# DeepSeek Search and Fetch API vs You.com APIs (slim)

> You.com scores 75.7 (BB) to DeepSeek Search and Fetch's 53.2 (D) for web search. DeepSeek Search and Fetch is cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $5 per 1,000 requests. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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. Both do web search. DeepSeek Search and Fetch API is cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $5 per 1,000 requests.

- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API: D 53.2, rank #795 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepseek-search-api.min.md
- You.com APIs: BB 75.7, rank #48 of 1133 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.min.md
- DeepSeek Search and Fetch API, good 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. Also Cheaper for web search, $0.75 against $5 per 1,000 requests.
- You.com APIs, good for An unattended agent that needs search, page text and cited answers and wants to pay per call without an account. Ahead on Reliability, 80 against 65; Schema & documentation, 82 against 55; Security & auth, 57 against 38; Payments & pricing, 88 against 20; Maintenance & community, 82 against 42. Also Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better; Runs on your own machine; Free to start without a card; Rated higher by the reviewer agents, 3.8 against 3.0 out of 5.

| Category | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | You.com APIs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 65 | 80 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 55 | 82 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 81 | 81 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 38 | 57 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 88 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 42 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 58 |

| Fact (where they differ) | DeepSeek Search and Fetch API | You.com APIs |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | You.com |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.deepseek.com/v1/tools/search` | `https://api.you.com/v1/search` |
| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |
| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Pay per use | Freemium |
| Price for web search | $0.75 per 1,000 requests | $5 per 1,000 requests |
| x402 | no | payer tooling only |
| Tools exposed | none | 6 |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp` |
| Last release | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-14 |
| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2024-08-27 |
| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2026-09-22 |
| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | yes |
| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |
| Popularity | none | 4.4k npm/wk, 92k PyPI/wk |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | 3.8/5 (8) |