# Choose what to buy with prices, reviews and owners’ reports. Stores, video reviews, Reddit and lab tests A buying guide narrows a category to the best pick for your needs, at the best price. With Agentik, your AI compares stores on Google Shopping with DataForSEO, reads video reviews and Reddit threads through ScrapeCreators, and finds expert tests with Exa. - For: Anyone about to make a big purchase - Providers: 3 (DataForSEO, ScrapeCreators and Exa), 7 tools - Example (One product search in the United States, sellers for 3 products, one YouTube search with 3 transcripts, 2 Reddit searches with 3 threads, one expert-review search): at most $0.08, computed from the live catalog - Updated: 2026-10-10 ## Each provider does one part No single provider covers this job. Through Agentik your AI calls each one for its part, from one connection and one prepaid balance. - **DataForSEO** (2 tools, at most $0.02): Google Shopping products and every seller’s price. - **ScrapeCreators** (4 tools, at most $0.02): Video reviews with their transcripts, and Reddit threads where owners report problems after months of use. - **Exa** (1 tool, at most $0.06): Expert test results and long-term reviews, found by meaning. ## Give this to your agent ```text Use my connected Agentik MCP server for this job: buying guide. Help me choose what to buy. First ask me for the product type, my budget, my country and what matters most to me. Find products and prices with dataforseo/google-shopping-products-task and every seller for the top three with dataforseo/merchant-google-sellers. Find video reviews with scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-search and read three transcripts with scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-video-transcript. Read what owners say with scrapecreators/get-v1-reddit-search and scrapecreators/get-v1-reddit-post-comments. Find expert test results with exa/search. Finish with the top three for my needs (price, best store, strengths, problems owners report), the one I should buy and why, and what to avoid. Before running anything, inspect each tool with inspect_tool, ask me for any input you don’t have instead of inventing it, and tell me the total price. Wait for my go. At the end, tell me what Agentik charged. ``` ## You provide - The product type - Budget - Country - What matters most ## What you get: a buying guide with a clear pick - The top three for your needs - The best price and store for each - Problems owners report - A clear pick with reasons ## How to choose what to buy in Claude or ChatGPT Prices are the most each call can reserve for this example: One product search in the United States, sellers for 3 products, one YouTube search with 3 transcripts, 2 Reddit searches with 3 threads, one expert-review search. ### 1. Find products and prices DataForSEO searches Google Shopping and lists every seller’s price for three products; the results come back in a few minutes, and fetching them is free. - [Google Shopping product search task](/tools/dataforseo/google-shopping-products-task.md) `dataforseo/google-shopping-products-task` (DataForSEO, 1 search): at most $0.003 - [Google Shopping product search task](/tools/dataforseo/google-shopping-products-task.md) `dataforseo/google-shopping-products-task` (DataForSEO, the results): free - [Google Shopping sellers](/tools/dataforseo/merchant-google-sellers.md) `dataforseo/merchant-google-sellers` (DataForSEO, 3 products): at most $0.009 - [Google Shopping sellers](/tools/dataforseo/merchant-google-sellers.md) `dataforseo/merchant-google-sellers` (DataForSEO, 3 results): free ### 2. Read video reviews ScrapeCreators finds popular YouTube reviews and reads three transcripts, so your AI knows what reviewers actually say. - [YouTube search](/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-search.md) `scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-search` (ScrapeCreators, 1 search): at most $0.0019 - [YouTube video transcript](/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-video-transcript.md) `scrapecreators/get-v1-youtube-video-transcript` (ScrapeCreators, 3 videos): at most $0.0056 ### 3. Read owners on Reddit ScrapeCreators searches Reddit and reads three threads where owners report problems after months of use. - [Reddit search](/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-reddit-search.md) `scrapecreators/get-v1-reddit-search` (ScrapeCreators, 2 searches): at most $0.0038 - [Reddit post comments](/tools/scrapecreators/get-v1-reddit-post-comments.md) `scrapecreators/get-v1-reddit-post-comments` (ScrapeCreators, 3 threads): at most $0.0056 ### 4. Read expert tests Exa finds expert test results and long-term reviews. - [Exa web search](/tools/exa/search.md) `exa/search` (Exa, 10 reviews): at most $0.06 ### 5. Make the pick Your AI picks the top three for your needs, the best price and store for each, the problems owners report, and one clear pick. Example total: at most $0.08. Each call is billed for measured usage; unused reservations are released. ## Ask it your way - Which robot vacuum with a mop should I buy for under 600 dollars? - What do owners say about this espresso machine after a year? - Where is this TV cheapest right now? - Which of these three laptops do expert tests rate best? ## Why through Agentik - Shopping prices, video reviews, Reddit and expert tests come from three providers through one connection. - The expert search is most of the price; the whole guide costs about eight cents. ## Good to know - Google Shopping tasks return results in a few minutes; fetching them is free. - Video reviews can be sponsored; your AI notes disclosures it finds in transcripts. ## When to use something else For price drop alerts on one product, use a price tracker. This playbook helps you decide what to buy in the first place. ## Buying guide: questions ### Are video reviews sponsored? Sometimes. Your AI notes the disclosures it finds in transcripts. ### Does it track price drops? No. It helps you choose; a price tracker watches one product over time. ### What does the example cost? At most $0.08, reserved before each call and settled at the measured usage. ## Keep going - [Secondhand deal check](/marketplace-deal-check.md): Listings for the item near you on Facebook Marketplace, what similar items actually sold for, the new price on Google Shopping, and what to check before buying. - [Is this website legit](/website-legit-check.md): How long a website has existed, its Trustpilot rating and reviews, scam reports on Google and what Reddit says about it, before you pay. - [Competitor price check](/competitor-price-check.md): Every seller of your products on Google Shopping and Amazon with today’s price, competitors’ shipping and promotions read on their own pages, and the coupon codes in circulation. - [E-commerce tools for your agent](/tools/ecommerce.md) - [Social tools for your agent](/tools/social.md) - [Web search tools for your agent](/tools/search.md) [All playbooks](/playbooks.md) · [Connection guides](/docs/clients.md) · [Billing](/docs/billing.md) --- [HTML page](/buying-guide) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)