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Add to SafariWhen comparing Qwant vs Yandex, the Slant community recommends Yandex for most people. In the question“What is the best alternative to Google search?” Yandex is ranked 7th while Qwant is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Yandex is:
Sometimes more results than Google and DDG.
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Pros
Pro No user tracking
Pro Has a lite version
Available here.
Pro Hosted in the EU
It uses a strict data regulation law.
Pro Good search results
Pro Ecosystem Qwant Maps, Music, Boards
They are building an ecosystem .
Pro Instant answers
They have like "shortcodes" named instant answers that let you have an answer from the Qwant interface (for example the hash of a word).
Pro Qwick commands (jump to any other search/website)
Use "&g" to jump to google;
&a for amazon;
&tw for twitter;
&ec for ecosia;
… More here.
Pro Private infrastructure and hosting
They own their servers .
Pro Ad free/Merchant independent
So far, Qwant does not sort searches based on Merchant.
Pro No filter bubble
Pro Good search
Sometimes more results than Google and DDG.
Pro Very lightweight and fast
Pro Minimalistic and beautiful
Yandex seems to get their inspiration from Chrome and Safari making this an undoubtedly beautiful browser with its unique and good looks.
Pro Quick and reliable
Pro No repeated ads
Ads of services and productions you search online keep reappearing on google searches.
Cons
Con They mainly use Bing results
It's a metasearch engine.
Con Based in France
While France is in Europe, the France government can ask for the information from search engine at any time so it's risky too.
Con Results non accurate as Google
They are not accurate as Google.
Con Not very good Android and iOS app
Con Filter by time restricted to max one month
Some other search engines offer a whole past year.
Con russian google
Con russian google
