Best alternatives to Great Start (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Great Start, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Great Start alternatives, compared
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Start Page — Yandex
Quick access to our search engine and other Yandex services
≈900K users2.8★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 23 months ago15 permissions- About 30× more users than Great Start
- Asks for more permissions (15 vs 0)
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Yellow Search
Make Yellow Search your default search engine.
≈100K users4.8★ from 800 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions- About 3.3× more users than Great Start
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 0)
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Jumpstart Search
Jumpstart your searches — sets Yahoo as your default search engine. Companion to Jumpstart Newtab.
≈30K usersNot rated yetUpdated 3 months agoNo special permissions- A similar number of users to Great Start
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CustomizedSearch
Your Customized Search Engine
≈1K usersNot rated yetNot updated for 3+ yearsNo special permissions- About 30× fewer users than Great Start
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Yahoo Search
See search differently. Set your search engine to Yahoo!
≈100K users3.4★ from 77 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years5 permissions- About 3.3× more users than Great Start
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 0)
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MSN + Bing for Chrome
Set MSN as your homepage and Bing as your search engine
≈1M users4.1★ from 91 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years10 permissions- About 33× more users than Great Start
- Asks for more permissions (10 vs 0)
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The Search Dude
See search differently. Set your search engine to Search Dude!
≈1K usersNot rated yetNot updated for 3+ years1 permissions- About 30× fewer users than Great Start
- Asks for more permissions (1 vs 0)
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Startpage — Private Search Engine
Take back your online privacy by using Startpage as your default search engine.
≈200K users3.9★ from 107 ratingsUpdated 18 months ago3 permissions- About 6.7× more users than Great Start
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 0)
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SpigotSearchEngine
SpigotMC Search Engine
≈1K users5.0★ from 25 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 30× fewer users than Great Start
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 0)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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ShopNow
Replaces your default search engine for ShopNow.
≈30K users4.8★ from 376 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years3 permissions- A similar number of users to Great Start
- Asks for more permissions (3 vs 0)
Great Start alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Great Start?
By users, the most popular alternative is MSN + Bing for Chrome with ≈1M users and a 4.1-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Start Page — Yandex.
Which Great Start alternative has the best rating?
Yellow Search has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.8 out of 5 from 800 ratings.
How many alternatives to Great Start are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Great Start on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.