Duck.ai
DuckDuckGo's free, anonymous AI chat that lets you use popular models without an account.
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About Duck.ai
Duck.ai is DuckDuckGo's private AI chat. It gives you access to a selection of models from providers such as OpenAI and Anthropic, plus open models, without creating an account, and DuckDuckGo sits in the middle as a privacy proxy. It strips identifying metadata such as your IP address before passing prompts to the model provider, does not store chats on its servers by default, and has agreements that providers will not train on your conversations and will delete them after replying. Recent chats are kept on your device if you choose. Free use comes with daily limits on a set of fast models, and a DuckDuckGo subscription unlocks more capable models and higher limits. The trade-offs are fewer features than full assistants: there are no connectors or long-term memory, and model choice is curated rather than complete. It runs in any browser at duck.ai and inside the DuckDuckGo browser apps.
Best for: Privacy-minded people who want quick AI answers without an account or chat history.
Pros and cons
What works
- No account needed
- IP address removed and chats not stored by default
- Providers barred from training on your chats
Why people leave
- Curated model list, not every model
- No memory, connectors or agent tools
- Better models need a paid DuckDuckGo subscription
Top Duck.ai alternatives
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Lumo66.5Encrypted chat history with an account, from privacy company Proton.
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Venice62.6Private chat that stores history only in your browser, with more models.
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Jan59.6Fully offline: run models on your own computer so nothing leaves it.
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ChatGPT57.2Much more capable assistant, if you accept an account and stored chats.
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HuggingChat55.3Free access to a much wider choice of open models.
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Duck.ai: common questions
Is Duck.ai free?
Duck.ai has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Duck.ai open source?
No, Duck.ai is not open source. Open-source alternatives include Jan and HuggingChat.
What platforms does Duck.ai run on?
Duck.ai is available for Web, Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.
What are the best alternatives to Duck.ai?
The highest-ranked Duck.ai alternatives right now are Lumo, Venice and Jan. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.