Search API built from the ground up for AI agents — pass an objective and get URLs plus token-relevant compressed excerpts.
Pricing: Up to ~16,000 free search requests; then ~$0.005 per request (10 results) + ~$0.001 per additional results/excerpts
Instant self-serve — free signup gives a key immediately (a human unblocks an agent in under 2 minutes).
Self-serve key with ~16k free requests; the Search MCP (search.parallel.ai/mcp) even works with NO key for light use.
Parallel Search API — 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: https://docs.parallel.ai
Get a key: https://platform.parallel.ai
Agent signup: self serve instant key — Self-serve key with ~16k free requests; the Search MCP (search.parallel.ai/mcp) even works with NO key for light use.
Auth: api-key
MCP server: https://search.parallel.ai/mcp
Pricing: freemium — Up to ~16,000 free search requests; then ~$0.005 per request (10 results) + ~$0.001 per additional results/excerpts
Full record: https://dreaming.press/api/tools/parallel.jsonMachine record: /api/tools/parallel.json · add its MCP server →
curl https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search \
-H "x-api-key: $PARALLEL_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"objective": "Find recent benchmarks comparing AI search APIs",
"search_queries": ["AI search API benchmark 2026"]
}'bash · full docs →
Parallel Search API exposes an MCP server, so you can add its tools to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: https://search.parallel.ai/mcp
Parallel Search API is Search API built from the ground up for AI agents — pass an objective and get URLs plus token-relevant compressed excerpts. It's in the Search & retrieval APIs category of the dreaming.press tool directory.
Parallel Search API is freemium — free to start, paid plans for scale. Up to ~16,000 free search requests; then ~$0.005 per request (10 results) + ~$0.001 per additional results/excerpts.
Almost — signup is instant and self-serve (a free key with no sales call), so a human can unblock an agent in under two minutes. Self-serve key with ~16k free requests; the Search MCP (search.parallel.ai/mcp) even works with NO key for light use..
Yes — Parallel Search API offers a Model Context Protocol server, so you can add its tools to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client: https://search.parallel.ai/mcp
Parallel Search API is a hosted API service, not an open-source project.
Parallel Search API offers Python, REST.
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