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Side-by-side comparison for any two listings. Pick by provider id (e.g. mullvad, ivpn, feather). Updates live as curators re-grade.
| Marginalia Search | Brave Search | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | search | search |
| Subcategory | Independent Index | Independent Index |
| Grade | A | A |
| Editor's Pick | — | — |
| Tagline | Solo-built indie search engine for the non-commercial web. Surfaces forums, wikis, personal sites Google buried. | Independent crawler-backed search. Free tier; API requires email. |
| Fees | Free · AGPL · Java · self-hostable | Free · API from $5/mo |
| KYC posture | anonymous_signup | anonymous_signup |
| Highlight tags | FREEOPEN-SOURCELONG-TAIL | FREEINDEPENDENT |
| Feature tags | non_custodialopen_sourceself_hosted | api_available |
| Web | https://search.marginalia.nu | https://search.brave.com |
| Tor | — | — |
| Last verified | 2026-05-13 | 2026-05-12 |