Duck.ai vs Lumo
Lumo has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 6.3 against 5.0, and Privacy 8.4 against 6.4.
Duck.ai
DuckDuckGo's chat front end that anonymises requests to third-party AI models
Privacy
6.4/ 10
Fair
Safety
5.0/ 10
Caution
No ID mentioned KYC 1 Docs reviewed Full review →
Lumo
Proton's AI assistant with zero-access encrypted chat history and guest access
Privacy
8.4/ 10
Strong
Safety
6.3/ 10
Fair
ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Duck.ai | Lumo | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Private AI | Private AI |
| KYC policy | No ID mentioned | ID never required |
| Custody | N/A | N/A |
| Sign-up | No account needed | No account needed |
| Open source | No | Yes |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Fees | Free with a daily usage limit; paid Plus and Pro tiers raise limits | Free tier; Lumo Plus listed from $9.99/month billed yearly |
| Jurisdiction | Not published | Switzerland |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Duck.ai
Nothing distinct
Both
No-logs policy
Only Lumo
No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededOpen sourceLegal entity disclosed
Where they sit among private ai
Questions
Is Duck.ai or Lumo safer?
Lumo has the higher Safety grade: Duck.ai 5.0, Lumo 6.3, out of 10.
Does Duck.ai or Lumo require KYC?
Duck.ai is KYC level 1 (no ID mentioned). Lumo is KYC level 0 (ID never required).
Which has more incidents on record?
Duck.ai has 0 and Lumo has 0 documented incidents in the registry.