Boom, I’m in the same boat.

flatpandisk,

Boom, I’m in the same boat.

flatpandisk,

Boom, I’m in the same boat.

blindsight,

This is what I felt about Neeva, too. Metered searches meant I only used it when I “needed” it… By which point I was mired in search results and focused on my Google Fu and completely forgot about Neeva.

I get that it costs money to run, but they needed a long free trial to get me hooked, then a reasonably priced unlimited tier. I was never going to use a site that restricts my search volume.

Bishma,
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

There was a limit to Neeva? I payed $55/year for unlimited searches, but maybe I was in some tier that became unavailable or something.

I think that has set my price expectations.

blindsight,

iirc, their trial tier was 100 searches total, or something like. I could never adequately test it so I never converted to a paid user.

baggachipz,
@baggachipz@kbin.social avatar

I pay for it, it's worth every penny.

oneguynick,
@oneguynick@kbin.social avatar

@irasponsible I am on month 2 of paying for Kagi, and I am not sure it's worth it at the current price point. I enjoy the privacy and speed, but not 10 dollars a month enjoy.

@noodlejetski

irasponsible,

even at US$5 a month, I don’t know. I feel like most searches I do are just to get to the website I already know the name of, and I’d blow through 300 pretty fast.

hugz,

I was a Neeva user. It was good, but no better than DDG. Google is so bad these days that it isn't much better than DDG, aside from regional things

curiousgoo,

I just use DDG, and I was told in a different post that it fetches results through Bing.

Much like what you said, Google is better than other engines with regional results being a non-US person.

Frederic,

Is www.qwant.com a good alternative?

Bishma,
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I was one of Neeva’s die hard users. I was bummed but not surprised when they emailed out saying they were pivoting to AI.

radicallife,

what is your go to for search now?

Bishma,
@Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I’ve been using Duck Duck Go, but I mainly use it because bangs make it easy to search elsewhere when DDG isn’t surfacing useful stuff. So I don’t entirely endorse it.

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