Qwant and Bare are both built for people who want more from search than the mainstream offers. Here is a straight look at how they differ.
Qwant is a European engine that markets itself on privacy and not profiling users. It runs largely on Bing's index and keeps a busier, module-heavy results page.
Side by side
| feature | bare | qwant |
|---|---|---|
| free, no account | ||
| no behavioral profile | ||
| no search history kept on you | limited | |
| no ads on the results page | ||
| minimal, link-only page | ||
| query routed through engine's server |
the verdict
Pick Qwant for a European, privacy-marketed engine with a fuller page. Pick Bare when you want nothing on the page but links and the occasional quick fact.
Try Bare in one search
The fastest way to decide is to run a real search. Bare gives you plain links and a single quick fact when it is confident, with no account, no history, and no profile, and your query reaches the index through our server rather than straight from your device.