It's so much better than anything free. And most free things you pay in other ways (ads, they sell your information, etc.)

I used duckduckgo for years but often had to go back to Google for things. It was never really good. As Google became worse and worse, I really felt like it was hard to find some things no matter.

I've used Kagi for a couple of months now and it's so fucking good, it also has some awesome features no other search engine has, like having full control over how high up specific websites show in results.