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“Proprietary Rights Kagi does not grant you any intellectual property rights in the Services that are not specifically stated in these Terms. For example, these Terms do not provide the right to use any of Kagi’s copyrights, trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, or other distinctive brand features.”
Partially verified: Privacy Policy assessed · Terms of Service pending. Everything below comes only from what was read in full.
Watch: indemnity liability
Start here. These are the highest-risk verified clauses AIRIN found in the platform's own policy text.
The indemnity is unilateral (user indemnifies Kagi only), covers attorneys' fees, and uses expansive 'arising out of or related to' language. There is no proportionality or shared-fault limitation, meaning users could be liable even where Kagi is partly responsible.
The clause grants Kagi unilateral, essentially unfettered termination rights. The 'commercially viable' prong is particularly expansive as it is entirely within Kagi's discretion and unrelated to user conduct. Notification is a 'reasonable efforts' standard, not a guarantee.
Kagi acknowledges these third parties 'may save additional resources on your client not documented in the table above,' meaning Kagi's own privacy disclosures do not fully cover what these subprocessors collect. Users assume risk from third-party data practices.
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- Kagi's terms explicitly protect your inputs from training use — the policy is affirmatively favorable on this point.
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How to read this page: Overall risk rates what Kagi's own policy terms mean for your prompts, outputs, and data. The benchmark bands below grade those same verified terms relative to peers — a platform in a risky-by-default category can rate HIGH risk and still grade STRONG against its peer set. Both trace to the cited findings.
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Based on 97 verified, verbatim-cited findings below — read the citations.
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Partially verified — Terms of Service — Capture under review; Privacy Policy — Verified (read in full, 67 findings). Findings below are from fully-read, verified documents only; remaining core documents are pending capture.
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- Terms of ServiceCompleteness unconfirmedstatic
- Privacy PolicyVerified - read in full - 67 citationsstaticLast captured 2026-07-08
Only citation-backed plan differences are shown here; absent cells mean AIRIN has not verified a tier-specific claim.
The platform affirmatively disclaims interest in user data and limits collection to operational necessities. This is a pro-privacy posture with low user risk.
"We value your privacy, and whenever possible we will choose not to require or save any user data. For Kagi, user data is only a liability - we do not need or want it. Still, operating a paid service may require some basic information from o..."
Authorizes Kagi and billing providers to charge payment methods for auto-renewing and postpaid subscriptions, establishes cancellation procedures and timelines (72-hour notice), and reserves rights to modify payment terms, creating binding payment obligations and procedural requirements.
" Payments For subscriptions that renew automatically and/or postpaid products, you authorize Kagi and its billing providers to charge your payment methods until the subscription is terminated and all postpaid products have been paid for. Au..."
Token usage for AI tools is metered per plan, creating functional tier differences. Higher-spend plans receive higher AI quotas. This is a service-level differentiation rather than a privacy or rights differentiation.
"Fair Use Policy In an effort to provide high-quality services to all users, we limit AI tool interactions based on your plan's value. For example, a $25 monthly plan allows up to $25 worth of token usage across all models."
Evidence appendix
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"We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time for any reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms, (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; or (iii) our provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your Kagi account or the next time you attempt to access the Services."
The clause grants Kagi unilateral, essentially unfettered termination rights. The 'commercially viable' prong is particularly expansive as it is entirely within Kagi's discretion and unrelated to user conduct. Notification is a 'reasonable efforts' standard, not a guarantee.
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"You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Kagi, its contractors, contributors, licensors, and partners, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents ("Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all third party claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to your use of the Services (including, but not limited to, from any content uploaded by you)."
The indemnity is unilateral (user indemnifies Kagi only), covers attorneys' fees, and uses expansive 'arising out of or related to' language. There is no proportionality or shared-fault limitation, meaning users could be liable even where Kagi is partly responsible.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Kagi uses Apple Maps, Mapbox, Yelp and TripAdvisor, as on-demand third party providers that may be loaded as a part of consuming Maps. Kagi uses Stripe, Reach, PayPal, and OpenNode as on-demand third party payment processors that may be loaded for billing reasons. Customers who choose to login using Apple, Google, or Microsoft account authentication will load the corresponding service. These services may save additional resources on your client not documented in the table above."
