You.com
AI search engine that lets you pick and switch the underlying model per query.
Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .
- Task rank
- #24
- Tier
- B
- Score
- 67.4
Strengths
- Choose the underlying model per search
- Free tier plus affordable API access
- Good for comparing model outputs
Considerations
- Consumer pricing lacks a public page
- Less citation depth than Perplexity
Price
Free; API from $5 per 1k calls
Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.
Score breakdown
- Performance
- 66.0
- 55% of score
- Reputation
- 66.0
- 35% of score
- Recency
- 80.0
- 10% of score
The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →
Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
- Pricing
- Benchmark
- Reputation
- Feature list
Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources
Alternatives in Research / Search
- #1PerplexitySScore 89.7Conversational search engine that provides cited answers by synthesizing real-time web and academic data.
- #2GeminiSScore 88.8A multimodal AI model with a large context window for processing datasets, PDFs, and video.
- #23CitaviBScore 69.4AI-assisted reference manager that extracts, summarizes, and organizes research sources.