Comparing Bare to Google is a little unfair in both directions. Google is the most capable search engine ever built. Bare is built to do almost nothing. The interesting part is how often almost nothing is exactly what you needed.
The scorecard
| feature | bare | |
|---|---|---|
| no account needed | ||
| no search history | ||
| no behavioral profile | ||
| no ai answer box | ||
| location not sent with query | ||
| deep personalization | ||
| huge own index |
Where Google wins
Google's index is enormous and its results are tuned by years of signal. On the most obscure, long-tail queries, it can surface something Bare's index will not. Its personalization also means it sometimes reads your mind on a vague search. That power is real, and it is the upside of being watched.
Where Bare wins
Bare keeps no account, no history, and no behavioral profile, so there is nothing to leak, sell, or chase you with later. The page is just links and a single quick fact when it is confident, with no AI summary in the way. Your query reaches the index through our server, so the index sees our network rather than your address.
Who should use which
If you live in deep, specialized research and want every last edge, Google is hard to beat, and you can keep it for those moments. For everyday searching, where you just want the link and would rather not be profiled, Bare covers the vast majority of it and asks nothing of you in return.
The good news is this is not all-or-nothing. Make Bare your default, keep Google in your back pocket, and you get the calm page most of the time with the firehose available on the rare day you need it.