Kagi acknowledges these third parties 'may save additional resources on your client not documented in the table above,' meaning Kagi's own privacy disclosures do not fully cover what these subprocessors collect. Users assume risk from third-party data practices.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
"Fair Use Policy In an effort to provide high-quality services to all users, we limit AI tool interactions based on your plan's value. For example, a $25 monthly plan allows up to $25 worth of token usage across all models."
Token usage for AI tools is metered per plan, creating functional tier differences. Higher-spend plans receive higher AI quotas. This is a service-level differentiation rather than a privacy or rights differentiation.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" If permitted, the extension will access your Kagi.com session cookie."
Grants the extension permission to access the user's Kagi.com session cookie when permitted by the user or browser configuration, conditioning data access on user permission.
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" Payments For subscriptions that renew automatically and/or postpaid products, you authorize Kagi and its billing providers to charge your payment methods until the subscription is terminated and all postpaid products have been paid for. Auto-renewing subscriptions may be canceled online in your account settings at any time prior to the renewal date. You may also cancel your subscription via email to support@kagi.com , in which case your cancellation must be received at least 72 hours prior to renewal in order to allow for processing time. Kagi and its billing providers reserve the right to collect any outstanding payments to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law ."
Authorizes Kagi and billing providers to charge payment methods for auto-renewing and postpaid subscriptions, establishes cancellation procedures and timelines (72-hour notice), and reserves rights to modify payment terms, creating binding payment obligations and procedural requirements.
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" Modifications to these Terms Kagi may update these Terms from time to time to address a new feature of the Services or to clarify a provision. The updated Terms will be posted online. If the changes are substantive, we will announce the update through Kagi's usual channels for such announcements such as blog posts and forums. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date of such changes constitutes your acceptance of such changes. To make your review more convenient, we will post an effective date at the top of this page."
Establishes the procedure for modifying the Terms, requiring online posting of updates, announcement of substantive changes, and deeming continued use as acceptance, creating a binding amendment mechanism.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" This is a living document of technical details and policies that we will update over time. If the changes are substantive, we will announce the update through Kagi's usual channels for such announcements such as product changelog, blog posts and/or forums."
Establishes the procedure by which Kagi will notify users of substantive changes to this privacy document, including use of product changelog, blog posts, and forums as communication channels.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Termination These Terms will continue to apply until ended by either you or Kagi. You can choose to end them at any time for any reason by deleting your Kagi account, discontinuing your use of the Services, and if applicable, unsubscribing from our emails. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time for any reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms, (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; or (iii) our provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your Kagi account or the next time you attempt to access the Services. In all such cases, these Terms shall terminate, including, without limitation, your license to use the Services, except that the following sections shall continue to apply: Indemnification, Disclaimer; Limitation of Liability, Miscellaneous."
Establishes the procedure and grounds for termination by either party, including Kagi's right to suspend or terminate access for ToS violations, legal risk, or commercial non-viability, and describes user's termination method by account deletion.
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" Accounts In order to use some of the Services, you may need to create a Kagi Account. During registration, you will be asked to set a password. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and other authentication methods and for the activity that happens through your Kagi account. Kagi is not responsible for any losses arising out of unauthorized use of your account."
Imposes obligation on the user to keep passwords confidential and bear responsibility for account activity, while disclaiming Kagi's liability for losses from unauthorized account use, creating reciprocal security and confidentiality duties.
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" Indemnification You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Kagi, its contractors, contributors, licensors, and partners, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents ("Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all third party claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to your use of the Services (including, but not limited to, from any content uploaded by you)."
Imposes a broad indemnification obligation on the user to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Kagi and related parties from third-party claims and attorneys' fees arising from the user's use of the Services or uploaded content.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Bear in mind that all services provided in Kagi are provided “as is” and there are no warranties. There will be significant limitations for any damages from your use of Kagi and any services provided."
