{"ok":true,"source":"tensorfeed.ai","lastUpdated":"2026-09-14","count":31,"apis":[{"id":"tavily","name":"Tavily","vendor":"Tavily (joining Nebius)","category":"search","pricing":"1,000 free credits/mo; pay-as-you-go $0.008/credit; monthly Project plans from 4,000 credits","freeTier":"1,000 API credits/month, no credit card","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["web search","AI-optimized snippets","extraction","research endpoint"],"url":"https://tavily.com","notes":"Default agent search API. AI-optimized result snippets and full-page extraction in one call. Tavily has announced it is joining Nebius; the API and pricing are unchanged so far."},{"id":"brave-search-api","name":"Brave Search API","vendor":"Brave","category":"search","pricing":"$5 per 1,000 requests with $5 in free credits every month","freeTier":"$5 in monthly credits (about 1,000 requests)","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["web search","images","news","LLM context","custom reranking (Goggles)"],"url":"https://brave.com/search/api/","notes":"Independent web index (not Bing or Google). The old fixed free query tier is gone; every account now gets $5 in monthly credits applied automatically. Official MCP server available."},{"id":"exa","name":"Exa","vendor":"Exa Labs","category":"search","pricing":"Search $7 per 1,000 requests; contents $1 per 1,000 pages; Deep Search $12 to $15 per 1,000 requests","freeTier":"$20 credits on sign-up plus $10 in credits every month","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["neural search","similarity","content extraction","deep research runs","people and company indexes"],"url":"https://exa.ai","notes":"Embedding-based semantic search. Better for \"find content like X\" queries than keyword search. Adds async Agent runs for deep research with structured, cited outputs."},{"id":"parallel","name":"Parallel Search API","vendor":"Parallel Web Systems","category":"search","pricing":"Pay as you go; Search API $0.001 to $0.005 per request for 10 results; Task API $0.005 to $2.40 per request","freeTier":"Up to 5,000 requests/month free, plus $5 in free credits monthly","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["web search for agents","ranked URLs with compressed excerpts","extraction","deep research tasks","monitoring"],"url":"https://parallel.ai","notes":"Web search and research APIs built for AI agents rather than humans: search returns ranked URLs with token-efficient excerpts, and the Task API runs deep research with structured outputs. SOC 2 compliant, with an official MCP server and CLI."},{"id":"serpapi","name":"SerpAPI","vendor":"SerpAPI","category":"search","pricing":"Developer $75/mo for 5,000 searches; Production $150/mo for 15,000","freeTier":"250 searches/month","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["Google SERP","Bing","YouTube","images"],"url":"https://serpapi.com","notes":"Scrapes real Google, Bing, and other result pages. Use when you need actual SERP data rather than a curated index. Offers a U.S. Legal Shield and an MCP integration."},{"id":"firecrawl","name":"Firecrawl","vendor":"Firecrawl","category":"web-scraping","pricing":"1,000 credits/mo free; Hobby $19/mo ($16 billed annually) for 5,000 credits","freeTier":"1,000 credits/month (500 searches or 1,000 pages)","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["scrape","crawl","search","JS rendering","structured extraction"],"url":"https://firecrawl.dev","notes":"Designed for AI agents. Returns clean markdown and supports schema-based extraction. Credits are shared across endpoints, so searches and scraped pages draw on one balance."},{"id":"jina-reader","name":"Jina Reader","vendor":"Jina AI (Elastic)","category":"web-scraping","pricing":"Free without a key; token-based pricing with an API key","freeTier":"20 RPM without a key; 500 RPM and 10M free tokens with a new key","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["URL to markdown","web search (s.jina.ai)","JS rendering","screenshot mode"],"url":"https://jina.ai/reader/","notes":"Prepend r.jina.ai/ to any URL for agent-ready content; s.jina.ai searches the web and returns LLM-friendly results. Official MCP server at mcp.jina.ai. Elastic has sold the Jina On-Prem commercial license for the reader models as its own SKU since August 10, 2026."},{"id":"browserbase","name":"Browserbase","vendor":"Browserbase","category":"web-scraping","pricing":"Free, $20/mo, and $99/mo plans; custom above","freeTier":"3 concurrent browsers, 1 browser hour, 1,000 search and 1,000 fetch calls","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["headless browsers for agents","search and fetch APIs","managed browser agents","identity and observability"],"url":"https://www.browserbase.com","notes":"Cloud browser infrastructure for agents that need a real browser instead of a scraper. Also ships web search and fetch APIs, managed agent runs, and the open-source Stagehand framework, with an official MCP server."},{"id":"apify","name":"Apify","vendor":"Apify","category":"web-scraping","pricing":"Free plan with $5/mo platform credit; Starter $19/mo plus usage; $0.20 per compute unit","freeTier":"$5 credit/month, no credit card","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["headless browser","pre-built actors","scheduled crawls","x402 pay-per-run"],"url":"https://apify.com","notes":"Marketplace of pre-built scrapers (\"Actors\"). Best for scraping specific named sites without writing code. Agents can now run Actors and pay per run over x402."