Adding my personal notes on search engines here for anyone's interest. I personally use Qwant on Desktop and DuckDuckGo on mobile. I like Qwant because they are at least working on their own index and are EU-based. On the other hand, DuckDuckGo is faster and has a more comprehensive privacy policy. I'm really trying to use Mojeek on mobile but the search results are much worse than DuckDuckGo and Qwant in my repeated experience.
| Qwant | DuckDuckGo | Mojeek | xPrivo | Kagi | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP collection | Yes | No | No | No | temporary |
| Hosting | FRA | USA | UK | EU | USA |
| Index | ~40% own index + ~60% Bing | 100% Bing | Own | Own | Own |
| Direct monthly cost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4-7€ | 5€ |
| Passing data to third parties | Search data and IP go to Microsoft separately | No | No | No | No |
| Quality (subjective) | +++ | +++ | + | ++ | ? |
| AI summary / chat | unclear | optional | no | optional | ? |
| Speed | + | ++ | +++ | ++ | ? |