You.com
AI search platform offering Search, Contents, and Research APIs plus SOC2-certified enterprise deployment for agent grounding.
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You.com is an AI search company, founded by former Salesforce chief scientist Richard Socher, that offers a consumer AI search assistant alongside a business API platform (Web Search, Contents, Research, and Finance Research APIs) for grounding LLMs and agents in real-time web data. It positions itself as an enterprise-ready alternative to building in-house search infrastructure, citing SOC2 certification, zero-data-retention options, and customers including OpenAI, Amazon, Salesforce, and Databricks.
Pricing
| Tier | Price | Key features |
|---|---|---|
| Web Search API - Free | $0/monthly | 1-100 results per call |
| Web Search API | $5/usage | Web search results for grounding |
| Contents API | $1/usage | Batch URL processing, Clean Markdown/HTML output |
| Research API (Lite) | $12/usage | Cited, source-backed answers, Inline references, Also offers Standard/Deep/Exhaustive/Frontier tiers |
| Finance Research API | $110/usage | Multi-source financial research, Deep and Exhaustive tiers |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom QPS limits, Zero data retention options, DPA-ready, Volume discounts and annual commitments |
Source: https://you.com/business/api/
Agent-readiness
- Discoverability
- 72/100
- Machine-readable content
- 76/100
- Programmatic access
- 80/100
- MCP / agent support
- 70/100
- Self-serve transactability
- 74/100
- Transparency
- 68/100
Security & compliance
- SSO / SAML
- Not publicly documented
- Encryption at rest
- Not publicly documented
- Encryption in transit
- Yes
- Audit log
- Not publicly documented
- Pentest report
- Not publicly documented
"Not publicly documented" means Crail found no public evidence either way — not a confirmed absence. See our methodology. Trust center: https://trust.you.com/.
FAQ
Does You.com have a free tier?
Yes, You.com offers a free tier or free trial.
Can you buy You.com without talking to sales?
No — You.com requires a sales call to purchase.
Does You.com have an official MCP (Model Context Protocol) server?
Yes, You.com publishes an official MCP server.
What compliance certifications does You.com hold?
You.com holds: SOC 2.
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Methodology & disclosure
Data verified via agent crawled, last checked 2026-07-27. Agent-readiness methodology version crail-ar-v0.1. No vendor payment influences these scores — see our methodology page.