I think it’s a mix of a few things.

The quality is on par with Google unless it’s local results. I feel the other search engines just have inferior results, whereas Kagi gets part of their search from Google.

Theres no ads and you have a lot of customization options. It just feels to me overall like what Google should have been.

I like how I can add reddit as a search filter and with one button I can search Reddit instead of having to type site:. I know it’s a small thing but is convenient on mobile.

You can pin and rate sites. So you can do things like pin Lemmy or GitHub posts to top of search.

The AI is non intrusive and gives really nice concise info.

Idk. Initially I just paid for a month to see how it feels, now it just feels weird to do search in Google.

Check out Kagi. It’s a paid search engine. I’ve been using it almost half a year now and really enjoy it.

What other options? I was looking at hezner storage box and it seems pretty reasonable for storage, about $13 for 5 tb

How well is it working for you?