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    "a": {
      "slug": "deepseek-search-api",
      "name": "DeepSeek Search and Fetch API",
      "vendor": "DeepSeek",
      "vendorUrl": "https://www.deepseek.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "DeepSeek's Search and Fetch API gives agents live web results from DeepSeek's in-house search engine and single pages as Markdown, through two REST endpoints on an ordinary DeepSeek API key, billed per successful request.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-search-api.json",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "The same DeepSeek API key as the model endpoints, sent as a bearer token. Keys carry no scopes, so a search key can also spend the balance on models. Rate limits are per account, whichever key is used.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "$0.75 per 1,000 successful requests for Search and the same for Fetch, from a prepaid balance. Only an HTTP 200 with a result is billed, and `count` doesn't change the price. Server-side search through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code or Codex is free until 31 October 2026 at 16:00 UTC (https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/search).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.75 / 1k req",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Search and Fetch guide, the API reference or the pricing page, and an unauthenticated POST to both endpoints returned 401 `authentication_error` with no payment challenge (checked 2026-10-17).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-17"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/guides/search",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.search",
        "web.fetch"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "prepaid",
        "usage-priced",
        "status-page"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-17",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 53.2,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 795,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1133,
        "categoryRank": 15,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 81,
          "maintenance": 42,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 55,
          "security": 38,
          "transparency": 60
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-17"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "Search returns up to 50 results with a model-length summary, an authority tier and optional full text, and only successful non-empty calls are billed, at $0.75 per 1,000. It opened on 17 October 2026, with 5 requests a second per account, no OpenAPI file, no free tier, and data held in the PRC under a policy that permits training.",
        "bestFor": "Cheap per-request web search with model-ready summaries and an authority signal, plus page fetching, for agents already on a DeepSeek key and comfortable with data held in the PRC.",
        "strengths": [
          "$0.75 per 1,000 successful requests for each endpoint, and failed calls, empty results and timeouts aren't billed",
          "Each result has a 100 to 200 character snippet, a 600 to 800 character summary for models, and full text on request",
          "Site, language, date and phrase operators in the query string, and up to 50 results a call",
          "Error table with ten status codes and when to retry, and both endpoints documented as read-only"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Opened on 17 October 2026, with no service record of its own and no component for it on the status page",
          "5 requests a second per account for each endpoint, plus an unpublished per-domain limit on Fetch",
          "No OpenAPI file, no llms.txt, no official SDKs and no free tier for direct calls",
          "One unscoped key for search and models, no security.txt, and no prompt-injection guidance for returned page text",
          "Data stored in the PRC, used for training unless the customer opts out by email, and no retention period stated"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Keep `query` to 128 characters and put filters in it as operators, such as `site:github.com lang:en after:2026-01-01`",
          "Leave `need_content` false and read `summary` first, then call Fetch on the URLs you keep",
          "Stay under 5 requests a second per account across all keys. On 408, 429 or 5xx wait and retry, since no Retry-After is documented",
          "Don't retry a Fetch 403 or 404 unchanged. The page is blocked by policy, unreachable or has no Markdown",
          "Don't send private queries or an end user's IP in `localization`. Data is stored in the PRC"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 4,
        "avgRating": 3,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "D",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 53.2
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 81,
          "maintenance": 42,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 55,
          "security": 38,
          "transparency": 35
        },
        "provenanceScore": 84
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search \\\n  -H \"Authorization: Bearer $DEEPSEEK_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"query\":\"DeepSeek V4 release\",\"count\":5,\"need_content\":true}'"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/deepseek-search-api"
      },
      "sameCompany": [
        "deepseek-api"
      ],
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Search",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 0.75,
          "note": "Successful non-empty results only. 1 to 50 results at the same price"
        },
        {
          "item": "Fetch",
          "unit": "1k-pages",
          "usd": 0.75,
          "note": "One URL per request, billed only when page content comes back"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.",
        "domain": "deepseek.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2000-08-13",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-open-platform-terms-of-service.html",
        "privacy": "https://cdn.deepseek.com/policies/en-US/deepseek-privacy-policy.html",
        "statusPage": "https://status.deepseek.com",
        "changelog": "https://api-docs.deepseek.com/updates",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-17",
        "notes": [
          "deepseek.com was registered in 2000, long before the company, so domain age flatters it (per the deepseek-api listing).",
          "The Open Platform terms (effective 29 April 2026) are governed by PRC law and assign Outputs to the customer. The privacy policy (10 February 2026) names Hangzhou DeepSeek Artificial Intelligence Co., Ltd.",
          "www.deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt and deepseek.com/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 17 October 2026, and api-docs.deepseek.com answers every path with the docs page.",
          "www.deepseek.com/robots.txt allows all user agents. api-docs.deepseek.com has no robots.txt. platform.deepseek.com answered with a 202 holding page and wasn't read.",
          "The status page has a Search Service component, grouped under Chat Service, and no component named for the Search or Fetch API."
