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You.com API

You.com API

52/100

LLM-native web search API with ranked results + content.

you.com

// scorecard · 52/100

verified 1mo ago
methodology →
Agent-readiness20/35
Agent registration (api_key)6/9
Public API5/5
OpenAPI spec0/9
MCP server9/9
llms.txt0/3
Reliability & performance0/15
Actively maintained
Production-ready0/4
Updated recently
Pricing12/13
Itemized public pricing6/6
Free tier / trial4/4
Free-tier generosity2/3
Docs & DX10/12
Docs quality6/8
Public API2/2
Quickstart / examples2/2
Security & compliance6/12
SOC 26/6
ISO 270010/2
GDPR0/2
Security / trust page0/2
Openness4/10
Open source0/6
Open / un-gated API4/4
Company maturity0/3
Company size
Years operating

// rankings · cost per standard workload

#6 in Web Search$500/ 100k queries

$5/1k x100k = $500/mo

you.com/docs

// overview

You.com provides Web Search, Contents, Research, and Finance Research APIs that deliver real-time web results, clean page content extraction, and cited multi-step answers for AI agents and LLMs. The APIs support unified search, full-page HTML/Markdown retrieval, and domain-specific financial intelligence with source references. They are positioned as the real-time web data layer for AI systems, agents, and data pipelines.

Best for: developers and enterprises building AI agents, research tools, and LLM apps needing grounded web data

// pricing

Free tier · generosity 4/5
Includes: $100 free credit
Limits: pay-as-you-go after credit
Web Search API$5.00 /1k calls
  • News endpoint
  • up to 100 results per call
  • LLM-ready snippets
Contents API$1.00 /1k pages
  • batch URLs
  • clean Markdown or HTML
Research API$12.00 /1k calls
  • Lite/Standard/Deep/Exhaustive tiers
  • cited answers
Finance Research API$110.00 /1k calls
  • Deep/Exhaustive tiers
  • filings and calculations

// security & compliance

SOC 2 ISO 27001 GDPR HIPAA

// features

  • real-time web and news search with snippets and metadata
  • batch full-page content retrieval in HTML or Markdown
  • tiered Research API with cited multi-step synthesis
  • Finance Research API covering filings, macro data, and calculations
  • Python SDK, MCP Server, and REST access
  • zero data retention and SOC 2 certification