Search & research

Top 5 free

Week of 7 September

Week of 7 September

labs.perplexity.ai

Perplexity's experimental playground for its models.

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perplexity.ai

Answer engine that cites its sources inline, unusually for the category.

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search.marginalia.nu

No AI

An index that deliberately favours small, text-heavy, non-commercial pages.

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Free tierOpen sourceNo training on your data

wiby.me

No AI

Search engine for the old, hand-made web. Surfaces pages nothing else does.

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kagi.com

Hybrid

Paid search with no ads, where the AI parts are opt in rather than default.

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$5/month

duckduckgo.com

Hybrid

Search without a profile following you around.

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