Kagi Search

Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user.

Employees

11-50

Location

Palo Alto, California

Funding

Growth

Pricing

Public pricing page

AI Classification

SaaSProduct-Led

Kagi is a subscription-based, ad-free search engine and AI assistant platform targeting privacy-conscious users willing to pay for search without advertising or data tracking. The company offers self-serve individual plans from $5–$25/month and a Teams tier, alongside ancillary products including Orion Browser, Kagi Translate, Kagi News, and Small Web mobile apps.

Deep Intelligence

Buying Signals

Kagi Assistant launched for all users in April 2025, expanding from search-only to AI-assisted research across 30+ LLMs — active multi-product development signal
Kagi News (AI-powered news aggregation) and Small Web Mobile Apps launched in 2025–2026, indicating deliberate multi-product expansion strategy
Orion Browser for Linux actively under development with target parity to macOS version by March 2026, expanding platform reach
Kagi Translate went viral in March 2026 for 'LinkedIn Speak' mode, demonstrating organic product traction and earned media
Paid subscriber base exceeds 50,000 members as of June 2025, with real-time usage stats published on homepage as a growth proof point

Account Scoring

Tier BMedium Churn RiskProduct Launch

Pain Signals

22-person team is severely resource-constrained relative to the scope of competing against Google and Bing at search-engine scale, creating execution risk across multiple simultaneous product lines
Fair-use caps on AI assistant interactions tied to subscription tier suggest infrastructure cost pressure as AI usage scales with subscriber growth
Orion Browser is currently Mac/iOS-only with Windows, Linux, and Android still in development — limited platform reach restricts Teams and enterprise adoption