[Startpage_rep]

Key differentiators are:

- Startpage was founded in 2006, in the Netherlands by Robert E.G. Beens and David Bodnick the founder of metasearch engine Ixquick (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startpage.com)

VS. DuckDuckGo (DDG) was founded in 2008, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania by Gabriel Weinberg who previously founded Names Database (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_Database).

- HQ'd in the Netherlands ensuring worldwide users are protected by stringent EU and Dutch privacy legislation

VS. DDG based in the United States

- Startpage provides Google results

VS. DDG provides primarily Yahoo and BING results

- Startpage offers Anonymous View, a proprietary feature that lets users browse their search results privately via a protective proxy

VS. DDG does not have this feature, but has done well to design an intuitive and attractive experience.