Comparing Kagi to Google on an individual search basis may not be the best way to assess the service. There are a number of features that make it preferable to

Comparing Kagi to Google on an individual search basis may not be the best way to assess the service. There are a number of features that make it preferable to Google and DuckDuckGo for many of us. - Ranking results from specific websites has been well referenced in comments here. I love always knowing if something is on archive.org and wikipedia by having those results come to the top. I also rank certain sources of medical information up and down based on reputability, basically overriding their SEO nonsense. - There are subtle indications for sites that have a high number of ads and trackers, allowing me to opt not to even click on those results. - AI summaries and answers are not on by default, and simply adding a question mark to the end of my search allows me to get an AI generated answer to my inquiry. I've found these to be very good, but I don't always want them so the control is great. - Marketing and ecommerce sites seem to be aggressively minimized, which makes the internet feel less like walking through a mall. I only really go to Google if I am shopping for something and want those kinds of results, but this is rare. All of this makes for a much better experience of the internet overall for me. The reduced cognitive noise is well worth the $10 in my case. I can't speak to how it preformed in non-English content, so you may be well served by using Google for German content in that case.