Linkup
A search alternative that stays ToS-clean, offering sourced answers natively, structured JSON output, and markdown via /fetch.
Where Linkup lands
Composite scores out of 10, from benchmark runs where every provider faces the identical task corpus. Rank is within that capability's field; the newest run backing this page is 2026-09-14. Full method: how we measure.
- Correctness
- 1.00
- Citation faithfulness
- 0.07
- Latency p50
- 1.6 s
- Cost
- $0.006 / call
- Errors
- 0%
- Recall@10
- 0.10
- Latency p50
- 3.3 s
- Cost
- $0.059 / useful result
- Errors
- 0%
The honest pitch
The right call when compliance matters and you want a SERP alternative that returns sourced answers and structured JSON natively.
The catch: no relevance scores, no per-result dates, and no geo controls are exposed.
About Linkup
Linkup builds production-grade web search aimed at keeping language models grounded in real-time, accurate information. Ranked sources arrive with their full snippets and can be shaped two ways — a natural-language answer carrying citations, or structured JSON conforming to a schema you define — and depths run from a sub-second lookup up to deep retrieval planned by an LLM. Accuracy is the measured differentiator: the SimpleQA factuality benchmark places it first, ahead of widely known rivals, and it pairs that with sub-second latency plus SLA-grade uptime.
Reaching it through NativePort
Identical paths, parameters and responses to Linkup's own documentation — the gateway holds the upstream credential and meters your balance at Linkup's real published usage price.
curl https://api.nativeport.ai/linkup/<native-path> \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $NATIVEPORT_API_KEY"