Qwant
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
1recommend
1warn against
Feb 9, 2026first mention
Sep 12, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“Switched to Qwant because of that”
corporate laptop restricts search engine URLsswitched from Google Searchon “How to disable or avoid intrusive AI”
Caveats and dissent
“I tried qwant, but they copy/pasted the horrible Google Search UI. That's bad. And the search results also suck.”
“The results are just not as good, it feels?”
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“Qwant also sucks, by the way - they just copy/pasted Google's search UI”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update 1 mention
- How to disable or avoid intrusive AI 1 mention
- Ask HN: What are the viable alternatives to DuckDuckGo? 1 mention
- Google News is just Forrest Gump's shrimp boat now 1 mention
- Back to Kagi 1 mention
- DuckDuckGo makes its 'no-AI' search engine easier to access as its traffic booms 1 mention
Data: qwant.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 7
“Qwant results are now a bit better than before, but still not that great”
“Switched to Qwant because of that”
“I'll give Ecosia/Qwant a go”
“I tried qwant, but they copy/pasted the horrible Google Search UI. That's bad. And the search results also suck.”
“The results are just not as good, it feels?”
“Qwant also sucks, by the way - they just copy/pasted Google's search UI”
“some may want to pay for Qwant instead of Kagi, given that Qwant is in Europe.”