Kagi is excellent, and it's the only monthly subscription where I actually feel like I'm getting something of value.

Even my Pandora subscription feels like I'm getting ripped off since I really only ever listen to the same songs anyways, and the app is a dumpster fire. Netflix/Disney+/Hulu/etc also suck since they just feel like I'm wasting money due to feuds between companies that having nothing to do with me. I have a Proton Mail subscription, and it's okay, but extremely overpriced for what I'm getting, while a cheaper mail service would potentially get my emails blocked from the big service providers because they think I'm a spammer. There are also apps that are requiring me to pay a monthly sub while offering nothing in return for it just because they can. My workout tracker app for example is exactly the same janky mess it was ~2 years ago, yet I've been paying $4/mo for it!

..but Kagi? It works great, it works reliably, and it works for me.

I'll add to this, it's completely replaced my work search, and I haven't fallen back to a google search in months, even for very arcane Linux kernel internals. You can even manually prioritize certain sites, giving you a way to have a hand in building your own search experience.

They seem really cool. But, I was reading the FAQ, and they claim it costs about $1 to process 80 searches. That seems extremely high. I would have expected that the up-front cost of creating and storing indexes is very expensive, but the cost of user searches to be so low that they're nearly negligible. Okay, it sounds like they lose money with each new added user

No way to test it by yourself - you can try the provided examples; it relies on others indexes and mentions in documentation "You can think of Kagi as a "search client"". It requires an account in the first place and I can't see a word about pricing.

Pass for me but maybe someone will be interested