Comparison

Google vs Qwant

Google and Qwant both land on Depends.

Google

search.google.com

Depends

Confidence: Medium

There is nothing to buy here: Google Search is free consumer infrastructure, so 'buy' only applies if you actually meant Ads, Workspace, or embeddable site search.

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Qwant

qwant.com

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Use Qwant if EU-hosted privacy and not feeding Google matter more than best-in-class results.

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Google versus Qwant
Compare	Google	Qwant
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Everyday web search	Privacy-first everyday searchers
Who it's not for	Software buyers . nothing to purchase here	Researchers and professionals needing Google-grade result depth
Privacy	No Search-specific vulnerabilities found; adjacent Google products (Chrome, Pixel, Gmail) have public CVEs and breach reports.^⁷	Privacy-first, EU-hosted design with no public CVEs found, but the CNIL found Qwant processes personal data and issued a compliance reminder.¹⁶
Support quality	No Search-specific support evidence reviewed.	No public support evidence found
Public sentiment	Sentiment is mixed: users praise ease of use, but complaints about review moderation and AI answers recur across Trustpilot, G2, and Reddit.^²	Users praise the privacy and EU angle but repeatedly complain that result quality trails Google.
Biggest gotcha	Customer complaints cite unclear pricing and feeling overcharged on Google services	Results partly come from Bing; any partnership change could silently alter quality¹⁵

Pick Google when

Everyday web search
Local business lookups
Quick answers on any device

When Google is not a fit

Software buyers . nothing to purchase here
Teams needing embeddable site search
Privacy-first users wanting untracked results

Pick Qwant when

Privacy-first everyday searchers
EU users prioritizing data sovereignty
Degoogle and BuyFromEU switchers
Casual home and office search

When Qwant is not a fit

Researchers and professionals needing Google-grade result depth
Anyone unwilling to accept Bing-powered underlying results
Businesses wanting a supported enterprise search product . it is consumer-only

Sources

Read Customer Service Reviews of www.google.com - Trustpilotau.trustpilot.com
review
Google Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features - G2g2.com
review
Google's review system is broken - Redditreddit.com
review
Does anyone here actually like Google's AI? - Redditreddit.com
review
Reddit Is Winning the AI Game - Columbia Journalism Reviewcjr.org
news
Gmail passwords appear in data breach: 183m accounts - SMHsmh.com.au
news
Google Project Zeroprojectzero.google
security
Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog - CISAcisa.gov
security
Security Checkup - Google Accountmyaccount.google.com
official
How we started and where we are today - Googleabout.google
official
Qwant official siteqwant.com
official
Qwant - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org
official
European Parliament ditches Google for French search enginepolitico.eu
news
In the EU Parliament: Google replaced by Qwantheise.de
news
Qwant and Microsoft partnershipnews.microsoft.com
news
CNIL considers Qwant processes personal data365trust.me
security