Tavily
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Search, extract, and crawl API built for LLMs and AI agents.
Free monthly credits are limited; paid developer and enterprise plans add higher search/extract/crawl usage.
Pricing
Freemium
Free monthly credits are limited; paid developer and enterprise plans add higher search/extract/crawl usage.
Who It's For
AI agent developersLangChain/CrewAI usersRAG developersAI product builders
Details
About Tavily
Tavily provides web search, extraction, crawling, and research APIs purpose-built for LLMs and AI agents, returning citation-ready results that drop directly into RAG pipelines and agent tool calls. Nebius agreed to acquire Tavily in February 2026; the product continues to operate under its own brand with the same API.
Key Features
- Search API optimized for AI agents
- Clean structured content extraction
- Relevance scoring and filtering
- Works with LangChain and CrewAI
- Fast response times
Pros & Cons
Pros
+ Purpose-built for AI applications
+ Clean data extraction
+ Great free tier
Cons
- API-only — no consumer product
- Less comprehensive than Google
- Niche use case
Use Cases
Adding web search to AI agentsRAG with live web dataAI-powered research toolsLLM application development
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