{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "searchapi-io", "name": "SearchAPI.io", "vendor": "SearchApi", "vendorUrl": "https://www.searchapi.io", "kind": "http-api", "category": "search", "summary": "SERP scraping API returning parsed JSON from Google and its verticals, Bing, Baidu, Yandex, DuckDuckGo, YouTube, Amazon, TikTok, ad libraries and travel sites, over 150 engine endpoints behind one GET URL.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/searchapi-io", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/searchapi-io.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/searchapi-io.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/searchapi-io.json", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API key as the `api_key` query parameter or `Authorization: Bearer`. The hosted MCP uses OAuth in the browser, or an `X-MCP-Token` header for programmatic clients.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "100 free requests on signup, no card. Developer $40 a month for 10,000 searches ($4 per 1,000), Production $100 for 35,000, BigData $250 for 100,000, Scale $500 for 250,000, Octo tiers from $900 for 500,000 down to $1 per 1,000 at 5M. Only successful (HTTP 200) searches are charged (https://www.searchapi.io/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$4 / 1k req", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 on pricing, docs or MCP pages (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.searchapi.io/docs/google", "openapi": "https://www.searchapi.io/openapi/google.yaml", "registryName": "io.searchapi/mcp", "capabilities": [ "web.search", "search.serp", "search.news", "search.images" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "no-card", "mcp", "closed-source" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 51.4, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 351, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 15, "payments": 30, "reliability": 90, "schema": 59, "security": 28, "transparency": 62 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "99.9% SLA on every plan and no incidents on the status page since August. MCP exposes over 100 tools with no toolsets.", "strengths": [ "99.9% SLA on every plan and no incidents on the status page since August", "Only HTTP 200 searches are billed", "$4 per 1,000 on the entry plan, falling to $1 at 5 million a month", "Over 150 engine endpoints, including ad libraries, TikTok and travel sites", "OpenAPI 3.0 for the Google engine with typed enums" ], "weaknesses": [ "MCP exposes over 100 tools with no toolsets", "API key accepted as `api_key` in the query string, and the registry entry puts the MCP token in the URL", "No changelog, no llms.txt and no official SDKs", "No x402 and no per-call option. Every account starts with a browser signup", "Returns SERP snippets only, and no prompt-injection guidance for scraped AI answers" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, not `api_key=` in the URL", "Connect the MCP through OAuth or the `X-MCP-Token` header, not the registry's `?token=` URL", "Call the REST API with `engine=` when context is tight. The MCP loads over 100 tool definitions", "Page Google results with `page`. `num` is fixed at 10", "Pace bursts. One hour can use at most 20 per cent of the plan's monthly searches" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 51.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 52, "maintenance": 15, "payments": 30, "reliability": 90, "schema": 59, "security": 28, "transparency": 48 }, "provenanceScore": 76 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -G https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search -H \"Authorization: Bearer $SEARCHAPI_API_KEY\" -d engine=google --data-urlencode \"q=chatgpt\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http searchapi https://www.searchapi.io/mcp" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/web.search", "tool": "https://letme.dev/searchapi-io" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Developer plan, per 1,000 searches", "unit": "1k-requests", "usd": 4, "note": "10,000 searches for $40 a month" }, { "item": "Developer plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 40, "note": "10,000 searches" }, { "item": "Production plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "35,000 searches, includes Legal Protection Guarantee" }, { "item": "BigData plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 250, "note": "100,000 searches" }, { "item": "Scale plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 500, "note": "250,000 searches" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SearchApi, LLC", "domain": "searchapi.io", "domainRegistered": "2017-12-13", "domainNote": "Registered in 2017 and transferred on 2022-05-26.", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/terms", "privacy": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.searchapi.io", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 76 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/searchapi-io.json", "live": { "slug": "searchapi-io", "probe": { "target": "https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:29.977422513Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 110, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 110, "p95ms24h": 262, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1105, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "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": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.searchapi.io", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:28.607098613Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.searchapi/mcp", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z" } ], "securityTxt": { "url": "https://searchapi.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:59.936201596Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "searchapi.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:29.137009821Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:17.446104265Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:28:20.315693963Z", "fingerprint": "3be8bb617e50" }, { "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:12.801220906Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:28:15.609308863Z", "fingerprint": "e5068628eb11" }, { "url": "https://www.searchapi.io/legal/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:52:15.401485994Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:28:18.274981242Z", "fingerprint": "6c89ffbef6cb" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:29.977422513Z" } }, "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/sdk" }, { "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, 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": "2026-09-22", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 76.9, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 24, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 452, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.3", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 84, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 88, "reliability": 85, "schema": 82, "security": 53, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "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.", "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", "Research runs cost $12 to $1,200 per 1,000 depending on effort" ], "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", "On 429, wait for `Retry-After` and watch `X-RateLimit-Remaining` before the next burst" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 8, "avgRating": 3.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.3", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 76.