# Duck.ai review: KYC policy, privacy and safety grades

> Duck.ai is an AI service. Its terms put it at KYC level 1 of 4: no ID mentioned. NoKYC Score grades it 6.4/10 for privacy (fair) and 5.0/10 for safety (caution). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. No incidents are on record.

Source: NoKYC Score, "Duck.ai review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/duck-ai

## Key facts
- **Category:** Private AI
- **KYC level:** 1 of 4: No ID mentioned
- **Grades:** Privacy 6.4/10, Safety 5.0/10
- **Sign-up:** No account needed
- **Fees:** Free with a daily usage limit; paid Plus and Pro tiers raise limits
- **Incidents on record:** 0
- **Last reviewed:** 22 Oct 2026
- **Official website:** https://duck.ai

## What it is
Duck.ai is DuckDuckGo's interface for chatting with third-party AI models, including models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Mistral and open models hosted by Tinfoil. The help pages say all chats are anonymised: metadata such as the IP address is removed before a prompt reaches the model provider, so requests appear to come from DuckDuckGo. By default the company does not record or store chats, recent chats are kept locally on the device, and providers agree to delete prompts after replying and never to train on them, with limited exceptions for legal and safety reasons. Use is free with a daily limit; paid Plus and Pro subscriptions raise the limits and unlock more models.

## What the terms say about ID
Help pages describe free, anonymised use and mention no account or identity requirement for the free tier.

## Features and warnings
- **Identity:** ID never required: not stated; No account needed: yes; No email needed: yes; No phone number: yes
- **Payment:** Accepts Monero: not stated; Accepts Lightning: not stated
- **Access:** Tor onion address: not stated; Works without JavaScript: not stated
- **Trust:** Open source: not stated; No-logs policy: yes; Independent audit: not stated; Company named: not stated; 5+ years operating: not stated
- **Warnings:** May ask for ID: not in terms; Email required: not in terms; Phone number required: not in terms; Closed source: not in terms; Nobody accountable: not in terms

## Questions
### Does Duck.ai require KYC?
Duck.ai is rated KYC level 1 of 4 on this site: no ID mentioned. Help pages describe free, anonymised use and mention no account or identity requirement for the free tier.

### Is Duck.ai safe to use?
Duck.ai has a Safety grade of 5.0 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 6.4 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.

### Is Duck.ai legit?
Duck.ai is a working AI service. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 5.0 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.

### Is Duck.ai a scam?
NoKYC Score does not label services as scams; it records documented incidents with their sources and outcomes. No incidents are on record for Duck.ai.

### Do I need an account or email to use Duck.ai?
No account needed.

### What fees does Duck.ai charge?
Free with a daily usage limit; paid Plus and Pro tiers raise limits. Fees were recorded from Duck.ai's own pages and can change; check before you send.

### Does Duck.ai have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on Duck.ai's own pages.

### Can I use Duck.ai over Tor?
Duck.ai does not publish an official onion address.

## Sources
- https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/duckai/
- https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/duckai/ai-chat-privacy
- https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/duckai/usage-limits
- https://duckduckgo.com/duckai/privacy-terms

How grades are calculated: https://nokycscore.com/methodology