MevaSearch vs Karma: search engines compared

Who is behind Karma and MevaSearch

Karma gives the revenue from its sponsored links to non-profit organisations that protect animals and nature, and its partners include Humane World for Animals, re:wild and iNaturalist. It commits to not using profits to enrich individuals or shareholders.

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

According to its privacy policy, Karma shows results from Brave Search and sponsored links from Microsoft Bing. The “Try with...” menu also lets you send the same query to other search engines, such as Google.

MevaSearch also 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, Karma shows youtube.com first, then Wikipedia, a news section and the YouTube app on Google Play. There are no extra links under the first result and no information panel on the side.

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

Karma says it does not build user profiles, does not keep search history and does not sell data. To show sponsored links, however, it sends Bing your query, IP address, browser details and some settings, such as country and language. Its cookies store, among other things, the number of searches for the Karma counter and your settings.

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, Karma does not describe 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

Karma is free, and its revenue comes from sponsored links.

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 Karma is stronger

Karma is free and lets you support animal and nature protection simply by searching. It has a Chrome extension and mobile apps, and a counter shows how many searches you have done.

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 to search for free and support nature conservation along the way, and you do not mind sponsored links from Bing, Karma is a good choice. If you would rather search with no ads at all, with AI by Anthropic, specialist sources 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.