The world's fastest web search API for LLMs.
Deliver real-time answers with full-text snippets and citations — backed by unmatched latency, coverage, and uptime.
Trusted by global leaders
Serving 1B+ monthly calls, retrieving across 30B + webpages, with latency as fast as half a second.
More accurate than Google & Bing.
Unlike traditional search engines, our Web Search API delivers exceptional accuracy — equipping LLMs to cite, reason, and respond with confidence.
Greater context
Giving LLMs the depth they need to generate reliable, citation-rich answers.
Unmatched latency
Delivering real-time results faster than any other search engine or API.
Extensive coverage
Empowering your AI with the broadest, most comprehensive knowledge base.
Integrates in minutes with minimal code.
Whether you’re building a chatbot, research assistant, or app, integration is effortless — with no heavy SDKs or complex setup.
Designed to drive business forward.
Our Web Search API was built for business — equipping teams with invaluable search capabilities that transform data into action.
Powering search for global leaders.
We are the trusted engine behind the world’s most successful enterprises, with over 3,000 customers, including 57% of Fortune 500 companies.
"You.com’s Web Search API has significantly enhanced our retrieval performance, particularly for queries requiring insights beyond our existing knowledge base."
Bharat Parameshwaran, Machine Learning Engineer @ Weights & Biases
"Thanks to the You.com RAG API, users tell us that our ‘AI Chat’ acts like a completely new product with access to real-time knowledge. We feel like we’ve only scratched the surface of what is possible.”
Kevin Baragona, CEO @ DeepAI
Equipped with enterprise- grade support & security.
Zero Data Retention.
All queries and data can be automatically purged — giving you complete control over what’s stored, and for how long.
SOC2 Certified.
Our infrastructure is independently audited to ensure best-in-class data security, privacy, and availability.
DPA-ready.
Designed to seamlessly accommodate Data Processing Agreements.
High rate limits.
Built to support high-throughput workloads without throttling.
Premium support.
Backed by dedicated experts and tailored Service Level Agreements.
Featured Case Study
Enabling real-time news for DuckDuckGo.
DuckDuckGo uses our Web Search API to power breaking news, delivering timely insights without compromising on quality.
ms p99 latency (2X faster than competition)
of news sources indexed
daily queries served at 99.99% uptime
Our partnerships
Integrated where you build.
Our web search API is seamlessly integrated and available on the platforms you rely on most.
Databricks
Databricks users can add You.com's Web Search API as a Unity Catalog tool, enabling real-time search for any AI agent.
AWS
Developers building on AWS can integrate You.com's Web Search API in minutes —directly from the AWS marketplace.
FAQs
Answering our most common questions.
We get it. AI tools can be confusing. These answers cover the basics — but if you want to dive deeper, just reach out.
You.com offers a suite of APIs that bring real-time, trusted information into your AI apps and workflows. Choose from the Web Search API, Live News API, Image Search API, and Data API to power everything from copilots to research agents.
You.com’s Web Search API connects your apps and agents to real-time, trusted web and news data. It delivers structured, citation-backed results that are perfect for powering research, answering questions, and AI search inside your product.
You.com’s API is designed for LLMs, not just search. It delivers long-form, citation-ready outputs powered by real-time web data. Unlike static APIs that lock you into a single setup, You.com’s API is fully composable - you can choose the model (e.g., GPT-4, Claude, Gemini), integration style, and data depth. This flexibility means you get faster, more accurate responses tailored to your specific use case and production needs.
Yes. You can apply filters by domain, region, language, or content type to fine-tune your results and ensure relevance for your use case.
You can be up and running in minutes. Claim your free API key here to start testing instantly, or connect via AWS or Databricks to integrate with your existing workflows.
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Live News API
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Image Search API
Bring your apps to life with our Image Search API, instantly surfacing the most relevant visuals from millions of images across the web.
Data API
Integrate your private data into LLM-ready custom pipelines, unlocking the full potential of your proprietary content with secure, tailored integration.
