This is a review of all the big privacy respecting search engines. Google is included to compare to. This review is based on what the search engines gave without going to external websites.
Grading system
A- Exceeds expectations, better than Google's resultsB- Meets expectations, displays the same as GoogleC- Does not meet expectations, displays limited information compared to GoogleD- Shows no information, forces user to go to external website
Searx
For searx, the Docker image was used with no settings modified.
Brave Search is currently in beta and things may change when it is fully released.
Things
donald trump
Displayed all relevant information such as a website, net worth, date of birth, height, party, spouse, children, and social media profiles.
B DuckDuckGo
Displays all relevant information.
B Brave Search
Displays all relevant information.
B Whoogle
Displays all relevant information.
B Startpage
Displays all relevant information.
B- Searx
Displays some information such as date of birth, social media profiles, and height.
D Qwant
Qwant failed to display any information.
yacy
Displayed all relevant information such as a description (from Wikipedia), logo, author, and license.
A Brave Search
Brave displayed the same information as Google along with social media profiles and Linux packages.
B+ DuckDuckGo
Displayed the same information as Google with links to their website and Twitter page.
B+ Searx
Displayed the same information as Google with links to their website and Twitter page.
B- Whoogle
Whoogle displayed the same information as Google but forced the user to scroll down to see the infobox.
C Qwant
Qwant failed to display extended information such as the license, author, and programming language. The full description is also not given and forces users to go to Wikipedia.
C Startpage
YaCy displayed a description from Wikipedia but did not provide any additional information such as the author or license.
Utilities
define search
Google displayed the definition, a button to say the word, definitions by topic and verbs, nouns, and adjectives.
B- DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo displayed the definitions as a verb and noun with no example sentences and synonyms but did have a button to say the word.
B- Startpage
Whoogle displayed the definitions as a verb and noun with example sentences and synonyms but did not have a button to say the word or definitions by topic.
B- Whoogle
Whoogle displayed the definitions as a verb and noun with example sentences and synonyms but did not have a button to say the word or definitions by topic.
C Brave Search
Brave Search displayed definitions but without any additional information.
D Qwant
Qwant failed to display any information.
D Searx
Searx failed to display any information.
1 EUR to USD
Google displayed the current exchange rate in the autocomplete and search results. Google also displayed a graph in search results.
B Startpage
Startpage displayed the current exchange rate and a graph with options to change the date range.
B- Brave Search
Brave Search displayed the current exchange rate and a graph with no options for the date range.
C DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo displayed the current exchange rate but clicking on "View Chart" takes user to an external website.
C Searx
Searx displayed the current exchange rate but did not display a graph.
C Whoogle
Whoogle displayed the current exchange rate but did not display a graph.
D Qwant
Qwant failed to display any information.
1 kg to lbs
Google displayed the conversion.
B Brave Search
Brave Search displayed the conversion.
B DuckDuckGo
Brave Search displayed the conversion.
B Whoogle
Whoogle displayed the conversion.
B- Startpage
Startpage failed to display the conversion when 1 kg to lbs was used but showed the conversion when 1 kg to lb was used, the conversion was below a translation of 1 kg.
D Qwant
Qwant failed to display any information.
D Searx
Searx failed to display any information.
1+1
Google displayed the answer in a calculator.
B Brave Search
Brave Search displayed the answer in a calculator.
B DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo displayed the answer in a calculator.
B Startpage
Startpage displayed the answer in a calculator.
B- Qwant
Qwant displayed the answer but not a calculator.
D Searx
Searx fails to display the answer and instead shows a Ukrainian TV channel.
hello in french
Google displayed the translation and alternative words.
B DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo displayed the translation.
B Startpage
Startpage displayed the translation.
B Whoogle
Whoogle displayed the translation.
D Brave Search
Brave Search failed to display any information.
D Searx
Searx failed to display any information.
D Qwant
Qwant failed to display any information.
time in moscow
Google displayed the current date and time in Moscow and the time zone.
B Brave Search
Brave Search displayed the current date and time in Moscow and the time zone.
B DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo displayed the current date and time in Moscow and the time zone.
B- Whoogle
Whoogle displayed the current date and time in Moscow but not the time zone.
C Startpage
Startpage displayed the current time in Moscow but not the date or time zone.
D Qwant
Qwant failed to display any information.
D Searx
Searx failed to display any information.
weather in montreal
Google displayed the expected information such as the weather conditions (sunny, raining, etc.), temperature, 7-day forecast, chance of precipitation, humidity, and wind.
A Startpage
Startpage displayed the same information as Google but included air quality.
B Brave Search
Brave displayed the same information as Google.
B Qwant
Qwant displayed the same information as Google.
B- DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo displayed the same information as Google but requires the user to click on the "Weather" tab before showing the information.
C Whoogle
Whoogle displayed basic weather information such as the temperature and weather conditions but failed to give a 7-day forecast or wind and humidity.
D Searx
Searx failed to display any weather information.
Movies and TV
squid game
Displayed all relevant information such as cast, a description, genres, episodes, ratings, and streaming service.
B- Whoogle
Whoogle displayed all relevant information such as a list of episodes and the cast, but failed to display which streaming service.
C Brave Search
Displayed information such as production and release information but failed to provide a list of episodes.
C DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo failed to display important information such as the cast and list of episodes. Only a description, genre, and creator were shown.
C Searx
Searx failed to display important information such as the cast and list of episodes. Only some information was shown such as a description, country of origin, genre, and director.
C- Startpage
Startpage failed to display important information such as the cast and list of episodes. Only a description was provided.
D Qwant
Qwant failed to show any relevant information and instead provided Squid Game related videos.