--- title: I ditched Google Search for AI for a week, and ChatGPT... description: A week-long experiment replacing Google Search with AI-powered alternatives revealed Perplexity as the best everyday search replacement, Claude as the standout... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-google-search-for-ai-for-a-week-and-chatgpt-wasn-t-even-close-to-the-winner-ydlnyp1pp twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I ditched Google Search for AI for a week, and ChatGPT wasn't even close to the winner | daily.dev og:description: A week-long experiment replacing Google Search with AI-powered alternatives revealed Perplexity as the best everyday search replacement, Claude as the standout... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-ditched-google-search-for-ai-for-a-week-and-chatgpt-wasn-t-even-close-to-the-winner-ydlnyp1pp og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/YdlnyP1pP.png og:image:alt: I ditched Google Search for AI for a week, and ChatGPT wasn't even close to the winner og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I ditched Google Search for AI for a week, and ChatGPT wasn't even close to the winner **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A week-long experiment replacing Google Search with AI-powered alternatives revealed Perplexity as the best everyday search replacement, Claude as the standout for deep structured research, and ChatGPT as surprisingly underwhelming due to its tendency to over-explain. SearXNG, a self-hosted metasearch engine, serves as a privacy-respecting fallback for traditional link-browsing needs. Google is identified as the real loser, having lost its edge to nearly every alternative tested. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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