Preliminary disclaimer stating services are provided 'as is' with no warranties and that significant damage limitations apply, functioning as a limitation-of-liability notice that caps Kagi's exposure and disclaims warranties.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" Kagi uses Apple Maps, Mapbox, Yelp and TripAdvisor, as on-demand third party providers that may be loaded as a part of consuming Maps."
This segment discloses that Kagi uses Apple Maps, Mapbox, Yelp, and TripAdvisor as on-demand third-party providers loaded as part of Maps consumption, identifying subprocessors who may receive or process user data.
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" Proprietary Rights Kagi does not grant you any intellectual property rights in the Services that are not specifically stated in these Terms. For example, these Terms do not provide the right to use any of Kagi’s copyrights, trade names, trademarks, service marks, logos, domain names, or other distinctive brand features."
Restricts the grant of intellectual property rights in the Services to only those explicitly stated in the Terms, prohibiting any implied license to Kagi's copyrights, trademarks, or brand features, thereby limiting user IP rights.
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" Unlike most websites, we do not load any analytics or telemetry."
Restricts Kagi from loading analytics or telemetry on its website, distinguishing its practice from most websites and constituting a data minimization commitment.
AI-generated interpretation, not legal advice.
" We store only the bare minimum of cookies, those required to handle basic application functionality, such as logging in."
Restricts cookie storage to the bare minimum required for basic application functionality such as login, limiting data collection to operationally necessary cookies only.
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" The Orion browser is a zero-telemetry browser by default, and will transmit no personal information to Kagi servers unless opted-in by the user (for example for automatic updates, or for using built-in Kagi services on demand)."
Restricts the Orion browser from transmitting personal information to Kagi servers by default (zero-telemetry), permitting such transmission only when the user opts in for specific features such as automatic updates or built-in Kagi services.
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" Unlike most search engines, we do not track which search result you choose to click."
Restricts Kagi from tracking which search results users click, a specific data collection restriction differentiating its practice from other search engines.
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Common questions about Kagi's policies
- Can you use Kagi's output commercially?
- Commercial use allowed — based on 1 verified finding from Kagi's published policy. Informational only, not legal advice.
Clause detail — protections, your obligations, and coverage
Every clause below is a verbatim quote from Kagi's own published policy, read in full and linked to its exact location. Protections and user obligations are reported separately from risk because they are different kinds of clause — an obligation on you is not a risk to your data. Informational only, not legal advice.
✅ Protections found
23 verified clausesClauses in Kagi's policies that work in your favour — commitments the platform made to you.
- Data retentiondeletion rights & post-termination survival
“We may store web requests made by user browser temporarily, with strict retention periods, for debugging purposes, and in a manner that they are not linked to an account. Debugging retention periods: Type Retention Purpose Load Balancer Lo…”
Clear, short retention windows are disclosed. Data is not linked to user accounts. Sentry's 90-day window is the most notable but is scoped to server-side errors on sampled traffic only.
📍 Privacy Policy › “On our servers”Jump to exact text → - Moderation & enforcementterms can change anytime
“Modifications to these Terms Kagi may update these Terms from time to time to address a new feature of the Services or to clarify a provision. The updated Terms will be posted online. If the changes are substantive, we will announce the update through Kagi's u…”
Establishes the procedure for modifying the Terms, requiring online posting of updates, announcement of substantive changes, and deeming continued use as acceptance, creating a binding amendment mechanism.
- Terms changes: advance notice promised
📍 Privacy Policy › “Terms of Service”Jump to exact text → - Privacy & data useads & tracking use
“Communications We send periodic messages to help you get the most from your Kagi Account. You may receive these in your browser or to the address you signed-up with; they cover onboarding, different Services, and Kagi related offers and surveys. You can opt-ou…”
Describes the procedure for communications sent to users (onboarding, offers, transactional emails) and the opt-out mechanism available in account settings, establishing user rights and Kagi's communication obligations.
