tried Kagi for 2 months. It works really nice, but I think it is overpriced. I as a heavy user do notice the difference in milliseconds in comparison with google. Paying $10 and still having that delay felt really bad, so I ended up canceling my subscription.
I had two major issues with it:
- it wasn't as snappy as google, but I kind of got used to it
- I wasn't trusting it (if that makes sense) and was falling back !g to make sure everything was searched
For $10, I expect to get a premium service, not a just good enough one.
I have to admit that I liked the idea, feeling of privacy and the ability to tailor a search engine for my needs.
Unfortunatelly I think that they are not where they need to be for the $10 pricing plan.