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Tavily API Alternative: Web Search for Agents, Pay per Call
SEO, GEO and newsSep 16, 2026

Tavily API Alternative: Web Search for Agents, Pay per Call

Give an agent web search without signing up for one search vendor. Four live engines, one query, one key, and what each one returned.

Ahrefs API: Get Domain Rating and Backlinks Per Call
SEO, GEO and newsSep 15, 2026

Ahrefs API: Get Domain Rating and Backlinks Per Call

Get Domain Rating and referring domains from the Ahrefs API for one domain or a list, filter to dofollow links, and pay only for the rows you receive.

Apollo Email Finder API: Find Work Emails for a List of People
Sales and GTMSep 15, 2026

Apollo Email Finder API: Find Work Emails for a List of People

Find a person's work email from a name and company domain, or from a title search, through the Apollo email finder API with one key, billed per call.

Domain Name Availability API: Check Names, WHOIS and DNS
Reading the web, and agentsSep 15, 2026

Domain Name Availability API: Check Names, WHOIS and DNS

Check a name across .com, .io, .ai and more, then pull the registrar, creation date, nameservers and DNS records for the ones that are taken.

Firecrawl with Claude: Add Map, Scrape and Extract Tools
Reading the web, and agentsSep 15, 2026

Firecrawl with Claude: Add Map, Scrape and Extract Tools

Give Claude Firecrawl's map, scrape and extract tools in one minute, with what each call returned when we ran it and where Claude gets misled.

How to Use Seedance 2.0 by API: Models, Prices, First Video
Generating mediaSep 15, 2026

How to Use Seedance 2.0 by API: Models, Prices, First Video

Generate Seedance 2.0 videos by API from your agent: which of the four models to pick, how tokens turn into a bill, and what to download.

Octen AI Search API: Search, Extract and Embed on One Key
SEO, GEO and newsSep 15, 2026

Octen AI Search API: Search, Extract and Embed on One Key

Call the Octen search API from your agent: web search, page extraction and embeddings on one key, billed per call. Fields from live runs.

Reddit User API: Pull a Profile's Posts and Comments
Social and creatorsSep 15, 2026

Reddit User API: Pull a Profile's Posts and Comments

Pull a Reddit user's complete post history and comments with the thread each one sits in, using one key and billing per call.

Hunter.io API: Find Emails by Domain or Name for Many Companies
Sales and GTMSep 14, 2026

Hunter.io API: Find Emails by Domain or Name for Many Companies

Use the Hunter.io API from your agent: list the email addresses at a domain, find one person's address, and see which were found or generated.

Reverse Email Lookup API: Find the Person Behind an Email
Sales and GTMSep 14, 2026

Reverse Email Lookup API: Find the Person Behind an Email

Run a reverse email lookup through an API: one address in, the person and their company out, with the fields we got back and the traps to avoid.

TikTok User Finder API: Find Accounts by Keyword in Code
Social and creatorsSep 14, 2026

TikTok User Finder API: Find Accounts by Keyword in Code

Find TikTok accounts by keyword with one API call, page through the results, and read each profile, with the traps we hit when we ran it.

Free Web Search API for AI Agents: Search, Then Read Pages
SEO, GEO and newsSep 13, 2026

Free Web Search API for AI Agents: Search, Then Read Pages

A free web search API your agent can call, plus a free page fetch. What comes back, what goes wrong, and which paid search endpoints sit on the same key.

AI Agent Development Company or In House? How to Decide
Sales and GTMSep 8, 2026

AI Agent Development Company or In House? How to Decide

Hire an AI agent development company or build in house? What the build really contains, a live two-vendor test, and when outside help pays.

Find Companies Running Google Ads: Check a List of Domains
Sales and GTMSep 8, 2026

Find Companies Running Google Ads: Check a List of Domains

Turn a list of company domains into the ones running Google Ads, with their paid landing pages, top keywords and ad counts, billed per row.

Google Shopping API Lowest Price: Get the Real Cheapest
Commerce and pricingSep 8, 2026

Google Shopping API Lowest Price: Get the Real Cheapest

Pull the lowest price for a product from Google Shopping through an API, and filter out open-box, earbuds and foreign-currency rows that fake the minimum.

Reddit Scraper Returns Different Posts: Why and Fixes
Social and creatorsSep 8, 2026

Reddit Scraper Returns Different Posts: Why and Fixes

Why a Reddit scraper returns different posts from run to run or from another scraper, measured on two endpoints, with a merge that fixes it.

Salary Data API: Pay by Company, Job Title and H-1B Filing
Sales and GTMSep 8, 2026

Salary Data API: Pay by Company, Job Title and H-1B Filing

Get salary data as JSON for one company, one job title or H-1B filings, with the sample count behind every number. Pay per call from your agent.

Telegram Channel Data API: Posts and Views, No Bot Token
Social and creatorsSep 8, 2026

Telegram Channel Data API: Posts and Views, No Bot Token

Pull any public Telegram channel's posts, views, reactions and media with one key and no bot token, and see what each field really contains.

Insider Trading API: Pull SEC Form 4 Data for Any Company
Finance and marketsSep 7, 2026

Insider Trading API: Pull SEC Form 4 Data for Any Company

Pull SEC Form 4 insider transactions for one company or across the market with a single API call, and see which fields to trust before you build on them.

PitchBook API: Get Funding Round Data Without a Seat
Sales and GTMSep 7, 2026

PitchBook API: Get Funding Round Data Without a Seat

Pull a company's funding rounds, round types and counts for a whole list through one key, billed per call, without a database seat.

Monitor Competitor Prices Automatically: Setup and Costs
Commerce and pricingSep 7, 2026

Monitor Competitor Prices Automatically: Setup and Costs

Pull competitor prices on a schedule from your agent, store the whole record and alert only on real price moves. Tested live on Amazon data.

Kalshi API and Polymarket API: Matched Market Data per Call
Finance and marketsSep 7, 2026

Kalshi API and Polymarket API: Matched Market Data per Call

Pull Kalshi and Polymarket markets, matched pairs and price spreads from your agent, billed per call, with the fields and traps from live runs.

Software Review API: Pull Capterra and G2 Reviews by Product
Research and diligenceSep 7, 2026

Software Review API: Pull Capterra and G2 Reviews by Product

Pull software reviews with pros and cons split, for one product or a list, from Capterra and G2 with one key, billed per call.

Instagram Engagement Rate: Calculate It From Raw Post Data
Social and creatorsSep 3, 2026

Instagram Engagement Rate: Calculate It From Raw Post Data

Pull an Instagram profile and its recent posts in one call, then compute an engagement rate you can defend. Mean, median and window change the answer.