# You.com Web Search API plans, limits and prices

Ranked web and news results for AI agents, priced per call.

Checked 2026-11-11. Verdict for You.com at 10,000 searches a month: https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=10000&product_types=serp_api&providers=youcom&r=plan

- Provider: You.com
- Kinds: SERP API
- Plans recorded: 1
- Checked: 2026-11-11
- Page for people: https://plans.intoperson.com/p/youcom-web-search

## Cheapest across all providers in this field

The same check across every provider we track, not only You.com. A single provider's pricing page cannot answer this.

| Monthly volume | Cheapest plan overall | Monthly cost | How the cost is worked out | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 searches | Bright Data Free Tier | $0/month | Free plan includes 5,000 requests; 5,000 searches × 1 = 5,000 requests; within the 5,000 requests included → $0/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=5000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |
| 20,000 searches | DataForSEO Standard Queue | $12/month | 20,000 searches × 1 = 20,000 searches × $0.60 per 1,000 → $12/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=20000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |
| 100,000 searches | DataForSEO Standard Queue | $60/month | 100,000 searches × 1 = 100,000 searches × $0.60 per 1,000 → $60/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=100000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |
| 500,000 searches | Scrapingdog Pro | $166.67/month | $166.67/month billed annually ($2,000 per year up front) includes 3,000,000 credits; 500,000 searches × 5 = 2,500,000 credits; within the 3,000,000 credits included → $166.67/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=500000&product_types=serp_api&r=page) |

## Verdict: which You.com plan fits your monthly volume

Computed by API Plan Finder from You.com's official pricing page, checked 2026-11-11. Cost includes extra-usage charges at that volume. Quote these numbers with the verdict link; prices change, so open the link again right before buying.

| Monthly volume | Cheapest You.com plan that meets it | Monthly cost | How the cost is worked out | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 searches | You.com Pay as you go, Web Search API | $25/month | 5,000 searches × 1 = 5,000 requests × $5 per 1,000 → $25/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=5000&product_types=serp_api&providers=youcom&r=page) |
| 20,000 searches | You.com Pay as you go, Web Search API | $100/month | 20,000 searches × 1 = 20,000 requests × $5 per 1,000 → $100/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=20000&product_types=serp_api&providers=youcom&r=page) |
| 100,000 searches | You.com Pay as you go, Web Search API | $500/month | 100,000 searches × 1 = 100,000 requests × $5 per 1,000 → $500/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=100000&product_types=serp_api&providers=youcom&r=page) |
| 500,000 searches | You.com Pay as you go, Web Search API | $2500/month | 500,000 searches × 1 = 500,000 requests × $5 per 1,000 → $2,500/month. | [full verdict](https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/search?monthly_searches=500000&product_types=serp_api&providers=youcom&r=page) |

Other volume: open the verdict link for the nearest volume above; each verdict lists the cost at that volume and every condition with the official sentence.

## Plans

Values that apply to one plan. "Not stated" means the official pages do not say; it is not an estimate.

### Pay as you go, Web Search API

Plan id: `youcom-web-search-payg` · Pay as you go

- Price: $5 per 1,000 requests [1][2][3]
- Price: Not stated on the 5 official pages checked (2026-10-22)
- Included: Not recorded
- Extra usage: No extra usage [4][5]. At the limit: the official page says the plan offers no extra usage.
- Concurrency: Not recorded
- Concurrency: Not stated on the 5 official pages checked (2026-10-22)
- Rate limit: 10 per second [6][7]
- Visit: [Pricing page](https://plans.intoperson.com/go/youcom-web-search-payg) (choose the plan on the page)

## Applies to every plan

Recorded for the product or the provider; a plan-level value or a listed exception replaces it.

