French privacy-first search engine with European hosting and no search profiling.

Backed for years by Banque des Territoires / Caisse des Dépôts; 100% acquisition by Synfonium agreed in 2023.

Qwant is a French search engine built around privacy, neutrality, and European hosting. It positions itself as a non-profiled alternative to Google and continues to invest in European search infrastructure.

Qwant

Zero search tracking, zero ad tracking, zero sale of personal data.

Berlin-based search engine that directs its profits to climate action.

Social business funded by ad revenue; early support came from Tim Schumacher, later locked into steward-ownership with no profit extraction.

Ecosia combines web search with a climate-impact model, funding tree planting, renewable energy, and climate investments from its profits. It also presents itself as a privacy-aware alternative that avoids building personal profiles.

Ecosia

Does not create personal profiles and only collects data needed to serve results and prevent fraud.

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