        ],
        "score": 84
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "deepseek-search-api",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:36.047087455Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 401,
          "lastMs": 319,
          "lastNote": "asks for credentials",
          "authRequired": true,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 100,
          "p50ms24h": 271,
          "p95ms24h": 319,
          "samples24h": 24,
          "samples30d": 24,
          "days": [
            {
              "date": "2026-10-17",
              "probes": 21,
              "ok": 21
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-18",
              "probes": 3,
              "ok": 3
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.deepseek.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:50:57.753702183Z"
        },
        "updatedAt": "2026-10-18T00:14:36.047087455Z"
      }
    },
    "answer": "You.com APIs scores 75.7 (BB) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 53.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "you-com-api",
      "name": "You.com APIs",
      "vendor": "You.com",
      "vendorUrl": "https://you.com",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "search",
      "summary": "Web Search, Contents, Answer, Research and Finance Research APIs, plus a hosted MCP server with six tools.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/you-com-api.json",
      "transports": [
        "http",
        "streamable-http",
        "stdio"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://api.you.com/v1/search",
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "youdotcom"
        },
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@youdotcom-oss/mcp"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "API key in the `X-API-Key` header (env `YDC_API_KEY`). The hosted MCP also takes a Bearer key or OAuth 2.1, and `?profile=free` needs no key. Web Search and Finance Research take x402 (`PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`) or MPP (`Authorization: Payment`) instead of a key.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "$100 free credit for new accounts, no card, valid 60 days per the pricing FAQ (the Web Search card on the same page says $10), then prepaid credits. Web Search $5 per 1,000 calls (up to 100 results a call), live page extraction $1 per 1,000 pages, Contents $1 per 1,000 pages, Answer $5 per 1,000. Research per 1,000 by effort, lite $12, standard $50, deep $100, exhaustive $450, frontier $1,200. Finance Research $110 (deep) or $500 (exhaustive) per 1,000. x402 prices match credit prices, MPP rounds Web Search up to $0.01 (https://you.com/docs/administration/billing).",
      "priceSummary": "$5 / 1k req",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "partial",
        "evidence": "Official docs. GET /v1/search, /v1/agents/search and POST /v1/finance_research accept x402 in USDC on Base or Solana, and MPP in USDC on Tempo. An unpaid GET https://api.you.com/v1/search returned 402 with both PAYMENT-REQUIRED and WWW-Authenticate Payment headers on 2026-09-30. Contents, Answer and Research need a key (https://you.com/docs/administration/machine-payments.md)",
        "endpoints": [
          {
            "url": "https://api.you.com/v1/search",
            "priceUsd": 0.005,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://api.you.com/v1/finance_research",
            "priceUsd": 0.11,
            "network": "eip155:8453"
          }
        ]
      },
      "toolCount": 6,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": 4419,
        "pypiWeekly": 91673,
        "asOf": "2026-09-30"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://you.com/docs/welcome",
      "llmsTxt": "https://you.com/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://you.com/docs/openapi.json",
      "registryName": "io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp",
      "capabilities": [
        "web.search",
        "web.fetch",
        "web.extract",
        "search.answer",
        "search.research",
        "search.news"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "freemium",
        "no-card",
        "free-tier",
        "mcp",
        "x402",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "async-jobs",
        "enterprise"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-14",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 75.7,
        "grade": "BB",
        "agentReady": true,
        "rank": 48,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1133,
        "categoryRank": 2,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 81,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 88,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 82,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 58
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-17"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed. Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io.",
        "bestFor": "An unattended agent that needs search, page text and cited answers and wants to pay per call without an account.",
        "strengths": [
          "x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed",
          "$100 free credit with no card, plus a keyless MCP profile for search (100 queries a day)",
          "Public OpenAPI, llms.txt and an error reference with guidance per code",
          "429 carries Retry-After, with documented backoff and rate-limit headers",
          "MCP tool allow-lists through `?tools=` or `X-Allowed-Tools`"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io",
          "No public changelog or deprecation notices",
          "Zero Data Retention only for Web Search and Answer, and only on enterprise agreements",
          "No prompt-injection guidance for the page text Search and Contents return",
          "Only a Python SDK is current. The TypeScript SDK was deprecated in March 2026"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "For unattended runs call GET https://api.you.com/v1/search, handle the 402 and pay with x402. It's half the MPP price for search",
          "Use `https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free` to try search with no key (100 queries a day)",
          "Send Answer, Research and Finance Research to api.you.com. On ydc-index.io they fail with 'Missing Authentication Token'",
          "Pass `?tools=` with only the tools you need to keep the MCP tool list short",
          "With Python SDK 3.6.0 or later, pass `knowledge=None, extraction=None` on search unless you want highlights and knowledge cards, which are now on by default and may cost more"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 8,
        "avgRating": 3.8,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "BB",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 75.7
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 81,
          "maintenance": 82,
          "payments": 88,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 82,
          "security": 57,
          "transparency": 45
        },
        "provenanceScore": 71
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://ydc-index.io/v1/search \\\n  -H \"X-API-Key: $YDC_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"query\":\"latest AI news\",\"count\":5}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http you-com https://api.you.com/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer ${YDC_API_KEY}\"",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
            "you-com": {
              "headers": {
                "Authorization": "Bearer ${YDC_API_KEY}"
              },
              "url": "https://api.you.com/mcp"
            }
          }
