You.com pricing in 2026
Web search, contents and research APIs for grounding AI agents and LLM apps. How You.com charges, its plans and the alternatives.
Billing
Pay as you use
Plans
You.com plans and prices
2 plans with a public price, in US dollars.
Free
$0No fixed fee · pay per use
- 100 Web Search API queries/day via MCP
- No account or card needed
Pay as you go
$0No fixed fee · pay per use
- No minimums, seats or platform fee
- All endpoints, SDKs and MCP
Usage rates: Web Search $5 per 1K calls; Contents $1 per 1K pages; Research API $12–$1,200 per 1K calls by depth. Enterprise (ZDR, SOC 2, dedicated capacity): custom.
Prices from You.com's pricing page, checked 26 Oct 2026. Usage-based: the bill depends on volume, so these are starting points, not a quote. Taxes, seat minimums and promotions vary.
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FAQ
You.com pricing questions
How does You.com charge?
You.com is usage-based: you pay for what you use (transactions, messages, compute and so on) rather than a fixed subscription, so the bill depends on volume. Usage rates: Web Search $5 per 1K calls; Contents $1 per 1K pages; Research API $12–$1,200 per 1K calls by depth. Enterprise (ZDR, SOC 2, dedicated capacity): custom. There is no fixed monthly fee on Free and Pay as you go.
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