# Web search API and MCP 17 tools from Firecrawl, Exa and 5 more, from $0.008 per call, some tools free. ## Capabilities - [Web search for agents](/tools/web-search/web-search.md): 9 tools, from $0.008 per call, some tools free. - [Deep research & cited answers](/tools/web-search/deep-research.md): 8 tools, from $0.0025 per credit, some tools free. ## All 17 tools - [DuckDuckGo instant answer](/providers/duckduckgo/instant-answer.md): `duckduckgo/instant-answer`, no charge per call. Zero-click instant answer for a topic or entity (not a web search): abstract from Wikipedia and other sources, official site, infobox, related topics, direct. Needs q. - [Exa web search](/providers/exa/search.md): `exa/search`, usage based, the maximum is shown before a run. Perform a search with an Exa prompt-engineered query and retrieve a list of relevant results. Needs query. - [Firecrawl Alexandria tool contracts](/providers/firecrawl/find-tools.md): `firecrawl/find-tools`, no charge per call. Free catalog discovery. Takes options (optional). - [Firecrawl docs search with citations](/providers/firecrawl/search-support-docs.md): `firecrawl/search-support-docs`, price pending. Answer Firecrawl documentation questions using the public docs corpus. Needs question. - [Firecrawl web search with optional scraping](/providers/firecrawl/search.md): `firecrawl/search`, usage based, the maximum is shown before a run. Search and optionally scrape search results. Needs query. - [Google search](/providers/scrapecreators/get-v1-google-search.md): `scrapecreators/get-v1-google-search`, usage based, the maximum is shown before a run. Performs a Google search and returns organic results with url, title, and description for each result. Needs query. Served by ScrapeCreators. - [Google web search](/providers/serper/search.md): `serper/search`, $0.001 per credit. Google search results (organic, knowledge graph, people also ask, related searches) via Serper. Needs q. Served by Serper. - [Grok web search with cited sources](/providers/xai/web-search.md): `xai/web-search`, usage based, the maximum is shown before a run. Grok searches and reads the web server-side, restricted to or excluding chosen domains, understands images on request, and answers with citations. Needs query. - [Tavily agent search](/providers/tavily/search.md): `tavily/search`, from $0.008 per call. Web search built for AI agents: ranked results with extracted content, optional synthesized answer. Needs query. - [Exa answer with citations](/providers/exa/answer.md): `exa/answer`, usage based, the maximum is shown before a run. Performs a search based on the query and generates either a direct answer or a detailed summary with citations, depending on the query type. Needs query. - [Exa research run](/providers/exa/agent-run.md): `exa/agent-run`, usage based, the maximum is shown before a run. Exa agent run (multi-step research, list building, enrichment). Needs query. - [Firecrawl agent execution trace](/providers/firecrawl/get-agent-trace.md): `firecrawl/get-agent-trace`, no charge per call. Needs job id. - [Firecrawl agent output snapshot](/providers/firecrawl/get-agent-snapshot.md): `firecrawl/get-agent-snapshot`, no charge per call. Needs job id and snapshot id. - [Firecrawl related research papers](/providers/firecrawl/research-related-papers.md): `firecrawl/research-related-papers`, price pending. Needs id and intent. - [Firecrawl research paper reader](/providers/firecrawl/research-get-paper.md): `firecrawl/research-get-paper`, price pending. Inspect or read a paper. Needs id. - [Firecrawl research paper search](/providers/firecrawl/research-search-papers.md): `firecrawl/research-search-papers`, price pending. Needs query. - [Start a Firecrawl agent task](/providers/firecrawl/start-agent.md): `firecrawl/start-agent`, $0.0025 per credit. Start an agent task for agentic data extraction. Needs prompt. ## Related - [Web scraping](/tools/web-scraping.md): 19 tools, from $0.0025 per call, some tools free. - [SEO](/tools/seo.md): 98 tools, from $0.00015 per page, some tools free. - [News](/tools/news.md): 4 tools, from $0.001 per credit, some tools free. ## Providers - [Firecrawl](/providers/firecrawl.md): 56 tools, from $0.0025 per call, some tools free. - [Exa](/providers/exa.md): 16 tools. - [DuckDuckGo](/providers/duckduckgo.md): 1 tool, with no charge per call. - [ScrapeCreators](/providers/scrapecreators.md): 193 tools, from $0.00188 per call. - [Serper](/providers/serper.md): 2 tools, from $0.001 per credit. - [Tavily](/providers/tavily.md): 1 tool, from $0.008 per call. - [xAI](/providers/xai.md): 2 tools. ## Questions ### Which web search data can my agent read? For agents and deep research & cited answers. ### Which providers serve web search tools? Firecrawl, Exa, DuckDuckGo, ScrapeCreators and 3 more. Your agent compares them by price and inputs before it runs one. ### How is it billed? Per call, at the provider's price with no markup, from $0.008 per call. Some of these tools are free. Your agent sees the price before it runs a tool. [Tools](/tools.md) · [Connection guide](/connect.md) · [Billing](/docs/billing.md) --- [HTML page](/tools/web-search) · [Agent index](/llms.txt)