Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Qwant

The 20 closest web search engine alternatives to Qwant, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 6 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Qwant? The closest matches are DuckDuckGo, Startpage.com and Google. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Qwant

Qwant qwant.com

Qwant - The search engine that values you as a user, not as a product

Fast, reliable answers and still in trust: Qwant does not store your search data, does not sell your personal data and is hosted in Europe.

Wikidata: European search engine

English 6 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Qwant

Summary by Claude

A French web search engine that does not store users' search data or sell personal data, hosted in Europe, with instant answer summaries and mobile apps for iOS and Android.

Who it’s for
Privacy-conscious web users, especially in Europe
Business model
Contextual advertising

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Qwant’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

BraveEuronewsMicrosoft BingPerplexityleboncoinPlausible AnalyticsCNILAnswersStartpage.comDuckDuckGo

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Qwant

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Qwant, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English
  1. 01
    DuckDuckGo duckduckgo.com Top 1K English

    DuckDuckGo - Protection. Privacy. Peace of mind.

    The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.

  2. 02
    Startpage.com startpage.com English

    privacy-focused online search engine

  3. 03
    Answers answers.com Top 10K English

    Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions

    Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want

  4. 04
    CNIL cnil.fr Top 10K English

    Homepage | CNIL

    national French data protection authority

  5. 05
    Plausible Analytics plausible.io Top 10K English

    Plausible Analytics | Simple, privacy-friendly Google Analytics alternative

    Plausible is a lightweight and open-source Google Analytics alternative. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.

  6. 06
    leboncoin leboncoin.fr Top 10K English

    leboncoin.fr

    French classified advertisements website

  7. 07
    Perplexity perplexity.ai Top 1K English

    Perplexity

    Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.

  8. 08
    Microsoft Bing bing.com Top 100 English

    Search - Microsoft Bing

    Search with Microsoft Bing and use the power of AI to find information, explore webpages, images, videos, maps, and more. A smart search engine for the forever curious.

  9. 09
    Whitepages whitepages.com Top 10K English

    Whitepages: People Search, Phone Numbers & Addresses

    Founded in 1997, Whitepages is the largest U.S. directory and trusted source for contact info and property data. Find people, phone numbers, addresses, and emails nationwide. Free and premium search across the Whitepages Identity Graph: 350M+ identity records, 4B+ data linkages, 112M+ property records.

  10. 10
    Euronews euronews.com Top 10K English

    Latest breaking news available as free video on demand | Euronews

    Latest breaking news available as free video on demand. Stay informed on European and world news about economy, politics, diplomacy… with Euronews.

  11. 11
    Infomaniak SA infomaniak.com Top 10K English

    Control your data governance with an independent cloud. Solutions hosted in the heart of Europe, designed to protect your confidentiality.

  12. 12
    ifconfig.me Top 10K English

    What Is My IP Address? - ifconfig.me

    Get my IP Address

  13. 13
    Brave brave.com Top 1K English

    The browser that puts you first | Brave

    The Brave browser is a fast, private and secure web browser for PC, Mac and mobile. Download now to enjoy a faster ad-free browsing experience that saves data and battery life by blocking tracking software.

  14. 14
    CroxyProxy croxyproxy.com Top 10K English

    Free web proxy and a cutting-edge online proxy | CroxyProxy

    CroxyProxy is a cutting-edge secure web proxy service. Use it to access your favorite websites and web applications: as a Facebook or YouTube proxy. It is free, you can try this online proxy right now!

  15. 15
    iubenda iubenda.com Top 10K English

    Compliance Solutions for Websites, Apps and Organizations | iubenda

    iubenda is your 360° compliance solution for global data privacy laws. Privacy policy generator, cookie consent management, ROPA, Terms and more.

  16. 16
    RFI rfi.fr Top 10K English

    RFI - All the news from France, Europe, Africa and the rest of the world.

    Follow any political information, cultural, sporting and live streaming on RFI. The latest information, news and events around the world.

  17. 17
    Yandex yandex.com Top 1K English

    Yandex — fast Internet search

    Yandex finds anything: webpages, images, music, good. Solve any problem — from everyday to a scientific one. Search by text, voice or image.

  18. 18
    Cookiedatabase.org cookiedatabase.org Top 1K English

    Cookiedatabase.org

  19. 19
    amazon.fr Top 1K English
  20. 20
    MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English

    MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community

    Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to qwant.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Qwant uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Qwant is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Email hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=p4IYUqjmTB4BXLwx
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=Z7u9u7Y5i6rXSLYbg8vnl2VtEdeYDsLlBBPwOETbejI
  • Notion TXT notion-domain-verification=C2QSoe44VMe08G4F4unNGERKrDu4qXVvuhK8dLHYLAc
  • Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=dGJ6Osn5PVcN9TkhenEXKcr47ZqlcW8RVuxRcjkJ

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