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DuckDuckGo
Who runs DuckDuckGo, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest web search engine alternatives.
- Who’s behind it
- Not stated
- Online since
- Unknown
- Trackers
- Prices
- No pricing page
- Last price change
- –
- Closest alternative
- Startpage.com
Measured from DuckDuckGo’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit DuckDuckGo01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo duckduckgo.com
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
Wikidata: privacy-focused online search engine
- Company
- No imprint we could read
- Online since
- Not in the Internet Archive
- Audience
- In English
02 · Privacy
What DuckDuckGo tracks
What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.
trackers that follow visitors
None of the 19 alternatives below has fewer; 11 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on DuckDuckGo’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to DuckDuckGo
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to DuckDuckGo, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to DuckDuckGo match.
- 01
privacy-focused online search engine
Very close - 02
The browser that puts you first | Brave
The Brave browser is a fast, private and secure web browser for PC, Mac and mobile. Download now to enjoy a faster ad-free browsing experience that saves data and battery life by blocking tracking software.
Very close - 03
Mojeek
Mojeek is a web search engine that provides unbiased, fast, and relevant search results combined with a no tracking privacy policy.
Very close - 04
Qwant - The search engine that values you as a user, not as a product
Fast, reliable answers and still in trust: Qwant does not store your search data, does not sell your personal data and is hosted in Europe.
Very close - 05
Search - Microsoft Bing
Search with Microsoft Bing and use the power of AI to find information, explore webpages, images, videos, maps, and more. A smart search engine for the forever curious.
Very close - 06
Home – Lycos
search engine and web portal
Very close - 07
Firefox: The fast, private browser that keeps you safe — Firefox.com
The independent browser that has your back. Firefox blocks trackers, has a free built-in VPN, puts you in control of AI, and never sells your personal data.
Very close - 08
Vivaldi Browser | Powerful, Personal and Private web browser
It’s a web browser. But fun. It comes with a bunch of clever features built-in. It’s super flexible and does not track you. Get the Vivaldi browser for desktop, mobile, and your car!
Very close - 09
Yandex — fast Internet search
Yandex finds anything: webpages, images, music, good. Solve any problem — from everyday to a scientific one. Search by text, voice or image.
Very close - 10
Ghostery Ad Blocker | Best Free Ad Blocker & Privacy Tool | Ghostery
Take back control of your online privacy with Ghostery. The #1 privacy suite that gives you the power to block ads, stop trackers, and much more.
Very close - 11
Mozilla - Internet for people, not profit (US)
We’re working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it.
Very close - 12
Opera Web Browser | Faster, Safer, Smarter | Opera
Faster, safer and smarter than default browsers. Fully-featured for privacy, security, and so much more. Get the faster, better Opera browser for free.
Very close - 13
Shodan Search Engine
Search Engine for the Internet of Things
Very close - 14
Privacy Badger | Fight hidden tracking with EFF
open source privacy-enhancing web browser extension
Very close - 15
AdGuard Ad Blocker — block ads, popups, and trackers
AdGuard is the best way to get rid of annoying ads and online tracking and protect your computer from malware. Make your web surfing fast, safe and ad-free
Very close - 16
Simple Analytics
Run Simple Analytics alongside GA4 to compare observed website traffic. Book a demo to plan a free 30-day proof of concept.
Very close - 17
NextDNS - The new firewall for the modern Internet
NextDNS protects you from all kinds of security threats, blocks ads and trackers on websites and in apps and provides a safe and supervised Internet for kids — on all devices and on all networks.
Very close - 18
Perplexity
Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.
Close - 19
VPN service that's fast, reliable, & effective | Windscribe
Protect your privacy, stream global content, and mask your location with the best VPN service. Enjoy fast speeds and servers in over 135 locations.
Very close - 20
Control your online safety and privacy – Google Safety Centre
When searching on Google, your online safety and privacy are essential. Explore how Google helps you browse safely and protects you and your devices.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles DuckDuckGo’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones DuckDuckGo uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.
04 · History
What changed
Price and policy history →No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what DuckDuckGo adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.
05 · Details
How we measure
Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.
The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 11 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,213
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 44 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to DuckDuckGo’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- JavaScript frameworks
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:mail.duckduckgo.com include:spf.mailer.duckduckgo.com …
- Payments
- Stripe TXT stripe-verification=e508f445dbb94b1ae51f7b48901897714b661f5298da43bb6…
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 MX duckduckgo-com.mail.protection.outlook.com
- DNS hosting
- NS1 NS dns1.p05.nsone.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=XeKEoqnRNUfkUc5l
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-OKbsaUeVbNte6OPtWDpdt4Xr
- Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=oDt8KTPHJdkpcJOZ6J8W8cyJLsEfrJULCQiQ1YbP
- Zoom TXT ZOOM_verify_QSjXtfOfRHiY0O9gD5E4Ug
Sitemaps
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What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console · not on duckduckgo.com 14/20
- Google Workspace · not on duckduckgo.com 8/20
- Microsoft 365 7/20
- Apple Business 5/20
- Cloudflare · not on duckduckgo.com 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on duckduckgo.com 5/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on duckduckgo.com 5/20
- Bing Webmaster Tools · not on duckduckgo.com 5/20
- Zendesk 4/20
- OpenAI 4/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on duckduckgo.com 4/20
- GlobalSign · not on duckduckgo.com 4/20
- DocuSign · not on duckduckgo.com 3/20
- Amazon SES · not on duckduckgo.com 3/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on duckduckgo.com 3/20
- Matomo · not on duckduckgo.com 3/20