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Ask a question and get a grounded, citation-backed answer from the web in a single call, built for LLMs, agents, and people who need a fast, trustworthy answer.
Overview
Answer API retrieves web content, synthesizes an answer, and verifies every citation against the source in a single call, giving LLMs, agents, and people grounded, trustworthy answers fast.
Getting a grounded, cited answer from the web usually means building or tuning a research pipeline, whether you're an AI application or a person asking directly. You.com 's Answer API does that work for you, sitting between the raw results of the Search API and the deep multi-step reasoning of the Research API. It retrieves web results, pulls the most relevant supporting content, and synthesizes a cited answer in a single request, verifying every citation against the source text before the response is returned so you can confirm accuracy without relying on the model alone.
Need raw results to feed your own pipeline? See the You.com Search API.
Need multi-step reasoning across dozens of sources? See the You.com Research API.
Highlights
- Grounded answer in one call: citation-backed answer from real-time web results with no pipeline to build and no effort tier to configure
- Source control built in: restrict, exclude, or boost domains per query, built for compliance and research requiring trusted sources
- Predictable performance: 93.48% SimpleQA accuracy, 2.67s p50 latency, consistent with no tuning
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Dimension | Description | Cost/unit |
|---|---|---|
Standard | $5 per 1K Calls | $5.00 |
Dimensions summary
You pay one usage-based rate for the Answer API, billed per 1,000 calls (Standard Units). There are no tiers or instance sizes to choose from. Your cost scales directly with how many API calls you make. Each call sends a query and returns a synthesized, citation-backed answer along with the web results used. Because every request runs the same managed pipeline with no depth or effort settings to tune, your per-call cost stays consistent. You start with free credits before usage-based charges apply.
Top-of-mind questions for buyers
One call is a single Answer API request. You send one query, and the API retrieves web results, extracts supporting content, and returns a synthesized answer with citations. That whole managed pipeline runs in one request. Each query is limited to 400 characters and counts as one billable call.
No. Freshness, country, language, safesearch, and domain filters are optional controls that shape the results, not the price. Every request runs the same pipeline with no effort or depth settings to tune, so your per-call cost stays consistent regardless of which controls you apply.
Cost scales directly with call volume, billed per 1,000 calls. There are no instance sizes or tiers to select. If you send twice as many queries, you incur roughly twice the charge. Because each call runs the same pipeline, cost per call does not vary by query complexity.
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