Search as a developer product.
You.com now leads with APIs — web search\, page contents\, direct answers and research — returning results already shaped for feeding into a language model.
That is the reason to pick it: if you are building an app that needs grounded\, current information\, this is infrastructure rather than a chat product. Pricing is per thousand calls with a free daily allowance and $100 starting credit\, so costs scale with usage rather than seats.
Quick Information
Platform
Web
Pricing
Free tier + usage-based API pricing
API
Available
Category
Search
Pros and Cons
Pros
- LLM-ready results out of the box
- Free tier plus $100 starting credit
- Usage pricing rather than seats
- Zero data retention option
- SOC 2 certified
Cons
- Developer product — not a consumer tool
- Costs scale directly with volume
- Research API is expensive per call
- Requires engineering to use