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Let your AI agents search, browse, and answer questions from the live web.  
Returns structured answers in seconds. No stale training data.

Live web access Browses & reads pages Citations included

Trusted by teams worldwide

## From question to truth.

Our engine acts like a human researcher: searching Google, reading results, and synthesizing the answer.

### The Task

Provide a natural language task or question. Optionally define a JSON schema for the output.

### The Agent

Our AI searches Google, browses relevant pages, and extracts the specific information needed.

### The Answer

Receive a synthesized answer with citations, or a structured JSON object if a schema was provided.

## Built for agents.

Give your AI the context it needs to be useful.

### Fact Checking

Verify AI hallucinations against real-time sources from the web.

### Market Research

Find competitors, pricing, and trends that happened today, not in the training set.

### Lead Enrichment

Find emails, LinkedIn profiles, and company details from a simple name.

### News Summaries

Monitor breaking news and generate summaries for specific topics or industries.

### Technical Research

Find and summarize documentation for new libraries or APIs instantly.

### Financial Analysis

Retrieve live stock prices, earnings reports, and market sentiment.

Usage based pricing

## Pricing that Makes Sense

Pay only for successful answers. No hidden fees for searching or browsing.

### Free

COST/500 $0

$0

No credit card required.

-   500 successful requests
-   JS rendering + Residential IPs
-   LLM Extraction available

### Starter

COST/1K $1.800

$9

per month

-   5000 successful requests/month
-   Everything in Free Plan
-   150 concurrent requests

### Standard

COST/1K $0.495

$99 USD

per month

-   200K successful requests/month
-   Everything in Starter Plan
-   500 concurrent requests

### Scale

COST/1K $0.399

$399 USD

per month

-   1 Million successful requests/month
-   Everything in Standard Plan
-   AI-powered Browser Automations

## Frequently asked questions  

Product & Capabilities  

What is the Answers endpoint?

The Answers endpoint allows you to ask natural language questions. Our AI agent searches the web, reads relevant pages, and synthesizes an answer for you, optionally in structured JSON format.

How is this different from Scrape?

Scrape requires you to provide a specific URL. Answers performs the search step for you, finding the best sources to answer your question automatically.

What is the latency?

Latency typically ranges from 3 to 30 seconds depending on the complexity of the question and the number of pages the agent needs to browse.

Usage & Automation  

Can I enforce a JSON schema?

Yes. You can pass a \`json\` parameter (JSON Schema) in your request body. The agent will attempt to extract data matching that exact structure.

Does it cite sources?

Yes. The response object includes a \`sources\` array listing the URLs used to generate the answer, allowing you to verify the information.

Does it handle real-time data?

Absolutely. Since it performs live searches on search engines like Google, it accesses the most up-to-date information available on the web.

Pricing & Plans  

How is it billed?

Answers are billed per successful request. Due to the complexity (search + multi-page scraping + LLM synthesis), the cost per request is higher than a standard scrape. Check our dashboard for current rates.

Do I pay if no answer is found?

No. If the agent fails to find an answer or encounters an error, you are not charged for the request.

Is it included in the free tier?

Yes, you can test the Answers endpoint using your 500 free monthly credits.

## Build smarter agents

500 credits to try it for free — no credit card required.