},{"id":"scrapingbee","name":"ScrapingBee","vendor":"ScrapingBee","category":"web-scraping","pricing":"Hobby $19/mo for 75,000 credits; Freelance $49/mo for 250,000","freeTier":"1,000 free credits, no credit card","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["proxy rotation","JS rendering","AI data extraction","dedicated search and site APIs"],"url":"https://www.scrapingbee.com","notes":"Proxy-rotating headless scraper. Good when target sites have anti-bot defenses. Now offers an MCP server and dedicated APIs for Google, Amazon, YouTube, and Walmart."},{"id":"openweather","name":"OpenWeather","vendor":"OpenWeather","category":"weather","pricing":"Free plan; One Call API 4.0 is pay per call above 1,000/day; fixed monthly plans from Startup to Expert","freeTier":"60 calls/min and 1M calls/month on the free plan; One Call 4.0 includes 1,000 calls/day free","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["current","forecast","historical","air quality","alerts"],"url":"https://openweathermap.org/api","notes":"Most-used weather API. One Call API 4.0 (timeline-based) is now the flagship endpoint, with free permanent access for low-volume use."},{"id":"noaa-nws","name":"NWS API","vendor":"NOAA / NWS","category":"weather","pricing":"Free","freeTier":"Unlimited (with rate limits)","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["US-only forecasts","alerts","observations"],"url":"https://www.weather.gov/documentation/services-web-api","notes":"Free US government weather API. No API key required. US coverage only; for global use OpenWeather."},{"id":"tomorrow-io","name":"Tomorrow.io","vendor":"Tomorrow.io","category":"weather","pricing":"Free tier; usage-based after","freeTier":"500 requests/day","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["hyperlocal forecast","hourly","60+ data fields"],"url":"https://www.tomorrow.io/weather-api/","notes":"Highest-resolution weather API. Useful for agents doing logistics, agriculture, or event planning."},{"id":"alpha-vantage","name":"Alpha Vantage","vendor":"Alpha Vantage","category":"finance","pricing":"Free tier (25 requests/day); premium from $49.99/mo for 75 requests/min","freeTier":"25 requests/day","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["stocks","forex","crypto","technical indicators","fundamental data","news sentiment"],"url":"https://www.alphavantage.co","notes":"Most-used free stock API. Generous free tier; rate limits tighten at scale. Ships an official MCP server for chat and coding agents."},{"id":"polygon","name":"Massive (formerly Polygon.io)","vendor":"Massive","category":"finance","pricing":"Stocks Basic free; Stocks Starter $29/mo; partner datasets $99/mo each","freeTier":"5 calls/min, end-of-day data, 2 years history","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["real-time stocks","options","forex","crypto","futures","WebSocket streams"],"url":"https://massive.com","notes":"Production-grade market data. Polygon.io rebranded to Massive on October 27, 2025 with existing APIs and keys unchanged. WebSocket support is the main differentiator from Alpha Vantage, and a remote MCP server is now available."},{"id":"coingecko","name":"CoinGecko","vendor":"CoinGecko","category":"finance","pricing":"Free Demo plan; Basic $35/mo and Analyst $129/mo (billed yearly)","freeTier":"Demo plan: 10,000 call credits/month, attribution required","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["crypto prices","market cap","historical","NFTs","on-chain DEX data"],"url":"https://www.coingecko.com/en/api","notes":"The default crypto data API, tracking more than 21,000 coins. Free Demo tier is enough for most agent workflows, plus a keyless public API and an official MCP server."},{"id":"google-maps","name":"Google Maps Platform","vendor":"Google","category":"maps","pricing":"Pay per request, with free monthly usage caps per SKU","freeTier":"Free usage cap on every SKU each month (replaced the $200 monthly credit on March 1, 2025)","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["geocoding","directions","places","distance matrix","street view","grounding for LLMs"],"url":"https://mapsplatform.google.com","notes":"Most-used maps API. Free usage caps cover most small-agent use cases. Grounding Lite brings Maps data to any LLM over MCP."},{"id":"mapbox","name":"Mapbox","vendor":"Mapbox","category":"maps","pricing":"Free tier; pay-as-you-go","freeTier":"Free monthly allowances on most APIs (for example 100,000 Directions requests)","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["geocoding","directions","static maps","tiles","isochrones"],"url":"https://www.mapbox.com","notes":"Generous free tier and better visual customization than Google. Official Mapbox MCP server plus agent skills for location AI."},{"id":"osrm","name":"OSRM","vendor":"OSRM (open-source)","category":"maps","pricing":"Free (self-host)","freeTier":"Unlimited self-host","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["routing","distance matrix","isochrones"],"url":"http://project-osrm.org","notes":"Open-source routing engine. Self-host for unlimited usage. Public demo server for testing only."},{"id":"resend","name":"Resend","vendor":"Resend","category":"email","pricing":"Free tier; Pro $20/mo for 50,000 emails; Scale $90/mo for 100,000","freeTier":"3,000 emails/month, 100/day","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["transactional email","React email templates","webhooks","marketing emails"],"url":"https://resend.com","notes":"Developer-first email API with React-based templates and an official MCP server. The default for new SaaS and agent stacks."