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
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
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Qwant
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Qwant, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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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.
Very close cos 0.929 - 02
privacy-focused online search engine
Very close cos 0.927 - 03
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
Very close cos 0.897 - 04
Homepage | CNIL
national French data protection authority
Very close cos 0.896 - 05
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.
Very close cos 0.895 - 06
leboncoin.fr
French classified advertisements website
Very close cos 0.898 - 07
Perplexity
Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question.
Close cos 0.891 - 08
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.
Close cos 0.891 - 09
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.
Close cos 0.890 - 10
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.
Close cos 0.891 - 11
Control your data governance with an independent cloud. Solutions hosted in the heart of Europe, designed to protect your confidentiality.
Close cos 0.890 - 12
What Is My IP Address? - ifconfig.me
Get my IP Address
Close cos 0.888 - 13
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.
Close cos 0.886 - 14
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!
Close cos 0.885 - 15
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.
Close cos 0.886 - 16
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.
Close cos 0.887 - 17
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.
Close cos 0.885 - 19 Close cos 0.885
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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!
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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
- Google Workspace MX smtp.google.com
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms90901364
- 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
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Qwant adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Google Workspace 9/20
- Apple Business 8/20
- Microsoft 365 7/20
- Cloudflare · not on qwant.com 7/20
- DocuSign · not on qwant.com 6/20
- OpenAI · not on qwant.com 5/20
- Zendesk · not on qwant.com 5/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on qwant.com 5/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on qwant.com 5/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on qwant.com 5/20
- Atlassian · not on qwant.com 5/20
- Slack 4/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on qwant.com 4/20
- NS1 · not on qwant.com 3/20
- Stripe · not on qwant.com 3/20