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Agent search peer with Answer/Research SKUs. Exa remains depot agent-search pick; You.com strong when ZDR +…

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Agent search peer with Answer/Research SKUs. Exa remains depot agent-search pick; You.com strong when ZDR + machine payments matter. Strengths: Agent-native search/answer/research APIs with clear $/1k; Machine payments path for autonomous agents; ZDR + SOC2 story.

Overall

8.1

curated_estimate

confidence: high · as of 2026-09-14

Capability fit

8.4

Price / performance

7.8

Latency / reliability

8.2

Developer & agent DX

8.8

Privacy / data retention

8.4

Lock-in risk (higher = worse)

3.8

Maturity / track record

7.4

Lock-in risk: higher = more lock-in (worse). Overall already inverts this dimension.

Sources: You.com pricing: https://you.com/pricing · You.com billing docs: https://you.com/docs/administration/billing · You.com: https://you.com

Agent search peer with Answer/Research SKUs. Exa remains depot agent-search pick; You.com strong when ZDR + machine payments matter.

Strengths

· Agent-native search/answer/research APIs with clear $/1k
· Machine payments path for autonomous agents
· ZDR + SOC2 story

Weaknesses

· Research Exhaustive tiers get expensive fast
· Younger than Exa/Tavily in agent mindshare
· Contents vs Search packaging easy to mis-budget

Pricing notes

As of 2026-09-14 (you.com/pricing + docs): $100 free credit; free 100 Web Search queries/day without key. Web Search API $5.00/1k calls; Contents API $1.00/1k pages; Answer API $5.00/1k; Research API tiers from Lite→Exhaustive (docs show ~$12–$1,200/1k depending on depth). SOC2; ZDR available; x402/MPP machine payments supported.

Regions: global, usLast reviewed: 2026-09-14Status: active

Sourced pricing

Contract status unit_mismatch · unit_mismatch. Single normalized $/1M: null. Machine list: /api/pricing?provider=you-com

Web Search API · usd_per_1k_calls · $5 · unit_mismatch · normalized null
Contents API · usd_per_1k_pages · $1 · unit_mismatch · normalized null

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