Search APIs
Search APIs covers web search APIs built for language models and agents.
In brief
Search APIs, in brief.
What it isSearch APIs covers web search APIs built for language models and agents.
Where it sitsOne of 11 categories in the Retrieval layer. Retrieval is how an AI system finds the right information at the moment it needs it: web search APIs, vector databases, full-text search engines, crawlers, and the frameworks that tie them into an answer.
What we track23 products, including Brave Search API, Bright Data SERP API, Claude web search tool, DataForSEO SERP API and Exa.
The products
23 products in Search APIs.
Each name opens a search for that product in our index.
ProductMakerIts own site
From our census of 2026-11-08. A product listed here is one that belongs in this category; the search answer says whether we have checked it.
Questions
Search APIs, answered.
What is Search APIs in AI infrastructure?Search APIs covers web search APIs built for language models and agents.
Which layer of AI infrastructure is Search APIs in?Search APIs is in the Retrieval layer. Retrieval is how an AI system finds the right information at the moment it needs it: web search APIs, vector databases, full-text search engines, crawlers, and the frameworks that tie them into an answer.
Which products are in Search APIs?We track 23 products in Search APIs, including Brave Search API, Bright Data SERP API, Claude web search tool, DataForSEO SERP API, Exa, Firecrawl Search, Google Custom Search JSON API and Grounding with Bing Search (Azure AI Foundry). The full list is on this page.
Retrieval