},{"id":"postmark","name":"Postmark","vendor":"ActiveCampaign","category":"email","pricing":"Basic $15/mo for 10,000 emails; Pro from $16.50/mo","freeTier":"100 emails/month","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["transactional email","high deliverability","streams","webhooks"],"url":"https://postmarkapp.com","notes":"Best-in-class deliverability for transactional email. ActiveCampaign maintains an official Postmark MCP server."},{"id":"twilio-sms","name":"Twilio SMS","vendor":"Twilio","category":"sms","pricing":"Pay-per-message; US SMS from $0.0083","freeTier":"Free trial for new accounts","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["SMS","MMS","RCS","WhatsApp","voice"],"url":"https://www.twilio.com/messaging","notes":"The most-used programmable messaging API. WhatsApp and RCS included. MCP server available from Twilio Labs. Carrier fees apply on top of per-message rates."},{"id":"stripe","name":"Stripe","vendor":"Stripe","category":"payments","pricing":"2.9% + 30¢ per successful domestic card transaction","freeTier":"No setup or monthly fees","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["payments","subscriptions","invoicing","connect (multi-party)"],"url":"https://stripe.com","notes":"Default agent-to-human payments API. Official Stripe MCP server and agent toolkit with restricted-key auth."},{"id":"lemon-squeezy","name":"Lemon Squeezy","vendor":"Stripe","category":"payments","pricing":"5% + 50¢ per transaction","freeTier":"No monthly fees","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["merchant of record","EU VAT","subscriptions","license keys"],"url":"https://www.lemonsqueezy.com","notes":"Merchant of record that handles VAT and sales tax for you. Owned by Stripe; a 2026 update pairs it with Stripe Managed Payments. Good fit for solo developers selling internationally."},{"id":"e2b","name":"E2B","vendor":"E2B","category":"code-execution","pricing":"Hobby free plus usage; Pro $150/mo plus usage billed by the second","freeTier":"$100 one-time usage credit, 20 concurrent sandboxes, 1-hour sessions","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["secure sandboxes","Jupyter","long-running","Linux"],"url":"https://e2b.dev","notes":"Cloud sandboxes designed for AI code execution and an OpenAI Agents API sandbox partner. Its standalone MCP server repo is now deprecated."},{"id":"daytona","name":"Daytona","vendor":"Daytona","category":"code-execution","pricing":"Pay-as-you-go; vCPU $0.0504/hr, memory $0.0162/GiB-hr, GPUs from $0.57/hr","freeTier":"$200 in free compute","hasMCP":true,"capabilities":["sandboxes in milliseconds","Linux + Windows","GPU sandboxes","SDKs in TypeScript, Python, Ruby, Go, Java"],"url":"https://www.daytona.io","notes":"Fast-starting sandboxes for agent code execution, including GPU and Windows options. An OpenAI Agents API sandbox partner, with an official MCP server."},{"id":"modal","name":"Modal","vendor":"Modal Labs","category":"code-execution","pricing":"Starter $0 plus compute; billed per second","freeTier":"$30 monthly compute credit","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["serverless GPU + CPU","secrets","volumes","web endpoints"],"url":"https://modal.com","notes":"Serverless code execution including GPU. Good for agents that need heavy compute on demand, and an OpenAI Agents API sandbox partner."},{"id":"replit-agent","name":"Replit Agent","vendor":"Replit","category":"code-execution","pricing":"Core $20/mo; Pro $100/mo with 10 parallel agents; Enterprise custom","freeTier":"Free Replit account","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["IDE-integrated execution","Linux containers","multi-language"],"url":"https://replit.com","notes":"Ephemeral execution sandboxes inside Replit. Less precise than E2B for agent control, but bundled with the Replit subscription."},{"id":"unstructured","name":"Unstructured","vendor":"Unstructured.io","category":"ocr","pricing":"Open-source library free; hosted pay-as-you-go $0.015/page after 10,000 free pages","freeTier":"10,000 free pages on the hosted platform","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["PDF parsing","OCR","tables","images","60+ formats"],"url":"https://unstructured.io","notes":"The default RAG ingest pipeline. Open-source library handles most formats; the hosted platform adds higher accuracy and scale."},{"id":"llamaparse","name":"LlamaParse","vendor":"LlamaIndex","category":"ocr","pricing":"Credit-based; Starter $50/mo with 40K credits, Pro $500/mo with 400K credits","freeTier":"10,000 credits/month","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["PDF parsing","tables","figures","multimodal","extraction"],"url":"https://www.llamaindex.ai/llamaparse","notes":"GenAI-native document parser at the core of the LlamaIndex document processing platform, billed in credits across parsing and extraction."},{"id":"reducto","name":"Reducto","vendor":"Reducto","category":"ocr","pricing":"Standard pay-as-you-go after free usage; Growth custom","freeTier":"$150 in free usage","hasMCP":false,"capabilities":["PDF parsing","forms","tables","extract, edit, and split APIs"],"url":"https://reducto.ai","notes":"Premium document parser. Highest accuracy on complex tables; targets enterprise RAG and compliance use cases. Offers up to $5,000 in migration credits."}]}