When comparing Bing vs Qwant, the Slant community recommends Bing for most people. In the question“What are the best internet search engines?” Bing is ranked 3rd while Qwant is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Bing is:
First 15 searches of the day earn 1 credit each. Credits can be exchanged for various things such as gift cards, discounts, or memberships.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Incentivizes use by offering rewards
First 15 searches of the day earn 1 credit each. Credits can be exchanged for various things such as gift cards, discounts, or memberships.
Pro Advanced image search
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 USA Based
USA based = no privacy. Don't trade ease of use over privacy!
Con No advanced search page
Con Owned by Microsoft
Guaranteed censorship, guaranteed bias, and guaranteed absolutely no privacy.
Con Very very slow
Bing has very slow load times compared to other engines.
Con Can look for animated gifs
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.