📍 Privacy Policy › “Terms of Service”Jump to exact text → - Data retentiondeletion rights & post-termination survival
“Payment information is not used to link users to their Kagi activities. While we do keep a record of usage volume for billing purposes, search queries themselves are only logged temporarily for debugging purposes and are automatically purged after a short peri…”
Restricts use of payment information by prohibiting its use to link users to their Kagi activities, and limits retention of search queries to temporary debugging purposes with automatic purging, separating billing data f…
📍 Privacy Policy › “Payment information”Jump to exact text → - Data retentiondeletion rights & post-termination survival
“By default and unless otherwise stated, Kagi Assistant automatically deletes conversation threads after one day. After this period, they are permanently removed. Users can also choose to delete a thread immediately via the Assistant UI. Summaries of public w…”
Short and clearly defined retention for AI outputs with user-controlled deletion. No customer data is cached in summaries. Low risk posture.
📍 Privacy Policy › “Use of AI services in Kagi”Jump to exact text → - Privacy & data use
“We value your privacy, and whenever possible we will choose not to require or save any user data. For Kagi, user data is only a liability - we do not need or want it. Still, operating a paid service may require some basic information from our customers, and th…”
The platform affirmatively disclaims interest in user data and limits collection to operational necessities. This is a pro-privacy posture with low user risk.
📍 Privacy Policy › “At Kagi, you are our customer, not the product being sold”Jump to exact text →
+ 17 more verified clauses of this kind on this platform, cited in full in the report.
📋 Rules you must follow
1 verified clauseWhat Kagi requires of YOU. These are your obligations, not risks to your data or IP, so they are cited here and excluded from this platform's risk rating.
- Commercial use
“Proprietary Rights Kagi does not grant you any intellectual property rights in the Services that are not specifically stated in these Terms. For example, these Terms do not provide the right to use any of Kagi’s copyrights, trade names, trademarks, service mar…”
Restricts the grant of intellectual property rights in the Services to only those explicitly stated in the Terms, prohibiting any implied license to Kagi's copyrights, trademarks, or brand features, thereby limiting user…
📍 Privacy Policy › “Terms of Service”Jump to exact text →
What the policies actually cover
10 topics- Product telemetry & usage tracking4 protective14 clauses
- Advertising & tracking2 protective8 clauses
- Government & law-enforcement disclosure1 clause
- Data shared with other AI providers1 protective1 clause
- Damages & liability cap1 clause
- Indemnity direction2 clauses
- Terms can change at any time2 protective3 clauses
- Deletion rights & post-termination survival6 protective6 clauses
- Auto-renewal & cancel window1 clause
- Breach-notification promises2 protective2 clauses
28 further verified clauses are cited on this page but not yet assigned a topic.
Clause intelligence
Canonical clauses and stance patterns extracted from the same gate-verified citations shown on this page.
The clause restricts commercial use.
“Commercial Use Only Kagi API products are licensed for commercial use. Frontend products, such as (but not limited to) Universal Summarizer (found here) may only be used for non commercial purposes. We define "non-commercial" following the Creative Commons definition: "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. If you would like to use frontend products for commer...”Open source citation
The clause restricts commercial use.
“Commercial Use Only Kagi API products are licensed for commercial use. Frontend products, such as (but not limited to) Universal Summarizer (found here) may only be used for non commercial purposes. We define "non-commercial" following the Creative Commons definition: "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. If you would like to use frontend products for commer...”Open source citation
The clause restricts commercial use.
“Commercial Use Only Kagi API products are licensed for commercial use. Frontend products, such as (but not limited to) Universal Summarizer (found here) may only be used for non commercial purposes. We define "non-commercial" following the Creative Commons definition: "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. If you would like to use frontend products for commer...”Open source citation
The clause restricts commercial use.
“Commercial Use Only Kagi API products are licensed for commercial use. Frontend products, such as (but not limited to) Universal Summarizer (found here) may only be used for non commercial purposes. We define "non-commercial" following the Creative Commons definition: "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. If you would like to use frontend products for commer...”Open source citation
The clause limits liability or disclaims warranties.
