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No. 8 of 28 ·AI Research Assistants

You.com

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Three barsScore 6.5

  • Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
  • Open codeNo open-source code on record
  • Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
  • DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

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 is for

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 is good

  • 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).

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.

You.com plans and pricing

All plans
Free Free 100 queries/day · Web and news results · $100 free credit you.com · 4 Oct 2026
Contents API $1 once $1.00 /1k pages Batch multiple URLs per request · $100 free credit you.com · 4 Oct 2026
Web Search API $5 once $5.00 /1k calls 1–100 results per call · $100 free credit you.com · 4 Oct 2026
Answer API $5 once $5.00 /1k calls Synthesized citation-grounded answers · $100 free credit you.com · 4 Oct 2026
Research API $12 once $12.00 /1k calls Lite, Standard, Deep, Exhaustive, and Frontier tiers · $100 free credit you.com · 4 Oct 2026
Finance Research API $110 once $110.00 /1k calls Deep and Exhaustive tiers · $100 free credit you.com · 4 Oct 2026

Compared on AI research assistants

Free plan
Yes
Paid from
$15/user/mo
File uploads
Yes
Team workspace
Yes

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