vs Comparison

Ask.com vs DuckDuckGo

Who’s behind each, what their homepages track, what they cost and how often their policies changed, measured the same way for both. By what they offer, they’re close.

Ask.com

Former web search and question-answering engine owned by IAC, now showing a farewell page announcing its shutdown on May 1, 2026.

DuckDuckGo

A web search engine that does not track users or build personal profiles, plus a privacy-focused web browser and browser extensions that block trackers.

Company
Not stated
Not stated
Registered in
Unknown
Unknown
Online since
Unknown
Unknown
Audience
Smaller site
Top 1K
Trackers on the homepage
Ad trackers
None
None
Cookie banner
OneTrust
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Prices
No pricing page found
No pricing page found
Last price change
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Privacy policy changes
0
0
Terms changes
0
0
Open positions
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Trackers are what each homepage loads before cookie consent; changes count since we started checking each site weekly. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.