I love Kagi, but it is soooo slow compared to Google. Really annoying...
You mean the search results are loading slow? I’ve sometimes noticed that, but not really to a degree that it was significantly worse than Google.
Using Kagi Search with Low Vision
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#52I have been paying for Kagi since last year and love it. I am not going back to using Google crap.
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#53Observation on the author's site: it's cool you can tell their site is designed for them by them, or other people with low vision. big font, high contrast, etc...
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Not promising it would work, but I would email support and ask to have the trial reset for your account. Companies are usually cool to restart trials if you ask.
I don't need a trial reset, I never used mine yet. I want to compare searches between Kagi and Google every few months to see if it got better. I used to recommend Kagi to people but when it's completely behind a paywall it's not easily recommendable anymore.
You can subscribe and let it sit. If you don’t use it for a month, they refund you that month. You can compare at your own pace.
If you want to hear from a happy Kagi user, I can say that I used Google thrice in the last two years, and it didn’t bring better results than Kagi.
Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision
#55Kagi was the best service provider change I've made in years and if anybody cares for an anonymous HN endorsement, they have mine.
> if anybody cares for an anonymous HN endorsement
tbf, those are common in every Kagi or Search Engine in general article on HN ;)
- A happy user since the beta days before you even had to pay.
Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision
#56the thing I really miss when I use magic, is recommended places from Google maps, where to watch certain movie/series, a lot of things like that, where you can infer recommendations based on your location. Kagi might be good to filter everything scored "bad", but makes you work more.
We have a big overhaul of Kagi Maps coming, stay tuned :)
I’m looking forward to it. I never stopped using Google Maps because no alternative was as ubiquitously useful (OSM is better in certain areas, but it’s hard to say when, which eventually resulted in me switching back to GM full time).
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You must be joking. Google ties all of your searches to you wether you log in or not.
I’m certainly not joking. Google when it started it wasn’t as evil as now, but the bigger it gets the more evil it becomes, who knows what kagi will turn into if they got as big as google. But again on principle, can you use google search in the library without an account? Yes. Can you use kagi in the library without an account? No. So whenever and whatever you do, your queries are logged and tracked back to you, onl…
> Can you use kagi in the library without an account? No.
Re: Using Kagi Search with Low Vision
#58Kagi has been one of my all time favorite products. It has enriched my search experience drastically. One of my favorite features I don't see talked about enough is the keybindings. Using vim keys for navigating search results is such a fantastic user experience, and much like normal vim I'm not sure I could go back to navigating search any other way. I also really appreciate their AI quick-search feature is explicit…
I just don't understand how they can think that not giving me a single free search per month is a good idea. I used Kagi when they still had a free plan and it was fine but I still preferred Google. Now I can't even try it again to see if it has additional value.
Kagi now gives you 50 free searches, at least if you're not signed in.
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Here ya go: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/privacy/privacy-pass.html
Is it open source? Audited? It is like back to how vpn services try to establish some sort of a trust relationship, which imo is more dangerous to have a false sense of trust than none, I prefer no trust at all, zero trust, especially when the service is SaaS in the US.
Here‘s an in-depth review from 03/2025 where Kagi and Metager are compared by german IT-Sec expert Mike Kuketz and his team.
No privacy-related concerns were raised back then.
It is a german blog (sorry, couldn’t find an EN-version), and a very trustworthy source for me.
https://www.kuketz-blog.de/besser-als-google-bezahlsuchmasch...
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#60Kagi is the one and only product I will ever stan
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