Web search and scraping

Tavily: pricing, API and MCP for AI agents

by Tavily · www.tavily.com

Checked 2026-10-17 on Tavily's own pages. Anything we could not confirm says “not verified”.

What is Tavily? Web access API for AI agents: search, extract, crawl, map and research endpoints, billed in API credits with a monthly free allowance.

How an agent uses it: The official Tavily MCP server (MIT) adds search and extract tools to MCP clients.

Best for: Agents that want search, extract and crawl behind one credit balance with a simple free tier.

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Pricing

Free tier
Researcher: 1,000 API credits/month, no card [source, checked 2026-10-17]
Entry paid price
Pay as you go $0.008 per credit; Project $30/month: 4,000 credits [source, checked 2026-10-17]
What you pay for (meter)
API credits; heavier requests use more credits [source]
Data retention
not verified

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For agents

API and SDKsSearch, extract, crawl, map and research endpoints with Python and JavaScript SDKs [source]
MCP serverOfficial MCP server (MIT) [source]
Open sourcenot verified
Compliancenot verified

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Sources

Last checked 2026-10-17. Vendor links on this page are plain links. Data: agent-tools.json · agent-tools.csv (CC BY 4.0). Canonical: https://evalsreview.com/agent-tools/tavily