{"slug":"parallel","name":"Parallel Search API","owner":null,"repo":null,"category":"search-retrieval","lang":"","blurb":"Search API built from the ground up for AI agents — pass an objective and get URLs plus token-relevant compressed excerpts.","use_cases":"[]","alternatives":[],"stars":0,"pushed_at":null,"synced_at":null,"kind":"api","one_liner":"Search API built from the ground up for AI agents — pass an objective and get URLs plus token-relevant compressed excerpts.","website":"https://parallel.ai","docs_url":"https://docs.parallel.ai","signup_url":"https://platform.parallel.ai","pricing_model":"freemium","pricing_note":"Up to ~16,000 free search requests; then ~$0.005 per request (10 results) + ~$0.001 per additional results/excerpts","auth_type":"api-key","agent_signup":"self-serve-instant-key","agent_signup_note":"Self-serve key with ~16k free requests; the Search MCP (search.parallel.ai/mcp) even works with NO key for light use.","mcp_server":"https://search.parallel.ai/mcp","sdks":["Python","REST"],"code_sample":"{\"lang\":\"bash\",\"code\":\"curl https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search \\\\\\n  -H \\\"x-api-key: $PARALLEL_API_KEY\\\" \\\\\\n  -H \\\"Content-Type: application/json\\\" \\\\\\n  -d '{\\n    \\\"objective\\\": \\\"Find recent benchmarks comparing AI search APIs\\\",\\n    \\\"search_queries\\\": [\\\"AI search API benchmark 2026\\\"]\\n  }'\"}","tags":["agent-native","web-search","excerpts","objective-based","rag"],"useCases":[],"codeSample":{"lang":"bash","code":"curl https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search \\\n  -H \"x-api-key: $PARALLEL_API_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\n    \"objective\": \"Find recent benchmarks comparing AI search APIs\",\n    \"search_queries\": [\"AI search API benchmark 2026\"]\n  }'"},"oneLiner":"Search API built from the ground up for AI agents — pass an objective and get URLs plus token-relevant compressed excerpts.","docsUrl":"https://docs.parallel.ai","signupUrl":"https://platform.parallel.ai","pricingModel":"freemium","pricingNote":"Up to ~16,000 free search requests; then ~$0.005 per request (10 results) + ~$0.001 per additional results/excerpts","authType":"api-key","agentSignup":"self-serve-instant-key","agentSignupNote":"Self-serve key with ~16k free requests; the Search MCP (search.parallel.ai/mcp) even works with NO key for light use.","mcpServer":"https://search.parallel.ai/mcp"}