Kagi procurement policy evidence
Only topics backed by verified findings appear below. Each row preserves the platform's exact policy words and capture provenance.
| Topic | Plan or tier | Risk | Their words | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | low | “ Summaries of public web pages may be cached for a short period of time, not more than a day. No customer data is cached.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | low | “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 web pages may be cached for a short period of time, not more than a day. No customer data is cached” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | low | “ 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.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | low | “ Debugging retention periods:” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | low | “ 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.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | low | “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 Logs 7 days Identifies and protects against Denial of Service Attacks (DDoS prevention). Only a subset of traffic is sampled. Virtual Machine Logs 7 days Contains debug information used to ensure system reliability and availability. Sentry 90 days Contains information about server-side errors that occur within our production applications. Only a subset of traffic is” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | low | “ To invalidate the session information, simply log out of your Kagi account from any session.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | low | “ For clients that use JavaScript, this is a limited local cache of result markup to skip round trips to our servers for recent queries. ” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | low | “ 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 period, as detailed above. This temporary logging helps us maintain and improve service quality while preserving user privacy.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Data retention | All applicable tiers | low | “ Unless stated below, and in a similar vein as Search, requests to AI tools are not saved or associated with a customer account (they may be retained for a short period of time as a part of request debugging, explained above).” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | low | “ Kagi uses Stripe, Reach, PayPal, and OpenNode as on-demand third party payment processors that may be loaded for billing reasons.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | low | “For payment processing, Kagi uses external payment processors such as Stripe, Reach, PayPal, and OpenNode. These services may be loaded only when necessary for billing and administrative purposes. Your use of these payment services is subject to their respective terms and privacy policies.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | low | “ At no point is this session information sent to any third party.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | medium | “ Kagi uses Apple Maps, Mapbox, Yelp and TripAdvisor, as on-demand third party providers that may be loaded as a part of consuming Maps.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | low | “ When using third party AI model providers, we are using privacy-respecting services that do not save the data or use it for training, whenever possible. Please refer to Kagi LLM Privacy for details.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | low | “ Customers who choose to login using Apple, Google, or Microsoft account authentication will load the corresponding service.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Subprocessors & data sharing | All applicable tiers | medium | “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.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
| Tier differences | All applicable tiers | medium | “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.” | Captured 2026-06-07Open source →Finding permalink → |
Informational only, not legal advice. Terms can change; verify every cited source and capture date during procurement review.
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