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Search the web

Linkup

Web search API with its own index that returns ranked sources and snippets, cited answers or structured JSON.

At a glance

Provider
Linkup
Category
Search the web
Type
Hosted API
Pricing model
Pay as you go, prepaid credit balance1
Free tier
$20 credit on sign-up with a professional email, topped up to $20 monthly1
Authentication
API key as Bearer token; x402 payment with USDC needs no account2
Connect via
REST API, remote and local MCP server, Python and JS SDKs, CLI3
Read from the provider's pages
2026-11-04
Pricing
  • Pricing model: Pay as you go from a prepaid credit balance; each successful call deducts from it
  • Free tier: $20 credit on sign-up with a professional email address; eligible accounts topped up back to $20 each month
  • Card required for free tier: Not published
Pricing in full →Tools
  • Official MCP server: Yes, remote and local
  • Address or package: https://mcp.linkup.so/mcp (remote); linkup-mcp-server (npm, local)
  • tools/list check: Unauthenticated initialize and tools/list returned HTTP 400, so the tool list is taken from the docs
Tools in full →Authentication
  • Who creates the account: A person creates an account to get a key; agents can instead pay per request with x402 and no account
  • Where to get a key: Linkup app at https://app.linkup.so
  • Other requirements: Professional email address for the sign-up credit; USDC wallet on Base for x402
Authentication in full →Setup
  • REST API: https://api.linkup.so/v1
  • MCP server: https://mcp.linkup.so/mcp
  • OpenAPI spec: https://api.linkup.so/v1/openapi.json
Setup in full →Limits
  • Search and Fetch: 10 queries per second per organization; per IP address for x402
  • Higher limits: Custom plans on request
Limits in full →Privacy
  • Data location: Infrastructure in the US, EU, Canada and APAC; queries may be processed in any of them by default
  • Retention: Not published
  • Used for training: Not published
Privacy in full →

Read from Linkup’s own pages on 2026-11-04. Every number links to the page a value came from. For agents, the same facts as markdown: /tools/search-the-web/linkup.md