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You.com - AI Search Engine with Research and Agent Modes
You.com is an AI search engine with iterative Research Mode, Agent Mode for autonomous tasks, multi-model selection, and private search with zero tracking.
You.com lets developers and AI agents search the web, retrieve clean page content, generate citation-backed answers, and run multi-step research. Its APIs return web and news results, Markdown or HTML, synthesized answers, and finance-focused analysis.
It is used for search agents, chatbots, research tools, data analysis, and financial workflows. Pricing is usage-based; enterprise features, volume discounts, and custom limits may cost extra. A free option includes 100 Web Search API queries per day and new accounts receive $100 in free credits.
Features
- Real-time web and news search with up to 100 results per call
- Extract clean Markdown or raw HTML from webpages
- Generate citation-grounded answers from retrieved web content
- Run multi-step research with Lite, Standard, Deep, Exhaustive, and Frontier effort levels
- Perform finance-focused research across filings, markets, macro data, and news
- Access APIs through Python SDK, MCP Server, and REST API
- Support zero data retention, SOC 2, DPA-ready workflows, and custom QPS limits
Use cases
- Build AI agents that search current web and news information
- Retrieve webpage content for LLM summarization and analysis
- Add cited answers to chatbots and research applications
- Automate multi-source research and report generation
- Analyze company filings, markets, and financial news
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Latest updates
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Live stock prices, sports, crypto, and more are now in Web Search at the same $5 CPM.
- The n8n You.com Node Now Has 7 Operations, Including Background Research
The n8n You.com Node now has 7 operations, including Background Research.
- Web Search with Highlights: 95.17% on SimpleQA, 35% Cheaper Than Claude's Built-In Search.
Web Search with Highlights: 95.17% on SimpleQA and 35% cheaper than Claude's built-in search.
- Introducing the You.com Answer API: Grounded, Cited Answers Powered by Real-Time Web Search
Introduces the You.com Answer API: cited answers powered by real-time web search.
- The You.com Research API Frontier Tier Reaches a New Level of State-of-the-Art Performance
The You.com Research API Frontier Tier reaches a new level of performance.
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Pricing
- Starting price
- Free
- Prices checked
- 2026-10-26
Free
Free
- No API key, account, or credit card
- 100 Web Search API queries/day via MCP
- Sign up only when you need more
Custom
Price on request
- Zero Data Retention, SOC 2, DPA-ready
- Custom QPS and dedicated capacity
- SLA-backed support
Web Search API Standard
- $5 /1k calls
- Highlights, Knowledge, extraction, and domain filters
- Built for production traffic at scale
Contents API
- $1 /1k Pages
- Clean Markdown or HTML per page
- For URLs you already have
Answer API
- $5 /1k calls
- One call turns a question into a cited answer
- Includes the sources it used
Research Lite
- $12 /1k calls
- Simple factual lookups in a single pass
- No structured output
Research Standard
- $50 /1k calls
- Balanced depth for most production research
Research Deep
- $100 /1k calls
- For complex questions spanning several sources
- Cross-referencing
Research Exhaustive
- $450 /1k calls
- High-stakes questions
- Claims verified across dozens of sources