I felt the same way about query metering and ended up cancelling my Kagi subscription once they raised their prices. I still occasionally check their Discord se

I felt the same way about query metering and ended up cancelling my Kagi subscription once they raised their prices. I still occasionally check their Discord server for updates and it sounds like they're trying to bring the cost of unlimited search back down to around $15. Regarding search quality, I don't think it's a revolutionary improvement over Google, but for me it's been noticeable during the time I used it, where as Neeva and Brave have been very noticeable downgrades. I think Kagi shines once you lean into the tools they provide and start upranking and downranking different domains. Keep in mind it's been a couple of months since I last used it and they've added the search result summarizer and some other AI tools since then that might help tip the balance their way.