AI SEARCH & RESEARCH
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Pricing
We do not reprint prices. They change too often for that to be honest, and a number on our page with no date is worse than sending you to the source.
How we rated it
What it is
A search API built for AI agents: it returns cleaned, relevant content rather than a page of links, with the extraction already done.
Who it is for
Developers building agents or research tools that need current information from the web.
Where it is strongest
Giving a model current information. The output is shaped for a model to read, which removes the scraping and cleaning step entirely.
Where it falls short
Priced per search, which adds up fast inside an agent loop that searches repeatedly. Result quality varies by topic. And it cannot verify anything — it returns what it finds, including what is wrong.
Our verdict
Recommended for grounding models in current information. Budget for the agent searching more often than you expect, because they always do.
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