The pricing for AI search is such a scam...

Reddit r/AI_Agents 07/09/26, 07:21 PM Tools

Summary

The author created an open-source tool that provides unlimited web searches for AI agents for free, criticizing existing AI search providers for overpricing. The tool is available at laurel.dev.

Pretty much every AI search provider in the market is extremely overpriced relative to what they are actually doing. Ranging from $5-$25 / 1K searches. So I did something about it. I was able to create an in-house tool for my own AI products that could power more than 100k web searches for less than $3. And the results are comparable to providers like Exa and Tavily I've been sitting on this tool for a couple months now. And decided to open it up for free. No credits, No per-search pricing, No catch And its opensource Literally unlimited web search for AI agents This is just a big fuck you to all those search APIs charging those ridiculous prices for what should be a basic building block in every AI product Have Fun! laurel.dev

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