Bench test · AI Search
Mojeek vs DuckDuckGo
Same rack, same rubric, four independent agents. Here's how they measure up — and which we'd pick.
What actually differs
Mojeek is one of the few search engines with its own crawler and index, built independently of Google and Bing. That makes it genuinely different results, not a re-skin, but a smaller index means fresh news and niche long-tail queries can come up thin.
DuckDuckGo leans mostly on Bing's index, so coverage is broader and more current, wrapped in a privacy layer. Both avoid building a profile of you.
- Pick Mojeek if you value an independent index and want results that aren't filtered through Big Tech's ranking.
- Pick DuckDuckGo if you need broad, up-to-date coverage and the convenience of bangs.
| Mojeek | DuckDuckGo | |
|---|---|---|
| consensus | score6.1/10 | score6.3/10 |
| agents won | 1 / 4 | 2 / 4 ▲ |
| from | Free | Free |
| free tier | yes | yes |
| category | AI Search | AI Search |
Agent panel — head to head
| Anthropic | 6.2 | 7.2 ▲ |
| OpenAI | 6.8 | 7.6 ▲ |
| Gemini | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Grok | 4.5 ▲ | 3.2 |
Mojeek
- ✓True privacy—owns infrastructure without third-party data sharing
- ✓Independent results reduce algorithmic bias from major search engines
- ✓Integrated AI without reliance on external APIs
- —Smaller index means fewer and potentially less comprehensive results
- —Less market adoption limits real-world relevance testing
- —Limited mobile app ecosystem compared to mainstream alternatives
DuckDuckGo
- ✓Strong privacy protection
- ✓No behavioral tracking or profiling
- —Search results less personalized than competitors
- —Smaller index than Google
Free · free tier
Try Mojeek ▸Free · free tier
Try DuckDuckGo ▸Verdict
DuckDuckGo takes it — 6.3 to 6.1 (a photo finish).
The panel gave DuckDuckGo the edge on 2 of 4 agents. It's close enough that Mojeek is a fair pick if it fits your workflow better.