Qwant

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.

Quick facts

Headquarters Paris, France
Company Qwant SAS
Founded 2013
Ownership Independent
Hosting 🇫🇷 France
Infrastructure OVH (France)
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source No
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Free · from Free
Free tier Yes
Platforms Web, iOS, Android
Languages
ENFRDEESITNLPTPL
93 · Certified European
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Why does it score 93?

Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30
Ownership & control
Independent ownership
25/25
Data sovereignty
European cloud (ovh)
25/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant
8/15
Independence bonus
Bootstrapped, no outside investors
+5
EuroPoints total
93/100
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See how they compare

Qwant
Kagi Search
Ecosia
EuroPoints
93 Certified European
45 Mixed Origins
86 Strongly European
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ30/30
HQ outside Europe0/30
EU member-state HQ30/30
Ownership & control
Independent ownership25/25
Independent ownership25/25
Independent ownership25/25
Data sovereignty
European cloud (ovh)25/30
Mixed infrastructure (−5 US jurisdiction)7/30
Mixed infra, all EU/EFTA-hosted18/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant8/15
GDPR compliant8/15
GDPR compliant8/15
Independence bonus
Bootstrapped, no outside investors5/5
Bootstrapped, no outside investors5/5
Bootstrapped, no outside investors5/5
Headquarters
Paris, France
Palo Alto, United States
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2013
2018
2009
Open source
No
No
No
Infrastructure
OVH (France)
Mixed infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure
GDPR
✓
✓
✓
Free tier
✓
✗
✓
Pricing
Free · from Free
Paid · from $5/mo
Free · from Free
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Web, iOS, Android
Web, iOS, Android
Languages
en, fr, de, es, it, nl, pt, pl
en, de, fr, es, it, pt, nl, ja, zh, ko, ru
en, de, fr, es, it, nl, pt, pl

What does it replace?

Google Bing Yahoo Baidu Search Yandex Search

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