# Swisscows

> Adds Swisscows as the default search engine in your browser.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/swisscows-search](https://chrome-stats.com/d/swisscows-search)

## Overview

- **ID:** `swisscows-search`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Swisscows AG
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 8,678
- **Weekly downloads:** 91
- **Rating:** 4.68 / 5 (228 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.4
- **Last updated:** 2021-02-22
- **First published:** 2019-02-27
- **Size:** 19 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-11
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/swisscows-search/)
- **Website:** [https://swisscows.com](https://swisscows.com/)

## Description

Swisscows is a privacy-focused Chrome extension that sets Swisscows as your default search engine, ensuring a secure, anonymous, and surveillance-free online experience. This search engine does not save or track your personal data, creating no personal profiles and anonymizing all queries after seven days. Hosted securely in their own data centers located in the Swiss Alps, Swisscows guarantees high data integrity without using third-party cloud providers.

With Swisscows, users benefit from enhanced privacy with no monitoring or data storage, making it an efficient alternative for those who value their online anonymity. The extension is ideal for users seeking to avoid traditional data tracking and want a trustworthy, privacy-first search experience.

## Rankings

- #845 — Overall
- #90 — Search Tools
- #143 — engine
- #189 — business
- #196 — topic

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Multiple reviews highlight stability and reliable search performance—users report the add-on works stably and helps them find what they were looking for. A complaint about a subscription requirement appears but only in a single review, so it was not counted among recurring issues.

### Pros

- Stable and reliable performance
- Effectively finds the desired search results

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/swisscows-search)