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When comparing Metager vs Qwant, the Slant community recommends Metager for most people. In the question“What are the best internet search engines?” Metager is ranked 2nd while Qwant is ranked 9th.
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Pros
Pro Open source
Pro Allows to visit search results anonymously
Pro Run by a non profit organisation dedicated to privacy and data protection
Pro Tor network service
Gives access within Tor.
Pro Supports easy search in open-street-map
Locations can be shown on open-street-map.
Pro Really fast
It displays only what you need and no more.
Pro Based in Europe
Stricter data privacy protections as compared to the US.
Pro Respects privacy
Pro Offers full (links, news, etc.) and light interface
Pro Includes searching for: Images, News, Videos, Shopping, Social
Pro Modern and intuitive design
Pro Cookie-free
Pro Relevant results
Pro Includes a time filter (past 24H, past week, past month)
Pro Fast
Cons
Con Uses only Bing and Ecosia results
The latter of which could be their own crawler.
Con Slow
It is slow. It loads like 5 images in 5 seconds whereas Searx and DuckDuckGo load almost everything in 5 seconds (10MB/s internet).
Con Requiers JavaScript
Without enabled JavaScript you can't even type your search request.
Con Does not allow to limit search result to last year
Max. limit is past month.