European alternatives to Google Search

Germany · Search engines

A privacy-focused metasearch engine run by the German non-profit association SUMA-EV. It blends results from multiple sources, hides your IP behind an anonymising proxy, and is open source. No profiling, no ad-tracking.

Switzerland · Search engines

Swiss search engine founded in 2014 by Andreas Wiebe, hosted in a high-security data center in a former military bunker in the Swiss Alps. No IP logging, no tracking cookies, no user profiling. Family-friendly content filtering built in by default.

France · Search engines

French privacy search engine founded in 2013. No user tracking, no data reselling. In 2024 partnered with Ecosia to build the European Search Perspective (EUSP), Europe's first independent search index. Acquired in 2023 by Octave Klaba, founder of OVHcloud.

Germany · Search engines

Berlin-based search engine that donates 100% of profits to tree-planting and climate projects. Founded in 2009, certified B Corp, over 20 million monthly users. Search results powered by Bing but privacy-respecting with no personal data sold.

United Kingdom · Search engines

A genuinely independent search engine from the UK that runs its own web crawler and index rather than reselling Google or Bing results. No tracking, no user profiling, and a no-tracking privacy policy since day one.

Netherlands · Search engines

Dutch private search engine that delivers Google-quality results while stripping out the tracking, profiling, and targeted ads. Operated from the Netherlands under EU privacy law, with an Anonymous View proxy for private browsing.

United States · Search engines

Ad-free, privacy-first search engine. You pay a small fee, so they work for you, not advertisers.