Comment by casenmgreen

Seconded.

I signed up for the 100 search free trial, and in that, Kagi was as good as, or better than, Google.

I then began also to use the filtering Kagi offers, and that simple feature makes a big difference.

I'm currently on the starter package (5 USD/month for 300).

Kagi also provide an Onion service - but of course you do have to be logged in, so your searches can be logged and be known as coming from you in particular (as you provided payment method), which is the downside of paying.

Much as anonymous payment systems are abused, they have utility for ordinary people.