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You.com Web Search API

API service

by You.com

Real-time web search results returned as structured data for an AI application to consume, priced per call rather than bundled into a chat subscription.

Find alternatives to You.com Web Search API

$5 CPM per the pricing page, with $100 of free credit to start; SimpleQA benchmark and price comparisons to Claude's built-in web search are on the same page.

What it does

• Search answers

How it compares

• Claude API

  NEW Highlights mode for Web Search: Top score on SimpleQA (95.17%) at the same $5 CPM; 35% cheaper than Claude's built-in web search.

  Official documentation · 19 Sep 2026

Sources

Pricing

Official documentation · 6 Sep 2026

Own page at /web-search-api, distinct from the plans/pricing page which lists it as one of several APIs.

Description

Official documentation · 6 Sep 2026

Summarised from the page's own title and <h1>, fetched 2026-09-06.

Sold within

Official documentation · 6 Sep 2026

Own page at /web-search-api, distinct from the plans/pricing page which lists it as one of several APIs.

URL

Official documentation · 6 Sep 2026

Fetched 2026-09-06: HTTP 200, <title> 'You.com API Docs | Real-Time Web Intelligence for AI Apps'.

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