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Bing Search API Alternative: Search Results per Call
Search & RAGAug 20, 2026

Bing Search API Alternative: Search Results per Call

The Bing Search API is retired. Replace it with one search call from your agent, see the fields that come back, and pick an endpoint for each job.

PDF to Markdown API: Convert a Mixed Folder for Embedding
Search & RAGAug 20, 2026

PDF to Markdown API: Convert a Mixed Folder for Embedding

Convert PDF, Word and Excel files to Markdown with one API call each, and see what a real run returned, from scanned pages to footnotes turned headings.

Instagram Followers API: Get Follower Counts and Lists
Social dataAug 20, 2026

Instagram Followers API: Get Follower Counts and Lists

Get an Instagram account's follower count and a page of its followers with one key. What each call returns, where the list stops, why counts differ.

LLM Gateway vs MCP Gateway: Four Families, One Word
ProductAug 20, 2026

LLM Gateway vs MCP Gateway: Four Families, One Word

An LLM gateway routes prompts to models. An MCP gateway routes tool calls to vendors. Four gateway families, and which problem each one solves.

MCP vs API for AI Agents: Which One to Use for Each Tool
ProductAug 20, 2026

MCP vs API for AI Agents: Which One to Use for Each Tool

MCP wraps APIs rather than replacing them. See when an agent needs MCP, when a direct API call wins, and the quickest way to give an agent tools.

n8n Scraping and Data Enrichment With One Data Layer
ProductAug 20, 2026

n8n Scraping and Data Enrichment With One Data Layer

Add scraping and company enrichment to an n8n workflow with one key: firmographics, page Markdown and social profiles, billed per call.

OpenRouter Alternatives: Model Gateways and a Tool Router
ProductAug 20, 2026

OpenRouter Alternatives: Model Gateways and a Tool Router

The OpenRouter alternatives for models after the Stripe deal, and the one thing none of them do: give your agent tools. Tested live.

OpenRouter API Key: Give Your Agent Tools Next to It
ProductAug 20, 2026

OpenRouter API Key: Give Your Agent Tools Next to It

An OpenRouter API key reaches models, not the web. Add live search, page scraping and company data to the same agent with one key and one balance.

People Search API: Filters, or a Prompt Instead?
Sales & enrichmentAug 20, 2026

People Search API: Filters, or a Prompt Instead?

Search people by title, seniority and company size through an API, why a wrong filter returns zero or the wrong count, and prompt-based search.

Proxycurl Alternative: Replace Its LinkedIn API Calls
Sales & enrichmentAug 20, 2026

Proxycurl Alternative: Replace Its LinkedIn API Calls

Proxycurl closed in July 2025. Map its people, company, jobs and search calls to replacements, with two profile endpoints run on the same URL.

Find Viral TikTok Videos by Keyword Using a Search API
Social dataAug 20, 2026

Find Viral TikTok Videos by Keyword Using a Search API

Search TikTok videos by keyword, sort by likes and read duration, region and stats in one call, so the brief for your next video ad starts from real data.

TikTok Scraper: Audit Every Video on an Account in One Table
Social dataAug 20, 2026

TikTok Scraper: Audit Every Video on an Account in One Table

Pull every post from a TikTok account with views, shares and saves in one table, and see which videos carry the account. One key, billed per call.

What Is an MCP Gateway? A Plain Definition and Two Kinds
ProductAug 20, 2026

What Is an MCP Gateway? A Plain Definition and Two Kinds

An MCP gateway is one endpoint between an agent and many tools. Learn the definition, the two kinds that share the name, and how to try one.

Monid Finds the Tweet. Volumn Tells You Who Sent It.
Social dataAug 20, 2026

Monid Finds the Tweet. Volumn Tells You Who Sent It.

A tightened X search returned 19 of 20 keyword-relevant tweets. Only 2 were someone actually asking. Keyword match is not intent, and that gap is the work.

Apify Alternatives: You Probably Want a Different Way to Buy It
Search & RAGAug 19, 2026

Apify Alternatives: You Probably Want a Different Way to Buy It

Every AI answer to this question names Apify. We ran an Apify actor without an Apify account to show what the real alternative is.

Amazon Search API: Connect Claude to Amazon Search Data
EcommerceAug 19, 2026

Amazon Search API: Connect Claude to Amazon Search Data

Connect Claude or any agent to Amazon search results by keyword: ranked products, prices, ratings, review counts and related keywords, from one call.

Email List Enrichment: Triage, Dedupe by Domain, Then Pay
Sales & enrichmentAug 19, 2026

Email List Enrichment: Triage, Dedupe by Domain, Then Pay

Enrich a list of email addresses with company and person data: sort the list for free, look up each domain once, and call the person endpoint last.

Free API to Extract Page Content for RAG: What Each Route Returns
Search & RAGAug 19, 2026

Free API to Extract Page Content for RAG: What Each Route Returns

Pull clean page content into a RAG index with one call per URL, or use a source's own free API. Fields and sizes from live runs on one Wikipedia page.

Google Maps Scraper Alternative: Build a Local Lead List
Local dataAug 19, 2026

Google Maps Scraper Alternative: Build a Local Lead List

Pull businesses from Google Maps by keyword and city, with phone, website and ratings, and turn them into a lead list without running a scraper.

Meta Ad Library Longest Running Ads: Find Them by API
Ads intelligenceAug 19, 2026

Meta Ad Library Longest Running Ads: Find Them by API

Pull a competitor's or a whole category's Meta Ad Library ads with their start dates, rank them by days running and turn the survivors into a brief.

AI Agent Tools: Add a Tool Layer to Your Model Gateway
ProductAug 18, 2026

AI Agent Tools: Add a Tool Layer to Your Model Gateway

A model gateway gives your agent a brain, not hands. Add agent tools next to AIHubMix: discover, inspect, run, then hand the result back to the model.

The Best API Marketplace for AI Agents in 2026
ProductAug 18, 2026

The Best API Marketplace for AI Agents in 2026

Marketplaces were built for developers who integrate once. An agent chooses at run time. One ordinary task touched five providers across four steps.

Business Entity Search API: Look Up Companies by Name
Sales & enrichmentAug 18, 2026

Business Entity Search API: Look Up Companies by Name

Search business entities by name through one API: free name resolution, SEC EDGAR and UK registry lookups, and where US state registries fit in.

Scraper Blocked? Why You Get a 403 and What Gets Through
Search & RAGAug 18, 2026

Scraper Blocked? Why You Get a 403 and What Gets Through

Your scraper returns 403 on a page that opens in your browser. We tested which sites block a plain request and what a managed scrape endpoint returned.