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Ask HN: Cheaper Alternatives to Kagi?

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by spaceman_2020

15 days ago

| 5 comments

I'm at a breaking point with Google. The search results have become so damn mediocre that I just can't find what I want anymore.

Have tried DDG and the results are mostly the same as Google.

Kagi is the best for my use case, but its just too expensive for the family plan. I live in India and with everything, it's like INR 1800, which is more than my home wifi, netflix, and phone combined. Really hard to justify paying that much

Does anyone have a cheaper alternative they would recommend?

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KomoD

15 days ago

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> Kagi is the best for my use case, but its just too expensive for the family plan

Well you can get a non-family plan, do you really need to pay for 6 people? Plans start at $5 for 350 searches, or $10 for unlimited.

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solardev

15 days ago

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INR 1800 is about $22 USD? Wow, that's incredibly cheap for wifi, phone, and Netflix.

I pay about $80 for wifi, $50 for phone, and $20 for Netflix. That's about INR 12,500.

International pricing is always fascinating to me. Wonder if Kagi will offer regional pricing.

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bn-l

15 days ago

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Steam is one major brand that does

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spaceman_2020

15 days ago

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yeah, it's about INR 499 for Netflix, INR 650ish for two phones, and INR 699 for home wi-fi

Netflix is the most expensive of all streaming services. I remember getting Disney+ for like INR 1200/year (about INR 100/month)

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blackeyeblitzar

15 days ago

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Try one of these? https://alternativeto.net/software/kagi-search/

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nolongerthere

15 days ago

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Semi off topic, but what happened to this website, used to be the top result when searching for services, now even when I search alternative to x it often won’t be on the first page.

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HenryBemis

14 days ago

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I use to trust it, have it as my go-to for 'alternative to'. At some point it became ridiculous. I would ask for an (e.g.) "antivirus software" and it would drop me a list with irrelevant security-related software. I think that their need to be helpful harmed the quality-vs-quantity ratios. I stopped using it and now I 'ask' Gemini for 'alternatives' to. I find it to give me more accurate results. Sometimes it suggests software/products that are retired or acquired (M&A). But still it will give me 90% good results instead of the 30% 'alternative to' website results.

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arromatic

15 days ago

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User name checks out . I think the site got hit with hcu update. It caused a lot of site to lose ranking.

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BOOSTERHIDROGEN

14 days ago

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As a recent Kagi subscriber who switched to Whoogle, I don't see any drawbacks.

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gtirloni