Tavily

What Tavily helps you do

Tavily supplies search, extraction and crawl APIs for research applications. It is an infrastructure choice for developers who need source records, not a substitute for opening and checking those sources.

Best for: Search and extraction APIs for AI research.

A small task to try

1. Create a development API key and keep it server-side
2. Search a narrowly defined question with an official-domain preference
3. Extract only the two relevant source pages
4. Return a dated source list and verify claims in the pages

Illustrative input: Find the official free-plan limits for a calendar product; return source URL and date, without using affiliate blogs.

Illustrative expected result: A short official-source list with the actual access limit or an explicit unresolved field. This is an editorial example, not a recorded vendor test. Check it against your original material before using it.

Access and buying guidance

Free access includes 1,000 API credits/month, reset monthly, with no card required. Pay-as-you-go is listed at USD 0.008/credit; endpoint consumption varies.

Freshness and coverage depend on the available web sources. Start with the smallest useful task; keep the original input and compare the result before committing to a larger workflow.

Alternatives for a different workflow

Perplexity: use a consumer research interface. You.com: compare a hosted research assistant.

Sources and review

Reviewed 9 October 2026 against official product documentation and official pricing / access terms. Feature access and prices can change; the linked provider terms govern your account.