“Bear in mind that all services provided in Kagi are provided “as is” and there are no warranties. There will be significant limitations for any damages from your use of Kagi and any services provided.”Open source citation
Tier matrix
Plan-level conditions detected from citation-backed clauses. Empty tiers mean AIRIN has not captured decisive tier language yet.
| Tier | Surface | Verdict | Risk | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All applicable tiers | indemnity liability | conditional | MEDIUM | 5 |
| Api | commercial use | conditional | MEDIUM | 4 |
| Free | indemnity liability | conditional | MEDIUM | 2 |
| Pro / Paid | tier differences | conditional | MEDIUM | 1 |
Policy evolution
Open full timelineBefore/after stance changes across captured policy versions. When no material delta exists yet, AIRIN shows the latest citation-backed stance events instead.
Latest stance: restricted on commercial use
“Commercial Use Only Kagi API products are licensed for commercial use. Frontend products, such as (but not limited to) Universal Summarizer (found here) may only be used for non commercial purposes. We define "non-commercial" following the Creative Commons definition: "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. If you would like to use frontend products for commercial use, please contact support@kagi.com or ask on Discord to arrange for a license.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: restricted on commercial use
“Commercial Use Only Kagi API products are licensed for commercial use. Frontend products, such as (but not limited to) Universal Summarizer (found here) may only be used for non commercial purposes. We define "non-commercial" following the Creative Commons definition: "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. If you would like to use frontend products for commercial use, please contact support@kagi.com or ask on Discord to arrange for a license.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: restricted on commercial use
“Commercial Use Only Kagi API products are licensed for commercial use. Frontend products, such as (but not limited to) Universal Summarizer (found here) may only be used for non commercial purposes. We define "non-commercial" following the Creative Commons definition: "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. If you would like to use frontend products for commercial use, please contact support@kagi.com or ask on Discord to arrange for a license.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: restricted on commercial use
“Commercial Use Only Kagi API products are licensed for commercial use. Frontend products, such as (but not limited to) Universal Summarizer (found here) may only be used for non commercial purposes. We define "non-commercial" following the Creative Commons definition: "not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation. If you would like to use frontend products for commercial use, please contact support@kagi.com or ask on Discord to arrange for a license.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: liability limited on indemnity liability
“Bear in mind that all services provided in Kagi are provided “as is” and there are no warranties. There will be significant limitations for any damages from your use of Kagi and any services provided.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: liability limited on indemnity liability
“Termination These Terms will continue to apply until ended by either you or Kagi. You can choose to end them at any time for any reason by deleting your Kagi account, discontinuing your use of the Services, and if applicable, unsubscribing from our emails. We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services at any time for any reason, including, but not limited to, if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated these Terms, (ii) you create risk or possible legal exposure for us; or (iii) our provision of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonable efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your Kagi account or the next time you attempt to access the Services. In all such cases, these Terms shall terminate, including, without limitation, your license to use the Services, except that the following sections shall continue to apply: Indemnification, Disclaimer; Limitation of Liability, Miscellaneous.”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: indemnity on indemnity liability
“Indemnification You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Kagi, its contractors, contributors, licensors, and partners, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents ("Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all third party claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to your use of the Services (including, but not limited to, from any content uploaded by you).”Open timeline citation
Latest stance: indemnity on indemnity liability
“You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Kagi, its contractors, contributors, licensors, and partners, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents ("Indemnified Parties") from and against any and all third party claims and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of or related to your use of the Services (including, but not limited to, from any content uploaded by you).”Open timeline citation
Capture recency
- Terms of Service:Last captured 2026-06-10· verified 2026-06-10verified once — no re-scan in 92 days
- Privacy Policy:Last captured 2026-07-08· verified 2026-07-08
Dates state when our pipeline captured and verified each document — not when the vendor last changed it. Documents are re-scanned on a recurring cadence; a document verified once says so until a re-scan confirms it again.
↑ 117 more findings this quarter vs last (218 vs 101). First scan: June 2026.
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