I am going to use public Searxes for comparison. The difference is that there is less noise from other users as it is limited to Mullvad subscribers, and there

I am going to use public Searxes for comparison. The difference is that there is less noise from other users as it is limited to Mullvad subscribers, and there is presumably a smaller user base. Otherwise, there is probably little to no difference, considering that Searxes are not used by many in the same vein. However, self-hosting is the equivalent of directly using the search engine under your own IP, just without javascript. There is no noise from other users looking up unrelated queries.