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Desearch compared with XCrap
Detail DesearchXCrap logo XCrap
What it doesWeb search API for AI agents that returns current, source-linked context Free API to read X posts, threads and profiles as Markdown or JSON without login or API key
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given 2023
Based inNot given FR
Pricing modelPaid Free
PricingNew accounts get $5 in API credits after attaching a card, then pay as you go. AI Search $0.40 per 1,000 items; Web Search $1.00 per 1,000 searches; Extract $0.50 per 1,000 pages; X Search $0.15 per 1,000 posts. X Profile Search $25.00 per 1,000 profiles; YouTube Creator Search $10.00 per 1,000 crea No charge. Funded by donations. Rate limits are applied per IP address and per endpoint: 45 requests per minute for single posts and profiles, 15 per minute for threads and timelines, 20 per minute for media, 4 history exports and 6 bulk requests every five minutes, 10 searches every fifteen minutes
Key features
  • AI Search with summaries and cited sources
  • Web Search with SERP-style results
  • Page extraction in text, markdown or HTML
  • X (Twitter) search for posts, profiles, replies and trends
  • People Search across X, YouTube, LinkedIn and TikTok
  • Company Search and Company Enrich
  • REST API, Python and JavaScript SDKs, and MCP server
  • Source filtering by domain and platform
  • Publication dates included when available
  • SOC 2 Type II compliance and GDPR support
  • Single posts with full metrics: likes, reposts, replies, quotes, bookmarks and views
  • Thread unrolling by stitching timeline with conversation ID
  • Direct media downloads at every bitrate X encoded
  • Bulk processing: up to fifty posts in one request
  • Five output formats: JSON, Markdown, YAML, CSV, HTML
  • MCP server integration for Claude and Cursor
  • Full-text search with X search operators
  • Markdown token counting via x-markdown-tokens header
  • No authentication required: works with bare post IDs or x.com and twitter.com links
  • Multiple integrations: SDK, OpenAPI spec, skill file, MCP server
What makes it different
  • Built on decentralized Bittensor network for fresh, current web index
  • Single API key covers all services: web, AI search, extraction and social
  • Results packaged with source links and passages for agent verification
  • Agents can set themselves up with one-line MCP server installation
  • 99.1% reference page retrieval on SimpleQA Verified benchmark
  • Completely free with no sign-up, API key generation or credit card required
  • Works with any AI agent without needing credentials to store or rotate
  • No data storage: posts cached five days only, media streamed through disk
  • Works even when X's official API is unavailable via four fallback sources behind each endpoint
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)30 +3 (up) since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)40
Citation Flow (Majestic)3414
Referring domains (Majestic)1754

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