Use AgentRouter to search the web, news, images, video, grounded answers, context, and research routes through one search API for agents.
Brave
Exa
Parallel
Perplexity7
Live Providers
17
Live Routes
8 credits ($0.008)
Web Search
8 credits ($0.008)
Grounded Answer
The live search catalog currently exposes 8 capabilities for AI agents. Web Search currently starts at 8 credits ($0.008), and grounded answer currently starts at 8 credits ($0.008).
Availability Note
17 search routes are live now. `search.answer.grok.mpp` stays temporarily unavailable on the current staged surface.
What Is Search & Answer Engines?
Agent search is the operational layer that lets an AI agent retrieve ranked results, grounded answers, evidence sets, image results, video results, news, similar pages, and longer-running research workflows through one domain.
In practice, search tasks rarely stay in one provider surface. One route may be strongest for web search, another for grounded answers, another for context blocks, and another for multi-hop research. That creates unnecessary routing logic inside the agent.
AgentRouter keeps those paths behind one routed search surface so the agent can recommend the right route before execution and change providers as pricing or quality shifts.
Top Scenarios
Return ranked search hits when the agent wants raw sources instead of a synthesized answer.
Brave
MPP
8 credits ($0.008)
Browserbase
MPP
8 credits ($0.008)
Exa
MPP
8 credits ($0.008)
Research intake, sourcing, and retrieval before synthesis
Coverage: 1 capabilities · 7 live routes
Start with Web Search
Ask for a synthesized answer backed by sources when the agent needs a concise output quickly.
Brave
MPP
8 credits ($0.008)
Exa
MPP
8 credits ($0.008)
Perplexity
MPP
8 credits ($0.008)
Assistant replies, briefs, and source-backed summaries
Coverage: 2 capabilities · 5 live routes
Pull current news, images, or video results when the workflow depends on recent or media-specific coverage.
News Search
Brave
8 credits ($0.008)
Image Search
Brave
8 credits ($0.008)
Video Search
Brave
8 credits ($0.008)
Current events, monitoring, and media retrieval
Coverage: 3 capabilities · 3 live routes
Use the research route when a plain SERP or one-shot answer is not enough for the task.
Exa
MPP
8 credits ($0.008)
Parallel
MPP
8 credits ($0.008)
Deep investigations, market scans, and iterative analysis
Coverage: 2 capabilities · 2 live routes
Provider Comparison
The rows below are derived from the live route catalog currently exposed through AgentRouter.
| Provider | Best For | Key Capabilities | Starting Price | Available Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Brave Covers Web Search, News Search, Image Search, Video Search through the live routed catalog. 6 live routes | Web Search and News Search | Web Search, News Search, Image Search, Video Search +2 more Modes: Managed | 8 credits ($0.008) | MPP |
Browserbase Covers Web Search through the live routed catalog. 1 live routes | Web Search | Web Search Modes: Managed |
Quick Start
Get an API key, ask AgentRouter to recommend the best route for the job, and execute through one shared wallet instead of wiring each provider separately.
Step 1
Enable the API once
Create one AgentRouter API key that can be reused across all live domains and capabilities.
Step 2
Recommend the route
Let AgentRouter compare the current routes, prices, and route availability before the first execute call.
Step 3
Execute the capability
Run the selected workflow through the chosen route while AgentRouter handles pricing, wallet debits, and upstream settlement.
Works with
Pricing By Task
These examples translate the current live route prices into workflow questions operators usually evaluate before shipping a domain into an agent.
| Task | Route | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run one web search | Brave (search.web.brave.mpp) | 8 credits ($0.008) | Return raw ranked results for the agent to inspect or rerank. |
| Run one news search | Brave (search.news.brave.mpp) | 8 credits ($0.008) | Use when recency matters more than a general SERP. |
| Return one grounded answer | Brave (search.answer.brave.mpp) | 8 credits ($0.008) | Best when the agent wants a concise answer with citations. |
| Pull evidence context blocks | Brave (search.context.brave.mpp) | 8 credits ($0.008) | Expand the supporting evidence set behind a question. |
| Launch one research workflow | Parallel (search.research.parallel.mpp) | 8 credits ($0.008) | Use when the task needs multi-hop search rather than one-shot retrieval. |
Why AgentRouter
Recommendation happens before execution, so the agent can compare current route supply and pricing instead of hard-coding one provider forever. The same routed contract stays stable even as provider coverage or transport paths change underneath.
FAQ
Agent search is the routed layer that lets an AI agent run web, news, image, video, answer, context, similar-page, and research workflows through one API domain.
Use search.answer when the agent wants a synthesized answer with citations. Use search.web when the agent needs raw ranked results to inspect itself.
Search.context returns supporting evidence blocks and context for a topic, which is useful when the agent wants source material before writing its own answer.
