What is Kagi Assistant?
AI assistant built into Kagi, a paid ad-free search engine. Grounds answers in Kagi's own high-quality search index and lets you switch between frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and Mistral within one subscription.
Professionals who want ad-free, user-controlled search with an assistant attached.
Main features
- Model switching across many frontier models
- grounding in Kagi's curated search index
- custom assistants with system prompts
- Lenses for scoping searches
- site ranking and blocking to personalise results
- Summarizer
- no ads and no tracking of any kind.
Practical use cases
- High-signal technical research
- searching without SEO spam
- comparing model outputs on the same grounded query
- personalising a search index by demoting low-quality domains.
Who is it for?
- Privacy-focused professionals, developers and power searchers willing to pay for search quality and independence.
Pricing, free access & limits
Paid subscription only (search is the product); Assistant included in paid tiers
Plans described in the source
Starter around $5/mo (300 searches). Professional around $10/mo (unlimited searches, includes Assistant). Ultimate around $25/mo (unlimited searches plus full Assistant access to all frontier models). Team plans priced per seat. Kagi also sells the Orion browser separately. Verify current tiers.
Free plan
No true free plan - a limited trial of ~100 free searches is offered before payment is required.
Free trial
Yes - roughly 100 free searches, no card required, to evaluate quality.
Usage limits to consider
Starter is capped at a set number of searches per month. Assistant access to the most expensive frontier models is tier-dependent - Ultimate unlocks the full set.
Confirm current plans and pricing ↗Strengths & tradeoffs
These points summarize the supplied research, rather than hands-on test results.
Strengths noted in the source
- Search result quality is widely regarded as the best available
- no ads, no tracking, no user profiling as a business model
- one subscription covers many frontier models
- site-level ranking control is unique.
Limitations to consider
- Paying for search is a hard sell for most users
- no free tier
- small index relative to Google for very long-tail or local queries
- Assistant is good but not differentiated beyond the grounding
- limited non-English depth.
Platforms, languages & integrations
Platforms
- Web, Orion browser (macOS/iOS), any browser via custom search engine setting
Languages
- Multilingual; interface primarily English
API access
Yes - Kagi Search API and Summarizer API, usage-priced
Integrations and exports
- Browser search-engine integration, Orion browser, API for developers
Evaluation notes
The value case rests on search quality and the absence of an ad model, not on the assistant itself. Worth trialling the 100 free searches on your real queries before committing.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Kagi Assistant best for?
Professionals who want ad-free, user-controlled search with an assistant attached.
What free access does Kagi Assistant offer?
No true free plan - a limited trial of ~100 free searches is offered before payment is required.
What limits should I check before using Kagi Assistant?
Starter is capped at a set number of searches per month. Assistant access to the most expensive frontier models is tier-dependent - Ultimate unlocks the full set.
Does Kagi Assistant provide an API?
Yes - Kagi Search API and Summarizer API, usage-priced
Sources & editorial notes
Based on the directory editor’s supplied research. The source does not provide a verification date for this row. Importing a record does not independently verify every product claim.
Additional references named in the research
kagi.com/pricing; help.kagi.com documentation