If it were half the cost or if all the tiers had unlimited searches I’d probably subscribe, but I don’t want to ration the searches the way I used to have to ration dialup minutes.
This is what I felt about Neeva, too. Metered searches meant I only used it when I “needed” it… By which point I was mired in search results and focused on my Google Fu and completely forgot about Neeva.
I get that it costs money to run, but they needed a long free trial to get me hooked, then a reasonably priced unlimited tier. I was never going to use a site that restricts my search volume.
They pay for every search you do, so they can’t really offer unlimited at a low price point. FWIW, I don’t ration my searches. I used my FF history to count DDG searches back in early beta of Kagi and it resulted in about 1k per month, with Kagi (which shows the count), I’m at 700-800 which fits comfortably into the 1k limit (technically I have 1.3k because I was an early adopter, but I didn’t hit over 1k even once).
FWIW, the unlimited plan would be too expensive for me as well, and that’s with me absolutely loving Kagi.
If it were half the cost or if all the tiers had unlimited searches I’d probably subscribe, but I don’t want to ration the searches the way I used to have to ration dialup minutes.
This is what I felt about Neeva, too. Metered searches meant I only used it when I “needed” it… By which point I was mired in search results and focused on my Google Fu and completely forgot about Neeva.
I get that it costs money to run, but they needed a long free trial to get me hooked, then a reasonably priced unlimited tier. I was never going to use a site that restricts my search volume.
There was a limit to Neeva? I payed $55/year for unlimited searches, but maybe I was in some tier that became unavailable or something.
I think that has set my price expectations.
iirc, their trial tier was 100 searches total, or something like. I could never adequately test it so I never converted to a paid user.
Boom, I’m in the same boat.
They pay for every search you do, so they can’t really offer unlimited at a low price point. FWIW, I don’t ration my searches. I used my FF history to count DDG searches back in early beta of Kagi and it resulted in about 1k per month, with Kagi (which shows the count), I’m at 700-800 which fits comfortably into the 1k limit (technically I have 1.3k because I was an early adopter, but I didn’t hit over 1k even once).
FWIW, the unlimited plan would be too expensive for me as well, and that’s with me absolutely loving Kagi.
Boom, I’m in the same boat.
Boom, I’m in the same boat.