        },
        "x402": "curl -si 'https://api.you.com/v1/search?query=test'\n# HTTP/2 402 with PAYMENT-REQUIRED (x402, 5000 base units of USDC) and WWW-Authenticate: Payment (MPP on Tempo)\n# retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE: \u003cbase64 signed authorization\u003e"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/you-com-api"
      },
      "area": "web-data",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Web Search",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5,
          "note": "up to 100 results a call"
        },
        {
          "item": "Contents",
          "unit": "1k-pages",
          "usd": 1
        },
        {
          "item": "Answer",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 5
        },
        {
          "item": "Research, standard effort",
          "unit": "1k-requests",
          "usd": 50
        },
        {
          "item": "Web Search over x402",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.005,
          "note": "MPP charges $0.01"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "SuSea, Inc., d/b/a you.com",
        "domain": "you.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1998-11-25",
        "domainNote": "you.com was registered in 1998, long before the company launched.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://you.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://you.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.you.com",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-17",
        "notes": [
          "Web Search and Contents are documented on ydc-index.io, a separate domain. api.you.com also serves /v1/search.",
          "status.you.com is a Rootly page with Search/Index, Live News and AI Search components. It returned 403 on 30 September and 6 October, loaded on 1 October, and answered with a Cloudflare challenge on 17 October, robots.txt included. Its history RSS feed at status.you.com/history.rss reads.",
          "trust.you.com links a vulnerability disclosure page and a subprocessor list, but renders only with JavaScript.",
          "security.txt returned 404 on you.com and api.you.com on 6 October, and on you.com again on 17 October."
        ],
        "score": 71
      },
      "requirements": {
        "agentAlone": true,
        "card": "no",
        "freeTier": true,
        "minutes": 3,
        "credential": "mixed",
        "hosting": [
          "US"
        ],
        "euResidency": "unknown",
        "trainsOnData": "no",
        "zeroRetention": "enterprise",
        "certifications": [
          "GDPR"
        ],
        "dpa": true,
        "selfHost": "no"
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.json",
      "live": {
        "slug": "you-com-api",
        "probe": {
          "target": "https://api.you.com/v1/search",
          "method": "get",
          "lastAt": "2026-10-18T00:15:02.261431031Z",
          "lastOk": true,
          "lastStatus": 402,
          "lastMs": 755,
          "authRequired": false,
          "uptime24h": 100,
          "uptime30d": 99.95,
          "p50ms24h": 784,
          "p95ms24h": 4772,
          "samples24h": 253,
          "samples30d": 4435,
          "days": [
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              "date": "2026-09-30",
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              "ok": 35
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 272,
              "ok": 270
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-05",
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              "ok": 272
            },
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              "date": "2026-10-06",
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            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-07",
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              "ok": 272
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-08",
              "probes": 268,
              "ok": 268
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-09",
              "probes": 250,
              "ok": 250
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-10",
              "probes": 247,
              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-11",
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              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-12",
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              "ok": 247
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-13",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-14",
              "probes": 249,
              "ok": 249
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-15",
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              "ok": 253
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-16",
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              "ok": 252
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-17",
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              "ok": 253
            },
            {
              "date": "2026-10-18",
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              "ok": 3
            }
          ]
        },
        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.you.com",
          "indicator": "unknown",
          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T22:52:05.245339842Z"
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        "securityTxt": {
          "url": "https://you.com/.well-known/security.txt",
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        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://you.com/docs/llms.txt",
          "ok": true,
          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-17T14:23:33.130997107Z"
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        "domain": {
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/you-com-api.json\n- Best web search APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/search/index.md\n- All 163 search comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/search/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### DeepSeek Search and Fetch API (D)\n\nGood for: Cheap per-request web search with model-ready summaries and an authority signal, plus page fetching, for agents already on a DeepSeek key and comfortable with data held in the PRC.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $5 per 1,000 requests\n\nWatch for: Opened on 17 October 2026, with no service record of its own and no component for it on the status page\n\n### You.com APIs (BB)\n\nGood for: An unattended agent that needs search, page text and cited answers and wants to pay per call without an account.