# Kagi Research

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/kagi-research/

6 people recommended Kagi Research in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and none criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 12 months, in 8 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for surfacing forums, small blogs and primary sources quickly; one commenter found it weaker than Claude and similar tools.

Summary written by Claude from 11 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 10 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Useful, well-liked research agent (4 comments in the sample): "Kagi's Research and Research (Experimental) models work well with the prompt suggested above" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47043019)) "pretty damn useful, particularly when I can have it poll different models" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46450917)) "Kagi research is legit amazing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416635))
- Finds forums, small blogs, primary sources (2 comments in the sample): "research surfaces great results. Forums, small blogs and websites with authoritative views on subjects I search for. Really great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47471256)) "It seems to have been given the instruction to tunnel through to primary sources" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46767413))

## What people warn about

- Worse than Claude and alternatives (1 comment in the sample): "worse than alternatives in the similar space (Claude, genspark, kagi research, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49260310))

## Other research agents people recommend

- [Autoresearch by Karpathy](https://hackerapproved.com/p/autoresearch/): 25 recommend, 9 mixed, 13 criticize
- [Gemini Deep Research](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gemini-deep-research/): 20 recommend, 3 mixed, 17 criticize
- [OpenAI Deep Research](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openai-deep-research/): 7 recommend, 5 mixed, 13 criticize
- [Tongyi DeepResearch](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tongyi-deepresearch/): 7 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://kagi.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Kagi Research", https://hackerapproved.com/p/kagi-research/ (6 recommend, 2 mixed, 0 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.