You.com
The Leading Web Search APIs for AI
You.com provides web search, content extraction, answer generation, and research APIs that supply real-time, citation-grounded web data to AI agents and LLM applications. The product addresses limitations of models constrained by training cutoffs, including disconnected internal and external data, untrustworthy or uncited outputs, and rigid tooling.
The API lineup includes the Web Search API, Contents API, Answer API, Research API, and Finance Research API, with tiers such as Lite, Standard, Deep, Exhaustive, and Frontier for research. Access is available through a Python SDK, MCP Server, and REST API, with filters for country, language, and freshness, plus a livecrawl parameter for extraction. Enterprise features include zero data retention, SOC 2 certification, DPA readiness, and custom QPS limits.
Pricing is usage-based, with a free tier offering a set number of daily queries and free credit to start, alongside pay-as-you-go rates, volume discounts, and annual savings.
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