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 65\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 82 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 57 against 38\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 88 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 42\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- Runs on your own machine\n- Free to start without a card\n- Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.8 against 3.0 out of 5\n\nWatch for: Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | You.com APIs | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 80 | You.com APIs +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 82 | You.com APIs +27 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 81 | 81 | even |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 38 | 57 | You.com APIs +19 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 88 | You.com APIs +68 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 82 | You.com APIs +40 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 58 | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **53.2 · D** | **75.7 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | You.com APIs |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | DeepSeek | You.com |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search` | `https://api.you.com/v1/search` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |\n| Price for web search | $0.75 per 1,000 requests | $5 per 1,000 requests |\n| x402 | no | payer tooling only |\n| Tools exposed | none | 6 |\n| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp` |\n| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-14 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2024-08-27 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-22 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | none | 4.4k npm/wk, 92k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.8/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**DeepSeek Search and Fetch API.** Search returns up to 50 results with a model-length summary, an authority tier and optional full text, and only successful non-empty calls are billed, at $0.75 per 1,000. It opened on 17 October 2026, with 5 requests a second per account, no OpenAPI file, no free tier, and data held in the PRC under a policy that permits training.\n\n**You.com APIs.** x402 and MPP on Web Search and Finance Research, with no account needed. Two API hosts. Answer and Research return 'Missing Authentication Token' on ydc-index.io.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### DeepSeek Search and Fetch API\n\n1. Keep `query` to 128 characters and put filters in it as operators, such as `site:github.com lang:en after:2026-01-01`\n2. Leave `need_content` false and read `summary` first, then call Fetch on the URLs you keep\n3. Stay under 5 requests a second per account across all keys. On 408, 429 or 5xx wait and retry, since no Retry-After is documented\n4. Don't retry a Fetch 403 or 404 unchanged. The page is blocked by policy, unreachable or has no Markdown\n5. Don't send private queries or an end user's IP in `localization`. Data is stored in the PRC\n\n### You.com APIs\n\n1. For unattended runs call GET https://api.you.com/v1/search, handle the 402 and pay with x402. It's half the MPP price for search\n2. Use `https://api.you.com/mcp?profile=free` to try search with no key (100 queries a day)\n3. Send Answer, Research and Finance Research to api.you.com. On ydc-index.io they fail with 'Missing Authentication Token'\n4. Pass `?tools=` with only the tools you need to keep the MCP tool list short\n5. With Python SDK 3.6.0 or later, pass `knowledge=None, extraction=None` on search unless you want highlights and knowledge cards, which are now on by default and may cost more\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek Search and Fetch API or You.com APIs?\n\nYou.com APIs scores 75.7 (BB) on agent readiness against DeepSeek Search and Fetch API's 53.2 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Which is cheaper for web search, DeepSeek Search and Fetch API or You.com APIs?\n\nDeepSeek Search and Fetch API, at $0.75 per 1,000 requests against $5 per 1,000 requests for You.com APIs. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.\n\n### Do DeepSeek Search and Fetch API and You.com APIs need an API key?\n\nDeepSeek Search and Fetch API needs an API key. You.com APIs takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call DeepSeek Search and Fetch API and You.com APIs without installing anything?\n\nYes. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search and You.com APIs at https://api.you.com/v1/search.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-you-com-api.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-you-com-api.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"deepseek-search-api\", \"b\": \"you-com-api\"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare deepseek-search-api you-com-api`\n- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deepseek-search-api.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/you-com-api.json\n\n## Other comparisons with DeepSeek Search and Fetch API or You.com APIs\n\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs DeepSeek Search and Fetch API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-deepseek-search-api.md)\n- [Web Search Tool on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/agentcore-web-search-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs DeepSeek Search and Fetch API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-deepseek-search-api.md)\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Cloudflare Web Search API vs DeepSeek Search and Fetch API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-deepseek-search-api.md)\n- [Cloudflare Web Search API vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudflare-web-search-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Exa API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-exa-mcp.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Firecrawl MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-firecrawl-mcp.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Grep AI](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-grep-ai.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Kagi Search API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-kagi-search.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Linkup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-linkup.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Parallel Search and Task APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-parallel-search-api.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-searchapi-io.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Serper](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-serper.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs SerpKite](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-serpkite.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs TinyFish Search](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-tinyfish-search.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-valyu.md)\n- [Exa API + MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Kagi Search API vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/kagi-search-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Linkup vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Parallel Search and Task APIs vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [SearchAPI.io vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [SerpApi vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpapi-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Serper vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serper-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [SerpKite vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/serpkite-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Tavily API + MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tavily-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [TinyFish Search vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tinyfish-search-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Valyu vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/valyu-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs Fetch (MCP reference server)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/deepseek-search-api-vs-fetch-reference-server.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Grep AI vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grep-ai-vs-you-com-api.md)\n",
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