Alternatives to Mojeek
UK-based independent crawler
Mojeek ranks #6 of 7 in Search engines, with an Alt Score of 46. It is proprietary, free from Free and available on Web, iOS and Android. 8 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
People who want to search the web without being tracked or profiled, and who prefer a search engine with its own independent index rather than one built on Google or Bing results.
An independent, ad-supported search engine with its own crawler and index of billions of pages, rather than repackaged results from a larger provider. It does not track users or personalize results based on profiling, so results are not shaped by search history or filter bubbles. Beyond core web search, it offers Images, News, and other verticals, plus Web Search and Site Search APIs for developers.
Users search directly at mojeek.com or set Mojeek as their default search engine via browser settings or extensions; queries are run against Mojeek's own index rather than forwarded to another search provider.
Where Mojeek stands out
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Ranked alternatives
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the Search engines checklist (14 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Mojeek is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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License Proprietary verified 2026-07-10
All technology and IP is fully owned by Mojeek Limited.
https://www.mojeek.com/about/technology.html -
Starts at Free verified 2026-07-10
Private Search without being tracked. No login or signup required.
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Pricing model Free verified 2026-07-10
Consumer search free/no account; only the developer Search API is paid.
Private Search without being tracked. No login or signup required.
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Platforms Web, iOS, Android verified 2026-07-10
Download the Mojeek App iPhone Find the Mojeek iOS app by searching for 'Mojeek' in the App store... Android Find the Mojeek Android App app by searching for 'Mojeek' in the Google Play Store
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Status active verified 2026-07-10
Continuous index growth through 2025.
2025: Mojeek passes 9 billion pages
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Independent index Yes verified 2026-07-10
Mojeek’s web search results are 100% independent. They come from our crawler (MojeekBot) and index of the web, and are ordered using our own ranking algorithms.
https://www.mojeek.com/about/why-mojeek -
No tracking Yes verified 2026-07-10
Mojeek follows a strict no tracking privacy policy, and it's quite simple, we don't track our users.
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AI answers Yes verified 2026-07-10
'Search Summaries' RAG feature (Mixtral); toggleable.
Data from the top search results are sent to the LLM, along with the search query... The LLM generates a summary based on the search query, and the Mojeek search results
https://blog.mojeek.com/2024/04/mojeek-search-summary.html -
Ad-free option No verified 2026-07-10
Mojeek now runs text + shopping ads; no ad-free preference in Settings.
You might have noticed that text ads have started appearing on Mojeek.
https://www.mojeek.com/support/ads/ -
Customizable ranking Partial verified 2026-07-10
Location/language boost + Focus mode, but no full ranking control (that's API-only).
Mojeek automatically detects your country-level location in order to apply a regional boost to websites which are more likely to be relevant to you due to where you’re searching from... you can do so
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Self-hostable No verified 2026-07-10
Proprietary crawler/index; hosted paid API only, no self-host.
All technology and IP is fully owned by Mojeek Limited.
https://www.mojeek.com/about/technology.html -
Image & video search Partial verified 2026-07-10
Image search confirmed; no dedicated video search product.
2018: Image Search and Knowledge Box Launched.
https://www.mojeek.com/about/technology.html -
Paid tier value No verified 2026-07-10
Paid tiers are the developer Search API, not the (free) consumer search.
Pricing Plans Simple, competitive pricing for your Search product and/or AI applications.
https://www.mojeek.com/services/search/web-search-api/
FAQ
Yes. Brave Search, DuckDuckGo and Ecosia have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.