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What You.com is

You.com offers web search APIs for developers building RAG systems, AI agents, knowledge bases, and data-driven applications. The Web Search API provides structured results from web and news sources, with metadata, snippets, and optional full-page content. The Contents API converts supplied webpage URLs into clean HTML or Markdown for LLM use. Answer creates natural-language responses with inline citations and source results; Research performs multi-step research and synthesis with selectable effort levels. Finance Research addresses financial questions involving filings, macro data, markets, and derived calculations. A hosted MCP server connects these tools to LLMs and agents, with setup guides for several development tools and IDEs. The free Web Search tier includes 100 queries per day, and the pricing page advertises $100 in free credits. Listed usage rates range from $1.00 per 1,000 pages for Contents to $110.00 per 1,000 calls for Finance Research. The pricing note also lists paid plans from $15/user/mo (annual). Zero Data Retention can automatically purge queries and data; You.com says its infrastructure is SOC 2 certified.

Who it suits

It suits developers creating agent, RAG, knowledge-base, or data-driven applications that need web retrieval, content extraction, or citation-backed answers. Finance Research may suit teams working with financial questions and data.

What it does well

Free Web Search includes 100 queries per day.
Contents API extracts clean HTML or Markdown.
Research offers selectable effort levels.
Hosted MCP server connects tools to LLMs and agents.
Zero Data Retention can purge queries and data.

What to know first

Generated output may be inaccurate or incomplete.
Finance Research is listed at $110.00 per 1,000 calls.
Listed paid plans start at $15/user/mo (annual).

Limits

The free Web Search tier includes 100 queries per day. Listed pay-as-you-go rates are $1.00 per 1,000 pages for Contents, $5.00 per 1,000 calls for Web Search and Answer, $12.00 per 1,000 calls for Research, and $110.00 per 1,000 calls for Finance Research.

Plans

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Free	100 queries/day · Web and news results · $100 free credit	Free
Contents API	$1.00 /1k pages · Batch multiple URLs per request · $100 free credit	$1, paid once
Finance Research API	$110.00 /1k calls · Deep and Exhaustive tiers · $100 free credit	$110, paid once
Research API	$12.00 /1k calls · Lite, Standard, Deep, Exhaustive, and Frontier tiers · $100 free credit	$12, paid once
Web Search API	$5.00 /1k calls · 1–100 results per call · $100 free credit	$5, paid once
Answer API	$5.00 /1k calls · Synthesized citation-grounded answers · $100 free credit	$5, paid once

As you.com lists them, read 4 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Getting started

Visit https://you.com/ and choose the API or tool that fits the application.
Start with the free Web Search tier, which includes 100 queries per day.
Use the advertised $100 in free credits toward API usage.
Follow the hosted MCP setup guide for Cursor, Claude Code, Codex CLI, VS Code, or JetBrains IDEs if connecting through an LLM or agent.
Move to pay-as-you-go API usage or a paid plan from $15/user/mo (annual) as needed.

Verdict

You.com groups web search, extraction, research, and grounded-answer APIs for developer applications. Check the listed usage rates and review generated output independently, as the agreement warns it can be inaccurate or incomplete.

Questions

Is You.com free?

Yes. The free Web Search tier includes 100 queries per day, and the pricing page advertises $100 in free credits.

How much do the APIs cost?

Listed rates are $1.00 per 1,000 pages for Contents, $5.00 per 1,000 calls for Web Search and Answer, $12.00 per 1,000 calls for Research, and $110.00 per 1,000 calls for Finance Research. API usage is pay-as-you-go with no minimums; paid plans are listed from $15/user/mo (annual).

Which platforms does You.com support?

The listed platforms are Android, API, iOS, and web.

What can the APIs do?

They provide web and news search, webpage content extraction, citation-backed answers, multi-step research, and finance research.

Can You.com connect to coding and agent tools?

Its hosted MCP server connects its search, extraction, research, and finance research tools to LLMs and agents. Setup guides cover Cursor, Claude Code, Codex CLI, VS Code, and JetBrains IDEs.

Can generated answers be inaccurate?

Yes. The Master Services Agreement warns that generated output can be inaccurate or incomplete and should be independently reviewed.

Facts from You.com's own pages

Contents extraction: The Contents API extracts clean HTML or Markdown from supplied webpage URLs for LLM consumption. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Data retention: You.com says queries and data can be automatically purged through its Zero Data Retention option. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Enterprise controls: The pricing page says You.com is DPA-ready and offers custom QPS limits for high-volume usage on request. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Finance research: The Finance Research API provides grounded, citation-backed answers to financial questions and covers filings, macro data, markets, and derived calculations. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Founded: 2020 · you.com, 28 Sept 2026
Free access limit: The free Web Search tier includes 100 queries per day, and the pricing page advertises $100 in free credits. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Grounded answers: The Answer API synthesizes natural-language answers from retrieved web results and returns inline citations and the source results. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, USA · you.com, 28 Sept 2026
Integrations: The hosted MCP server connects You.com search, extraction, research, and finance research tools to LLMs and agents; documentation lists setup guides for tools including Cursor, Claude Code, Codex CLI, VS Code, and JetBrains IDEs. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Intended users: The Web Search API is designed for developers building RAG systems, AI agents, knowledge bases, and data-driven applications. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Output limitation: You.com’s Master Services Agreement warns that generated output can be inaccurate or incomplete and should be independently reviewed. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Product focus: You.com describes its current offering as web search APIs that help developers search the web, extract content, and generate grounded answers for agents and LLMs. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Research: The Research API uses multi-step web research and synthesis to return citation-backed answers, with selectable research effort levels. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Security: You.com says its infrastructure is SOC 2 certified and independently audited for security, privacy, and availability. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Usage pricing: API pricing is pay-as-you-go with no minimums, and the company says volume discounts and annual usage discounts are available. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026
Web search: The Web Search API returns structured results from web and news sources, with metadata, snippets, and optional full-page content. · you.com, 4 Oct 2026