No. AgentRouter compares the currently live search routes and executes through one wallet across the routed search catalog.
Reference
Use the capability browser below when you want contract-level detail: endpoints, live example modals, route breakdowns, and exact route prices.
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| Capability | Endpoints | Price |
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web Search the public web and return ranked result items. | GET /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/webRead the capability contract, current lifecycle status, and machine-readable metadata for this search workflow. | Free |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/web/recommendAsk AgentRouter to compare eligible routes inside this capability and return the best recommendation before execution. | Free | |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/web/executeExecute this capability through the selected route while AgentRouter handles pricing, wallet debits, and upstream settlement. | ||
news Search recent news sources and return ranked news result items. | GET /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/newsRead the capability contract, current lifecycle status, and machine-readable metadata for this search workflow. | Free |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/news/recommendAsk AgentRouter to compare eligible routes inside this capability and return the best recommendation before execution. | Free | |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/news/executeExecute this capability through the selected route while AgentRouter handles pricing, wallet debits, and upstream settlement. | ||
images Search the public web for images and return image results with source pages. | GET /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/imagesRead the capability contract, current lifecycle status, and machine-readable metadata for this search workflow. | Free |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/images/recommendAsk AgentRouter to compare eligible routes inside this capability and return the best recommendation before execution. | Free | |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/images/executeExecute this capability through the selected route while AgentRouter handles pricing, wallet debits, and upstream settlement. | ||
video Search the public web for videos and return video results with source pages. | GET /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/videoRead the capability contract, current lifecycle status, and machine-readable metadata for this search workflow. | Free |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/video/recommendAsk AgentRouter to compare eligible routes inside this capability and return the best recommendation before execution. | Free | |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/video/executeExecute this capability through the selected route while AgentRouter handles pricing, wallet debits, and upstream settlement. | ||
answer Return a grounded answer backed by search results and citations. | GET /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/answerRead the capability contract, current lifecycle status, and machine-readable metadata for this search workflow. | Free |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/answer/recommendAsk AgentRouter to compare eligible routes inside this capability and return the best recommendation before execution. | Free | |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/answer/executeExecute this capability through the selected route while AgentRouter handles pricing, wallet debits, and upstream settlement. 1 route in this breakdown are temporarily unavailable. | ||
context Return search-grounded context blocks that are easier for another agent or model to consume than a raw SERP. | GET /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/contextRead the capability contract, current lifecycle status, and machine-readable metadata for this search workflow. | Free |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/context/recommendAsk AgentRouter to compare eligible routes inside this capability and return the best recommendation before execution. | Free | |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/context/executeExecute this capability through the selected route while AgentRouter handles pricing, wallet debits, and upstream settlement. | ||
similar Given a URL or page, find similar pages. | GET /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/similarRead the capability contract, current lifecycle status, and machine-readable metadata for this search workflow. | Free |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/similar/recommendAsk AgentRouter to compare eligible routes inside this capability and return the best recommendation before execution. | Free | |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/similar/executeExecute this capability through the selected route while AgentRouter handles pricing, wallet debits, and upstream settlement. | ||
research Run a multi-hop research task that can search, branch, and synthesize before returning a final result. | GET /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/researchRead the capability contract, current lifecycle status, and machine-readable metadata for this search workflow. | Free |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/research/recommendAsk AgentRouter to compare eligible routes inside this capability and return the best recommendation before execution. | Free | |
POST /api/agentic-api/domains/search/capabilities/research/executeExecute this capability through the selected route while AgentRouter handles pricing, wallet debits, and upstream settlement. |
Related Pages
AgentRouter landing page
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Web Crawl & Extraction domain
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8 credits ($0.008) |
| MPP |
Exa Covers Web Search, Search Answer, Search Context, Similar Results through the live routed catalog. 4 live routes | Web Search and Search Answer | Web Search, Search Answer, Search Context, Similar Results Modes: Managed | 8 credits ($0.008) | MPP |
 Firecrawl Covers Web Search through the live routed catalog. 1 live routes | Web Search | Web Search Modes: Managed | 8 credits ($0.008) | MPP |
P Parallel Covers Web Search, Research Task through the live routed catalog. 2 live routes | Web Search and Research Task | Web Search, Research Task Modes: Managed | 8 credits ($0.008) | MPP |
Perplexity Covers Web Search, Search Answer through the live routed catalog. 2 live routes | Web Search and Search Answer | Web Search, Search Answer Modes: Managed | 8 credits ($0.008) | MPP |
T Tavily Covers Web Search through the live routed catalog. 1 live routes | Web Search | Web Search Modes: Managed | 8 credits ($0.008) | MPP |
Pricing note: 1000 credits = $1 USD. Raw API responses still return numeric credit fields such as creditsCharged.