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 84, "maintenance": 82, "payments": 88, "reliability": 85, "schema": 82, "security": 53, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "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": "2026-10-01", "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 loaded on 1 October.", "trust.you.com links a vulnerability disclosure page and a subprocessor list, but renders only with JavaScript." ], "score": 80 }, "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": "2026-10-05T00:15:32.930811739Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 402, "lastMs": 867, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 99.26, "uptime30d": 99.82, "p50ms24h": 808, "p95ms24h": 3578, "samples24h": 272, "samples30d": 1105, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "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", "probes": 3, "ok": 3 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.you.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T21:40:34.73831686Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp", "version": "4.0.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T23:42:40.113054682Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@youdotcom-oss/mcp", "version": "4.0.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:32.728399136Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@youdotcom-oss/sdk", "version": "0.13.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:31.782719214Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "youdotcom", "version": "3.5.0", "released": "2026-09-22", "seenAt": "2026-10-04T16:44:31.595022024Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 5016, "pypiWeekly": 114022, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://you.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:39.421151299Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://you.com/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:22.755690727Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "you.com", "registered": "1998-11-25", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/you.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:10:43.715973858Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://you.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:04.964952624Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:29:08.544804959Z", "fingerprint": "b84ad4cf0729" }, { "url": "https://you.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:53:07.180454259Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:29:11.109355049Z", "fingerprint": "662298a7f244" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-05T00:15:32.930811739Z" } }, "summary": "You.com APIs has a score of 76.9 (BB) against SearchAPI.io's 51.4 (D). Both do web search. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 67 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-you-com-api", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-you-com-api.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-you-com-api.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-you-com-api.min.md" }, "markdown": "You.com APIs has a score of 76.9 (BB) against SearchAPI.io's 51.4 (D). Both do web search. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 67 points.\n\n- SearchAPI.io: grade D, 51.4/100, rank #351 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/searchapi-io.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/searchapi-io.json\n- You.com APIs: grade BB, 76.9/100, rank #24 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/you-com-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/you-com-api.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick SearchAPI.io for reliability (+5).\n\nPick You.com APIs for schema \u0026 documentation (+23), agent ergonomics (+32), security \u0026 auth (+25), payments \u0026 pricing (+58), maintenance \u0026 community (+67).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | SearchAPI.io | You.com APIs | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 90 | 85 | SearchAPI.io +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 82 | You.com APIs +23 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 52 | 84 | You.com APIs +32 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 28 | 53 | You.com APIs +25 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 88 | You.com APIs +58 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 15 | 82 | You.com APIs +67 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 62 | 63 | You.com APIs +1 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **51.4 · D** | **76.9 · BB** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | SearchAPI.io | You.com APIs |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | SearchApi | You.com |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://www.searchapi.io/api/v1/search` | `https://api.you.com/v1/search` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | payer tooling only |\n| Licence | none | none |\n| Tools exposed | none | 6 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | `io.searchapi/mcp` | `io.github.youdotcom-oss/mcp` |\n| Last release | none | 2026-09-22 |\n| Popularity | none | 4.4k npm/wk, 92k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3.8/5 (8) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**SearchAPI.io.** 99.9% SLA on every plan and no incidents on the status page since August. MCP exposes over 100 tools with no toolsets.\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### SearchAPI.io\n\n1. Send the key as `Authorization: Bearer`, not `api_key=` in the URL\n2. Connect the MCP through OAuth or the `X-MCP-Token` header, not the registry's `?token=` URL\n3. Call the REST API with `engine=` when context is tight. The MCP loads over 100 tool definitions\n4. Page Google results with `page`. `num` is fixed at 10\n5. Pace bursts. One hour can use at most 20 per cent of the plan's monthly searches\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. On 429, wait for `Retry-After` and watch `X-RateLimit-Remaining` before the next burst\n\n## Other comparisons with SearchAPI.io or You.com APIs\n\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-searchapi-io.md)\n- [Brave Search API + MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/brave-search-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Exa API + MCP vs SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/exa-mcp-vs-searchapi-io.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 SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-searchapi-io.md)\n- [Firecrawl MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/firecrawl-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Linkup vs SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/linkup-vs-searchapi-io.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 SearchAPI.io](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/parallel-search-api-vs-searchapi-io.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 SerpApi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-serpapi.md)\n- [SearchAPI.io vs Serper](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-serper.md)\n- [SearchAPI.io vs Tavily API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-tavily-mcp.md)\n- [SearchAPI.io vs Valyu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/searchapi-io-vs-valyu.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- [Tavily API + MCP vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tavily-mcp-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Valyu vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/valyu-vs-you-com-api.md)\n- [Fetch (MCP reference server) vs You.com APIs](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fetch-reference-server-vs-you-com-api.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-05", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "SearchAPI.io vs You.com APIs", "url": "" } ], "description": "You.com APIs has a score of 76.9 (BB) against SearchAPI.io's 51.4 (D). 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