Billing
Credits overview
You.com uses a pay-as-you-go credit system for API access. You only pay for what you use.
All new accounts receive $100 in free API credits to explore and test the APIs. No credit card required.
API Pricing
Search API
What’s included:
- Web and news results in a single unified request
- Up to 100 results per call
- News endpoint at no extra cost
- Full page content via live crawl (HTML or Markdown)
- LLM-ready snippets with rich metadata
- Country and language targeting filters
Contents API
What’s included:
- Batch multiple URLs per request
- Clean Markdown or raw HTML output
- Python SDK, MCP Server, and REST API access
- No browser automation or HTML parsing required
Research API
Research effort tiers control the depth of analysis. Higher tiers allocate more compute for deeper reasoning and more sources.
What’s included:
- Cited, source-backed answers with inline references
- Multi-step search and synthesis pipeline
- Higher tiers = more sources, deeper reasoning, higher accuracy
Managing your account
Viewing your usage and balance
To view your current credit balance and usage:
- Sign in to you.com/platform
- Navigate to the billing section of your dashboard
- View your remaining credits and usage history
Adding credits
To add credits to your account:
- Go to you.com/platform
- Navigate to the billing section
- Select the amount you’d like to add and confirm payment
Payment methods
You can add and manage payment methods from the billing section of your dashboard. You.com accepts major credit and debit cards.
Enterprise & Volume Pricing
Volume discounts
Enjoy lower rates as your usage scales, without lengthy negotiations. Contact sales for custom rates based on your volume.
Annual savings
Commit to annual usage for deeper discounts and predictable costs—ideal for production deployments.
Enterprise features
Zero Data Retention — All queries and data can be automatically purged, giving you complete control over data storage and retention.
SOC 2 Certified — Our infrastructure is independently audited to ensure best-in-class data security, privacy, and availability.
DPA-Ready — Data Processing Agreements supported for enterprise compliance requirements.
Custom QPS Limits — Enterprise-grade concurrency with performance optimization for high-volume usage.
Questions & Support
For billing questions, custom pricing, or enterprise features, contact api@you.com.
