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title: Agent Seek pricing
description: Free prototype plans, feature breakdown, rate limits, and self-serve access. No paid checkout.
canonical: /pricing.md
last-updated: 2026-09-20
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# Agent Seek pricing

Agent Seek is a **free prototype**. There is no paid plan, no usage invoice from this host, no credit-card checkout, and **no contact-sales form**. You still incur whatever You.com and TypeSafe bill for the upstream calls this service makes on your behalf when you self-host.

## Plan tiers

| Plan | Price | Who it is for | How to start | Rate limit | Discover cap |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Sandbox** | **$0** | Agents inspecting the contract | `GET /health`, `GET /v1`, `GET /v1/sandbox` — zero auth | 60 req / min / client | n/a (canned body) |
| **Prototype** | **$0** | Live demo on this host | Self-serve OAuth (anonymous / DCR) or operator-issued key | 60 req / min / key | 100 candidates / query |
| **Self-host** | **$0** from us | You run the repo | Set `AGENT_SEEK_API_KEY` in `.env` | You choose | 100 (code hard cap) |

There is no Team, Business, or Enterprise SKU. If a future paid tier appears it will be listed here with a USD price, a feature matrix, and a Sunset note — not a “contact us” cell.

## Feature breakdown

| Feature | Sandbox | Prototype | Self-host |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Google-simple search UI | yes (this host) | yes | yes |
| `POST /v1/search` / `GET /v1/search` | example only | yes | yes |
| `mode=deep` (default) | example | yes | yes |
| `mode=snip` (opt-in cheap) | example | yes | yes |
| MCP Streamable HTTP (`/mcp`) | tools/list yes | yes | yes |
| OAuth 2.0 + PKCE S256 | yes (anonymous / DCR) | yes | yes |
| Shared API key | local `.env` only | operator-issued if you want `search:read` without claim | you set it |
| OpenAPI 3.1 / Swagger / ReDoc | yes | yes | yes |
| SLA / uptime contract | no | no | no |
| Markup on You.com / Jev | none | none | none (you pay providers) |

## Usage limits

- **k:** 1–25 (default 10)
- **max_candidates:** 1–100 (default 50). The service never requests more than 100 discover hits.
- **Rate limit:** 60 requests / minute / client key (in-memory). Responses include RFC `RateLimit` and `RateLimit-Policy`. `429` includes `Retry-After` and `application/problem+json`.
- **Timeout budget:** You.com ≤ 8s, Jev wave ≤ 8s, total request ≤ 20s (see README).

Default discover cost is on the order of **You.com ~$0.005 per query** plus Jev cascade spend on the admitted set (Stage A on candidates, Stage B on survivors). Agent Seek does not add a markup or invoice that spend.

## How to get access (self-serve)

No sales form. Agents should not wait on email.

1. **Zero-auth:** call [`GET /v1/sandbox`](/v1/sandbox) and [`GET /openapi.json`](/openapi.json).
2. **Self-serve OAuth:** `POST /oauth2/register` or `POST /agent/identity` with `{"type":"anonymous"}`. Walkthrough: [auth.md](/auth.md).
3. **Local key:** `cp .env.example .env`, set `AGENT_SEEK_API_KEY`, run `uvicorn apps.api.main:app --port 8787`.
4. **Optional live key:** email [gitmaxd@gmail.com](mailto:gitmaxd@gmail.com) only if you want an operator `search:read` key on the public host without the claim ceremony. That email is not a prerequisite.

## What is not included

- Generated answers / chat
- Unbounded crawl
- SLA, refunds, or uptime credits (there is nothing to refund)
- Metered billing or overage fees (there is no bill)

See [Agent Seek API](/developers), [auth.md](/auth.md), and [versioning](/docs/versioning.md).