European Search engines Alternatives

Germany EU

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.

Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

Switzerland EFTA

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.

Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

France EU

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.

Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

Germany EU

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.

Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

United Kingdom Europe

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.

Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

Netherlands EU

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.

Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search

United States

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

Replaces: Google , Bing , Yahoo , Baidu Search , Yandex Search