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Tavily-compatible · half the price

The web search API that drops in for Tavily

The same real-time search, extraction, crawling, and research you get from Tavily — through one drop-in web search API, at half the price.

$0.004 / credit Tavily $0.008 Same capability. Drop-in migration.
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/migrate

Switch from Tavily in one line

Repoint your existing client at the gateway. Nothing else in your code changes — same calls, same shapes, you just pay less.

  • Same endpoints — /search, /extract, /crawl, /map, /research
  • Same request parameters and response shape
  • Billed in the same Tavily credits, at half the rate
migrate.sh 

               
              # Before — pointing at Tavily
            

              -
              curl https://api.tavily.com/search \
            

               
              # After — your BestSearch gateway
            

              +
              curl https://app.websearchapi.tech/search \
            

               
                -H "Authorization: Bearer $KEY" \
            

               
                -d '{"query": "...", "search_depth": "advanced"}'

/features

Built for Tavily-compatible search,
delivered through one web search API

01

Lightning Fast

Randomized Tavily key-pool routing keeps search requests moving

/search
/extract
/crawl
/map
/research
/usage
02

Secure & Reliable

Client API keys stay isolated from Tavily service keys

03

Global Coverage

Managed key-pool routing, rate limits, and request logs for search traffic

04

Developer Friendly

Tavily-compatible request paths and parameters

High Performance

Support for concurrent search traffic with pooled Tavily keys

Transparent Billing

Record Tavily credit usage and request history

Team Collaboration

Issue client keys and review request history per user

Open Source

Community driven, self-hosted, and extensible

/pricing

Half the price. Same credits.

BestSearch bills the exact same Tavily credit model — at half the rate per credit. You keep the capability and cut the bill in half.

Tavily

$0.008 / credit

Pay-as-you-go list price

BestSearch

−50%
$0.004 / credit
  • Pay as you go
  • No minimums
  • No lock-in
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Credits per call

Identical to Tavily — only the rate changes

/search 1 credit · advanced 2
/extract 1 / 5 URLs
/map 1 / 10 pages
/crawl 5 credits
/research 10 credits

/how it works

Three steps to a live web search API

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1

Configure

Add Tavily keys to the admin key pool

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2

Connect

Point clients at /search, /extract, /crawl, /map, /research, or /usage

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3

Monitor

Track Tavily usage, credit balance, and request logs

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Ready to cut your Tavily bill in half?

Deploy your own Tavily-compatible web search API and route client requests through a managed key pool — same capability, half the price.

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