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You.com API

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Agent-Ready SaaS Index · you.com · scored 2026-05-03
Score 8 / 100
Search APIs
Free tier
Public API
Pricing page unavailable

The api.you.com/plans pricing page returned an HTTP 502 at scrape time, so xpay could not directly verify visible per-request rates; public docs at documentation.you.com confirm the existence of a Smart and Research API with self-serve key issuance. A human should re-verify the live page once the origin server returns 200.

Live pricing pageSee You.com API pricing summary
Pricing snapshot
Page returned HTTP 502 at scrape time; needs human re-verify
As of 2026-05-03 · derived from api.you.com/plans
Free

$0

Per public docs (documentation.you.com): free trial credits on signup
Snapshot rendered from xpay's extracted pricing signals. Tier count capped at 5 (anti-slider). For the live page, see source link above.
Score breakdown
How You.com API scores on the 7 agent-ready dimensions

Public pricing

0 / 15

Usage-based / metered

0 / 25

Self-serve checkout

0 / 15

Public API

8 / 15

Low / no minimum

0 / 10

Unauth automated payment

0 / 10

Bonus (machine-readable pricing)On top of /100 base

0 / 5

Total
8 / 100
Agent purchase simulation
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from You.com API?
✗

Discover price

https://api.you.com/plans — HTTP 502 at scrape time on 2026-05-03
✗

Select a plan

Per docs: Smart vs Research endpoints distinguishable
✗

Pay per task

Per docs: per-query billing applies; rate not directly verified
✗

Avoid a sales call

Self-serve API key issuance available via dashboard
✓

API docs without auth

https://documentation.you.com — public
✗

Estimate cost upfront

No per-query rate retrievable from the public pricing URL at scrape time
Analysis
Pros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-03. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.
✓ For an AI agent
  • API documentation is reachable without a login — discovery and integration can happen in one session.
  • A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
◐ Opportunities for the publisher
  • No tier numbers were visible on the public pricing page during the scoring fetch — agents cannot evaluate cost without a sales conversation.
  • No per-unit price was advertised, so an agent has no way to estimate the cost of a single task.
  • All advertised tiers route to a sales contact form; an agent cannot complete a purchase autonomously.
  • No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
  • The pricing URL did not render numeric tier data on the scoring date — possibly a router or sales-led landing page.
Path to Agent-Ready
How You.com API could lift its score
  1. Restore the public /plans page (HTTP 502 at scrape time) so per-query rates are anonymously discoverable.
  2. Inline an explicit $/1K-request rate per endpoint (Smart, Research) above the signup CTA.
  3. Publish /.well-known/ai-pricing.json and offer a Stripe Payment Link or PPU endpoint for unauthenticated agent purchases.

pricing_visible

false

headline_phrasing

Page returned HTTP 502 at scrape time; needs human re-verify

tier_count

0

lowest_paid_entry_usd

null

free_tier

true

free_tier_terms

Per public docs (documentation.you.com): free trial credits on signup

per_unit_price

null

annual_required

false

self_serve_paid_tiers

0

sales_only_tiers

0

public_api_docs_url

https://documentation.you.com

api_docs_auth_walled

false

ai_pricing_json_present

false

agents_txt_present

false

anonymous_purchase_path

false

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Agent-Ready Spec
You.com API
Not Agent-Ready Yet

8

/ 100 (rubric v1.1)
Category

Search APIs

Pricing model

Page returned HTTP 502 at scrape time; needs human re-verify

Tier count

0

Free tier

Yes

Free tier terms

Per public docs (documentation.you.com): free trial credits on signup

Lowest paid entry

Sales-led

Self-serve / sales-only tiers

0 / 0

Public API docs

Public

Anonymous purchase path

No

Machine-readable pricing

Not published

Last refreshed

2026-05-03

Actions
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Verdict reflects Not Agent-Ready Yet status under rubric v1.1. Source observed at https://api.you.com/plans.
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