83.67% accuracy, 93.16% F1 on DeepSearchQA — #1 self-reported. FRAMES: highest accuracy range, 1/7th latency vs peers. BrowseComp: 2nd highest accuracy, 1/4th latency vs top competitor. Five tiers: lite, standard, deep, exhaustive, frontier.
You.com Search API
activeResearch API launched Feb 26, 2026. #1 DeepSearchQA (83.67% accuracy, 93.16% F1, self-reported). Five research tiers: lite → frontier. Supports 1,000+ reasoning turns.
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Evidence
Editorial verdict
Below cut line in search-news. Research API launched Feb 26, 2026 with strong self-reported benchmark claims (#1 DeepSearchQA). Too new for independent verification — no HN traction, no AIMultiple placement. If claims verified, jumps to ranked list immediately.
Source
Docs: you.com
Public evidence
Strongest distribution signal in category. If search quality holds, this is enormous.
How does this compare?
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Where it wins
OpenAI integrated You.com as core search provider
Self-reported #1 DeepSearchQA: 83.67% accuracy, 93.16% F1
Five research tiers (lite → frontier) for accuracy/cost/latency tradeoff
Supports 1,000+ reasoning turns, 10M token expenditure
MCP server launched
Where to be skeptical
All benchmark claims self-reported, no independent verification
Not in AIMultiple benchmark
Launched Feb 26, 2026 — only 3 weeks old at assessment date
No HN traction, no public GitHub presence
Enterprise-only pricing, not publicly disclosed
Ranking in categories
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