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Tavily

Web search API for AI agents that returns ranked results with snippets or full page content, plus extract, crawl and research endpoints.

At a glance

Provider
Tavily
Category
Search the web
Type
Hosted API
Pricing model
Credits; $0.008 per credit pay as you go, plans down to $0.0051
Free tier
1,000 credits a month, no card1
Authentication
API key (bearer); OAuth for the MCP server; keyless for search and extract5
Connect via
REST API, remote MCP server, Python and JavaScript SDKs, CLI7
Read from the provider's pages
2026-11-04
Pricing
  • Pricing model: Credit-based: free monthly credits, pay as you go, or monthly plans
  • Free tier: 1,000 credits a month (1,000 basic searches)
  • Card required for free tier: No
Pricing in full →Tools
  • Official MCP server: Yes, remote
  • Address or package: https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/; local bridge via npx -y mcp-remote https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/
  • tools/list without credentials: HTTP 401 with www-authenticate: Bearer; tool list not read
Tools in full →Authentication
  • Who creates the account: A person signs up at the dashboard; keyless access needs no account
  • Where to get a key: https://app.tavily.com
  • Other requirements: Production keys need a paid plan or pay as you go enabled
Authentication in full →Setup
  • REST API: https://api.tavily.com/
  • MCP server: https://mcp.tavily.com/mcp/
  • OpenAPI spec: https://docs.tavily.com/documentation/api-reference/openapi.json
Setup in full →Limits
  • Over-limit response: 429 Too Many Requests, optionally with Retry-After
  • Flex tier: On non-paying plans, searches with max_age_hours can be refused with 434 under heavy load
  • Domain list size: include_domains up to 300, exclude_domains up to 150
Limits in full →Privacy
  • Data location: Not published
  • Retention: Kept while the account exists, until a deletion request, or until no longer needed
  • Used for training: Query data may be used to improve responses; AI functionality inputs may be used to train models
Privacy in full →

Read from Tavily’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/tavily.md