startpage.com
Startpage.com
Who runs Startpage.com, 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
- DuckDuckGo
Measured from Startpage.com’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit Startpage.com01 · Who’s behind it
Who runs Startpage.com
Startpage.com startpage.com
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 Startpage.com 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; 8 have more.
Privacy-friendly alternatives →- Cookie banner
- None found
We found no trackers, ad pixels or third-party embeds on Startpage.com’s homepage.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to Startpage.com
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Startpage.com, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to Startpage.com match.
- 01
DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.
The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.
Very close - 02
Mojeek
Mojeek is a web search engine that provides unbiased, fast, and relevant search results combined with a no tracking privacy policy.
Very close - 03
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 - 04
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 - 05
Home – Lycos
search engine and web portal
Very close - 06
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 - 07
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 - 08
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 - 09
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 - 10
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 - 11
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 - 12
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 - 13
Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative
Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.
Very close - 14
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.
Close - 15
Shodan Search Engine
Search Engine for the Internet of Things
Very close - 16
Pirsch – The Best, Privacy-Friendly Google Analytics Alternative
Pirsch is a powerful, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics — lightweight, cookie-free, and easily integrated into any website or app.
Very close - 17
Am I Unique ?
Check if your browser has a unique fingerprint, how identifiable you are on the Internet
Very close - 18
Privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative | Real-time Web Analytics | Clicky
Clicky's privacy-friendly web analytics is simply the best Google Analytics alternative. Monitor, analyze, & react to your website's traffic in real-time.
Very close - 19
Tavily
Tavily is the real‑time search engine for AI agents — Fast and secure APIs for web search and content extraction.
Close - 20
Mullvad VPN - Privacy is for the people
Free the internet from mass surveillance and censorship. Fight for privacy with Mullvad VPN and Mullvad Browser.
Very close
Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Startpage.com’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Startpage.com 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 Startpage.com 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 · 7 technologies
- Neighbours
- k = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,205
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 28 ms
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Startpage.com’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
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:spf.mailjet.com include:_spf.google.com include:mail.z…
- Web servers
- nginx header server: nginx
- Email hosting
- Google Workspace MX aspmx.l.google.com
- Email delivery
- Mailjet TXT v=spf1 include:spf.mailjet.com include:_spf.google.com include:mail.z…
- DNS hosting
- NS1 NS dns1.p01.nsone.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- DocuSign TXT docusign=4aa04a43-5af3-4b1b-8b86-fb027c1d5de7canva-site-verification=…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=uylcKpM8QSGvtnQ90O0RUJqI4pqr3mndH-krbYpc2kA
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 14/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- Microsoft 365 · not on startpage.com 7/20
- Apple Business · not on startpage.com 6/20
- OpenAI · not on startpage.com 6/20
- Cloudflare · not on startpage.com 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on startpage.com 6/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on startpage.com 5/20
- Zendesk 4/20
- Slack · not on startpage.com 3/20
- jQuery · not on startpage.com 3/20
- Amazon SES · not on startpage.com 3/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on startpage.com 3/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on startpage.com 3/20
- Matomo · not on startpage.com 3/20
- Font Awesome · not on startpage.com 3/20