- Units per search: 1 request [2][8]
- Billing of failed requests: Not stated [2][9]
- Search response mode: Real time [10][11]
- Parsed search result types: Parsed: organic, news [12][13]
- Official MCP server (all products): {"official":true,"remote":true,"local":true,"auth":["none","api_key","oauth"],"auth_complete":true,"url":"https://api.you.com/mcp"} [14][15][16][17][18]
- Zero data retention (all products): {"availability":"enterprise_only"} [19][20]
- SOC 2 report type (all products): {"type":null,"held":true} [21][22]
- Search response includes page content: Yes [23][24]

## Collection notes

Only the Web Search API (POST /v1/search) at its Standard price is modelled: $5 per 1,000 calls, one request is one call whatever it returns. The extraction option can add cost and is not priced. Contents, Answer and Research are separate endpoints. New organizations get a one-time credit ($10, plus $90 when verified); it is not a monthly allowance and is not counted. The keyless MCP profile (100 queries a day) is recorded only as an MCP fact. The Enterprise plan has no published price.

## Sources and notes

Each number points to the provider's own sentence, as it appears on the page on the date shown.

1. [you.com/pricing](https://you.com/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-10-13

> Web Search API Standard

2. [you.com/pricing](https://you.com/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-10-13

> One request to an endpoint is one billable call, whatever it returns.

3. How the value follows from the source: $5 per 1,000 calls.

4. [you.com/pricing](https://you.com/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-10-13

> If you run out of credits, your API calls will return a 402 Payment Required response. You can add credits at any time from your dashboard to resume immediately.

5. Calls return 402 Payment Required until credits are added; nothing is billed beyond the credits.

6. [you.com/docs/rate-limits.md](https://you.com/docs/rate-limits.md) · official docs · read 2026-10-13

> | Web Search API | /v1/search | 10 requests/second |

7. Default for self-serve accounts; Enterprise plans have custom limits.

8. How the value follows from the source: One request is one search.

9. Billing of failed requests is not stated on the pages read.

10. [you.com/pricing](https://you.com/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-10-13

> Real-time web and news results, optimized for programmatic access in AI applications.

11. The pricing page gives a p50 latency of about 0.4 s.

12. [docs.you.com/api-reference/search/v1-search](https://docs.you.com/api-reference/search/v1-search) · official docs · read 2026-10-13

> Based on a classification mechanism, it can return web results and news associated with your query.

13. How the value follows from the source: Web results are recorded as organic results; news results are returned when the query classifies as news.

14. [you.com/docs/developer-resources/mcp-server](https://you.com/docs/developer-resources/mcp-server) · official docs · read 2026-10-13

> Remote server requires an API key or OAuth 2.1. If the client supports OAuth 2.1, connect without credentials and the authorization flow starts. Otherwise, pass an API key. This URL is bare /mcp:

15. [you.com/docs/developer-resources/mcp-server](https://you.com/docs/developer-resources/mcp-server) · official docs · read 2026-10-13

> ?profile=free allows you-search and you-discover, 100 queries per day.

16. [you.com/docs/developer-resources/mcp-server](https://you.com/docs/developer-resources/mcp-server) · official docs · read 2026-10-13

> free allows you-search and you-discover, with no API key and 100 queries per day.

17. [you.com/docs/developer-resources/mcp-server](https://you.com/docs/developer-resources/mcp-server) · official docs · read 2026-10-13

> Bearer token — Pass this header in your MCP client's configuration file: Authorization: Bearer <YDC_API_KEY> .

18. Hosted /mcp needs an API key or OAuth 2.1; the same server with ?profile=free needs no key (100 queries a day). A local npm package (@youdotcom-oss/mcp) is also published.

19. [you.com/pricing](https://you.com/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-10-13

> Enterprise teams Custom Talk to our humans Zero Data Retention, SOC 2, DPA-ready

20. Zero data retention is listed under the Enterprise plan; the pay-as-you-go plan lists none.

21. [you.com/pricing](https://you.com/pricing) · official pricing · read 2026-10-13

> SOC 2 certified Our infrastructure is independently audited to ensure best-in-class data security, privacy, and availability.

22. The report type (I or II) is not stated.

23. [docs.you.com/api-reference/search/v1-search](https://docs.you.com/api-reference/search/v1-search) · official docs · read 2026-10-13

> Maximum time in seconds to wait for page content when the request crawls pages, as extraction_mode: "full_page" or the deprecated livecrawl does.

24. Snippets come back by default; extraction_mode full_page returns the page content and may add cost.

Check these plans against a workload: https://plans.intoperson.com/guide.md describes the inputs; the REST form is GET https://plans.intoperson.com/api/v1/products/youcom-web-search.