MevaSearch vs Heexy: search engines compared

Who is behind Heexy and MevaSearch

Heexy is built by a small team that introduces itself by nicknames on heexy.org/team. Most members are from the Czech Republic, with others from Slovakia, Serbia and Poland. Besides search, Heexy offers maps (Heexy Maps), a translator (Heexy Translate), user accounts and a community on Discord.

MevaSearch is a Polish search engine developed by WebOrbiton and created by its owner, Igor Oprządek. It focuses on one thing, search, and is funded only by subscriptions. There are no ads, we do not build user profiles and we do not keep a search history linked to your account.

Where the results come from

On the pages and in the documentation we checked, Heexy does not say where its results come from. For queries about well-known brands and people, a panel on the right shows information from Wikipedia and links to social media profiles.

MevaSearch uses Brave. It combines results from the Brave Search API with its own Polish index WebAtlas and Wikipedia, and when you want to see more, it adds results from the independent Mojeek index. For technical, scientific or book related queries, specialist sources appear as well, including Stack Overflow, MDN, OpenAlex, Europe PMC, Zenodo, Open Library, Codeberg and the CIRCL vulnerability database for CVE numbers.

The same query in both search engines

For the query YouTube, Heexy shows youtube.com first, followed by YouTube’s profiles on Instagram, Reddit and X, the YouTube library page, the app on Google Play and the App Store, and Wikipedia. Next to the results there is a panel with the founding date, headquarters, CEO and founders. The results page has no video section.

For the same query, MevaSearch shows youtube.com first, with a box for searching YouTube directly and extra links, followed by videos and other pages about YouTube. Every result also has a CloakView button that opens the page through MevaSearch, without a direct connection to the website.

Ads and privacy

Heexy says that your queries stay private and are never tracked, and that there are no ads or banners. You can search without an account, and an account gives access to other Heexy services.

MevaSearch requires an account because it is a paid service, but it does not build a user profile, does not keep a search history linked to your account, shows no ads and does not work with ad networks. On top of that, NetKrypton warns you about scam websites, results are marked when a link is dead, and tracking parameters are removed from links.

AI

On the pages we checked, Heexy does not mention any AI features.

At MevaSearch, every AI feature runs on Claude by Anthropic. That covers short summaries above the results, MevaSearch AI chat, which remembers the conversation and cites a source for each piece of information, related searches and photo search. Requests reach Anthropic from our servers without any account details, and under Anthropic’s commercial terms, data sent through its API is not used to train its models. AI answers are included in every plan, from 200 a month on Lite to 3,000 on Pro.

Prices

Heexy is free. We did not find a paid plan.

MevaSearch Lite costs 4.99 dollars a month and includes 500 searches and 200 AI answers. Plus costs 14.99 dollars for 1,500 searches, 1,000 AI answers and two extra profiles. Pro costs 24.99 dollars and gives you unlimited searches, 3,000 AI answers and four profiles. The Lite plan comes with a free trial of 3 days, and MevaSearch prices include VAT.

Where Heexy is stronger

Heexy is free, ad free, fast and very simple. It also has its own maps and translator, and the team stresses that it listens to its community, which it talks to on Discord.

What makes MevaSearch stand out

MevaSearch gives everyone search without ads from the first query. On top of that you get AI answers with sources, specialist results for developers and researchers, NetKrypton warnings about scam websites, the option to pin or hide domains, !bang shortcuts, dead link markers and removal of tracking parameters from links. There are also separate tabs for images, videos, news, music and podcasts, family profiles, a plan for businesses and an interface in 19 languages.

Which one should you choose

If you want a free, simple search engine without ads, with maps and a translator in one place, Heexy is worth a look. If you want a search engine with AI answers by Anthropic, video results, specialist sources, scam warnings and family profiles, MevaSearch will suit you better.

With the 3 day trial of MevaSearch Lite, you can compare both search engines side by side.