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Research Lite raised to $12; Finance Research API launches

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You.com raises Research Lite to $12 per 1k and ships a dedicated Finance Research API, extending its 2026 API repricing.

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Research lite raised to $12; Finance Research API added

Current pricing: Search $5/1k, Contents $1/1k. Research API lite rose from $6.50 to $12/1k (standard $50, deep $100, exhaustive $450, Frontier >$2,000). A new Finance Research API was added on a dedicated financial index — deep $110, exhaustive $500/1k (#1 on FinSearchComp, 87.29%). $100 free credit, SOC 2, zero data retention. Consumer You Pro/Max plans no longer have a public pricing page. Read from live capture of you.com/pricing.

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You.com prices its developer platform on pure usage with no seats or platform fee: the Search API is free for the first 100 calls/day then $5.00 per 1,000 calls, and the Contents API is $1.00 per 1,000 pages.

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You.com pricing history

  1. Aug 2026
    Livecrawl parameter renamed to extraction_mode; machine payments extend to Agent Search
  2. Aug 2026
    Answer API launches: single-call search + synthesis at $5/1k calls
  3. Jul 2026
    Web Search API adds a 100-calls/day free tier; Research docs add Frontier
  4. Jul 2026
    Frontier gets a firm price: >$2,000 becomes $1,200 / 1k calls
  5. Jun 2026
    Research lite raised to $12; Finance Research API added
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