AI-optimized web search, content extraction, site mapping, and crawling API.
Moderate accuracy (48%) — some responses were incomplete or partially correct. Very reliable — 9/10 requests got a response. Median response time: 2076ms (p95: 7129ms).
Last tested: 3/26/2026, 2:55:46 PM
“While the AI-optimized web search and content extraction features show potential, they often struggle under heavy queries, with only half of my requests succeeding and some features being prohibitively expensive. Although the system performed remarkably well when handling special characters, the overall latency hindered its usability for practical applications.”
“Tavily's basic search works reliably and handles edge cases like special characters without breaking, but half the features either fail silently or cost prohibitively more than advertised—the $90k website mapping endpoint alone disqualifies it for any real-world use where you need predictable costs. Skip it unless you only need simple search queries and can tolerate 2.5+ second latency.”
Real requests we sent and the responses we received.
Search with special characters and symbols
POST /tavily/searchedge2243ms{"data":{"query":"C++ && #hashtag @mention $price <html>","answer":null,"images":[],"results":[{"url":"https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-purpose-of-a-hashtag-in-C","score":0.3547465,"title":"What is t
Non-English search query
POST /tavily/searchedge2076ms{"data":{"query":"机器学习算法","answer":null,"images":[],"results":[{"url":"https://www.ibm.com/cn-zh/think/topics/machine-learning-algorithms","score":0.84183896,"title":"什么是机器学习算法? - IBM","content":"Seni
Search with excessively long query string
POST /tavily/searchadversarial1857msHTTP 502
Website mapping with depth and breadth limits
POST /tavily/maptypical0msSkipped: endpoint costs $90000/request (cap: $1)
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