you.com just handed every new dev account $100 in free API credits — no credit card required.
1️⃣ Web Search API: $5 per 1,000 calls, so $100 ≈ 20,000 searches — real-time web + news, structured JSON, built on its own crawler and index.
2️⃣ Contents API: $1 per
You.comYou.com Web Search API free creditsData and search APIs
$10 free API credit (about 2,000 Web Search API calls), plus free Web Search via MCP with no API key, up to 100 queries a day
You.com runs search and research APIs built for AI apps and agents. API accounts get a $10 free credit (about 2,000 web searches), and its MCP server gives up to 100 free Web Search queries a day with no key or account.
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- Who qualifies
- See official page
- How to claim
- See official page
- Expiry
- ongoing
Heads up. The post claims $100 in free credits; you.com/pricing on 2026-11-02 shows a $10 free credit. Value here is from the official page. The pricing page doesn't say whether the $10 credit is only for new accounts.
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Added Nov 2, 2026 · Updated Nov 2, 2026, 12:55 UTC