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An AI search and inference platform that supplies web search, contents, answer and research APIs to ground AI models in live web results. Agentic research jobs and enterprise-grade inference run on the same API stack.
#38 in AI AssistantsAI Search EnginesFree plan
Who it's for
Best for
Developers building AI apps that need live web search results through an API
Enterprise teams needing SLA-backed inference with zero data retention
Not for
Writers who need PDF exports, since reports must first be copied into Word
Careful buyers wary of auto-renewal, as charges continued after cancellation
Features
Web Search API
Supplies live web search results through a dedicated API endpoint, with a free tier and a standard usage tier listed on the pricing page.
Inference Router
Routes model inference for production workloads at enterprise grade, with an uptime SLA of at least 99.9% and zero data retention.
Agentic Research APIs
Answer and Research endpoints run agentic research jobs, with Research offered at Lite, Standard, Deep, Exhaustive and Frontier levels.
Finance Research API
A finance-specific research endpoint offered at Deep and Exhaustive levels, alongside the general Research API tiers.
Enterprise controls
Zero data retention availability, CCPA compliance, custom QPS limits and dedicated support are offered for enterprise teams using the APIs.
What users say
Pros
- Research runs go in depth and use clear probing questions that sharpen the result.
- Written content comes out in a natural voice without sounding robotic.
- Handles coding questions and everyday writing such as CVs, emails and short research tasks.
Cons
- Prompt results take a long time and often contain hallucinations, so output needs heavy checking before use.
- Reports cannot be saved as PDF, so output has to be copied into Word and converted by hand.
- Help requests often go unanswered, and the chat help form gives no confirmation that a message arrived.
- Sign-in depends on a one-time email code with no password or third-party option, locking accounts out when email fails.
- Cancelling an account does not stop charges, and annual renewals appear on cards without a clear sign-up.
- The service goes fully down for days, and refunds are refused for the outage period.
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Global Traffic Rank
Top 500k
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ProIn-depth research, natural writing, coding and general tasksindependent index, privacy, sourced AI answers, bangs, free APIClear, current answers backed by sourcesClean, ad-free results, customizable site ranking
Better forSearching an independent web crawler and index with custom filtering through Goggles and bangs.Generating synthesized answers with clickable, numbered citations linking directly to sources.Customizing search results by blocking, raising, or lowering specific domains and building lenses.
Weaker atAgent API workflows, capping queries at 400 characters and returning links only without page text.Enterprise AI inference, lacking SLA-backed routing, custom QPS limits, and dedicated finance endpoints.Providing agentic research APIs and enterprise inference routing for AI developers.