You.com
Own-index web search with an accompanying Research API that cites sources, aimed at grounding LLMs.
Where You.com 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 2026-06-21. Full method: how we measure.
- Correctness
- 1.00
- Citation faithfulness
- 0.51
- Latency p50
- 4.3 s
- Cost
- $0.02 / call
- Errors
- 0%
- Recall@10
- 0.65
- Latency p50
- 1.4 s
- Cost
- $0.0077 / useful result
- Errors
- 0%
The honest pitch
For teams that want soft domain-boosting on an independent index, with a Research API that returns cited answers.
Not the pick if a flat response shape matters: results sit nested in results.web[] with snippets[], so an adapter is required.
About You.com
You.com combines two layers: a web search API running on its own index, and a Research API above it that answers multi-step questions with synthesized, cited output. Grounding language models is the explicit design goal, supported by controls such as domain boosting that steer retrieval toward sources you already trust. Because it spans raw result retrieval and finished research responses, it works as a flexible backend for anything from a quick lookup to a deep investigation driven by an agent.
Reaching it through NativePort
Identical paths, parameters and responses to You.com's own documentation — the gateway holds the upstream credential and meters your balance at You.com's real published usage price.
curl https://api.nativeport.ai/youcom/<native-path> \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $NATIVEPORT_API_KEY"