Swisscows
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.
Quick facts
- Headquarters
- Egnach, Switzerland
- Hosting
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland
- Company
- Swisscows AG
- Founded
- 2014
- Ownership
- Independent
- Infrastructure
- Own infrastructure
- Open source
- No
- GDPR
- Compliant
- Pricing
- Free · from Free
- Free tier
- Yes
- Platforms
- Web, Ios, Android
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