When comparing Ecosia vs Qwant, the Slant community recommends Qwant for most people. In the question“What are the best internet search engines?” Qwant is ranked 9th while Ecosia is ranked 20th. The most important reason people chose Qwant is:
Stricter data privacy protections as compared to the US.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Grow trees
Any profit the search engine gets ( they eatn just from ads) is used in growing trees. The company is non-profit.
Pro Privacy respecting
Even as a tree focused search engine , Ecosia protects your privacy.
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 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.