Desearch vs YTAPI

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Desearch compared with YTAPI
Detail	Desearch	YTAPI
What it does	Web search API for AI agents that returns current, source-linked context	Transcript API for YouTube videos with 644 ms median response time
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	Not given
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Pricing	New 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	Free plan: 200 credits on signup, no card required. Starter: 2,000 credits for $9 (5 req/s, 300 RPM). Standard: 10,000 credits for $29 (10 req/s, 600 RPM). Best Value: 50,000 credits for $79 (50 req/s, 3,000 RPM). Enterprise: custom pricing. Each successful API response costs 1 credit; errors and fa
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	644 ms median response time on uncached videos Word-level timestamps for auto-generated captions Multiple transcript formats: Markdown, SRT, VTT, JSON Support for videos with no prior requests or cache Chrome extension for in-video transcript viewing Bulk export of channel and playlist transcripts up to 5,000 videos Batch API for up to 100 videos in parallel YouTube search, channel and playlist APIs Video comments and most replayed moments SDKs for Python, TypeScript, and 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	No Google Cloud project or YouTube Data API quota required Fast performance on uncached videos with automatic retry logic Credits never expire Integrated tools for transcripts, metadata, search, and video details in one API key
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	30 +3 (up) since last check	5 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	34	24
Referring domains (Majestic)	175	19

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