Kagi Search vs Scira
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Kagi Search
Member-funded search with no ads, domain controls and a built-in AI as...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Subscription | Freemium |
| Free tier | One-off trial only: 100 searches and 100 Kagi Assistant interactions | 3 searches a day with basic models and 13 search modes, no card; or self-host the AGPL-3.0 repo with your own API keys |
| Paid from | $5/month (Starter, 300 searches), or $54/year; plus sales tax | Pro $15/mo ($9 students); Max $60/mo; India ₹1,390/₹5,990 |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
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| Founded | 2022 | — |
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| Verdict | Kagi delivers what it promises: clean, ad-free results you can shape by blocking, boosting and scoping domains, plus a cited Quick Answer and an AI assistant on every paid plan. Professional at $10 a month is the plan mo... |
Scira remains one of the cleanest open-source takes on cited AI search, and a useful reference for anyone studying how a Perplexity-style answer engine is built — though the public repository has not seen a code change s... |
| Directory listing → | Full review → |
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