For comparison, Kagi charges $12 per 1000 searches (only talking about their API pricing, like what you’d use with an LLM; their $10/mo plan has unlimited searches but it’s a TOS violation to use those credentials with an LLM).

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Havoc 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>it’s a TOS violation

Competitor uruky is more relaxed about api and is cheaper. Creator is active on hn

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=BrunoBernardino

	▲	wmchen an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Thanks for sharing, wasn't aware of this provider. If anyone is wondering about rate limits for the subscription: >We calculate search rates based on the timestamps of the last searches of a user (just the timestamps, not the queries or anything else!). We keep those timestamps for 12 hours, then discard them. We currently limit searches to 5 per 5 seconds, 15 per minute, and 120 per hour. Source: https://uruky.com/faq API: https://uruky.com/docs/api In other words, good enough for casual use if you were already going to subscribe. Assuming the rate limits are okay, Uruky’s €5/month becomes cheaper at these search volumes: 1. Tavily Basic: 1,704 searches/month 2. Brave Search: 2,126 searches/month 3. Exa Fast / Auto: 2,233 searches/month 4. Exa Instant: 3,907 searches/month 5. DeepSeek Search: 7,503 searches/month 6. Ceramic: 22,507 searches/month

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PhilippGille 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Kagi has an official MCP server [1], where you set the API key. MCP use is always by an LLM, so this seems to be at odds with their TOS.

[1] https://github.com/kagisearch/kagimcp

	▲	wmchen an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I believe the commenter was referring specifically to the paid subscription for Kagi, not the per-query usage-based billing API.