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I find the data on their pricing interesting. It says 300 searches per month is enough for 99% of users. I'm pretty sure I use more than 300 searches every day.
by gman83 3y ago
I find the data on their pricing interesting. It says 300 searches per month is enough for 99% of users. I'm pretty sure I use more than 300 searches every day.
Edit: 300/day is too much, apparently I use about 100/day according to my search history.
- sequence7 3y agoThat's because you are in the other 1% of users, they're not saying 300 searches is the average, median or mean across all users.
- samwillis 3y agoThat would be one search every 3 min, if you sleep 8hrs a day...
- gman83 3y agoYeah I just checked my search history, I did 100 searches yesterday. That's probably more like what I do on an average day. That's roughly 10 searches per hour, doesn't seem unreasonable to me.
- samwillis 3y agoI can see that, certainly in bursts. Some days it's research, some days it's reading docs, some it's heads down and very little searching.
- Sakos 3y agoI'm a fairly heavy user. I used around 1000 searches last month. I wouldn't draw any conclusions from my own usage habits about how other people use the internet or how many searches they'd need.
- sn0wleppard 3y agoAgreed - That 99% of users they're talking about aren't going to be the ones looking for an alternative search engine like this
- mrweasel 3y agoI'm sure they're right, my dad doesn't need 300 search per month. What I question is whether or not 300 search is sufficient for their average user. The person who is willing to pay for a search engine is also going to be a person care more about search and use it more. My best guess is that 1000 searches per month is right on the edge of what their average user can get by with. It's fair enough, they do need to make money, and I have no problems believe that 300 is about right for the average internet user. It just gives a false impression of your expected cost as a potential customer.
- asaddhamani 3y agoThe pricing was interesting to me too. If the average user searches 3-4 times a day, most programmers are definitely outside that average. And I think programmers and other techies are the ones most likely to care enough about online privacy and search engine personalisation to pay for this. I myself seem to average around 40 searches per day, so I'd end up paying $18 per month.
- int_19h 3y agoThey explained their reasoning on HN before. The number refers to the average user of online search in general, not the average Kagi user (who tends to be more technical and uses search more).