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SiftQ vs
You.com API.

SiftQ keeps retrieval and generation separate by design — you bring your own model. Cleaner abstraction, no vendor lock-in on the LLM.

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TL;DR

You.com is good for assistants that don't care which LLM they use. SiftQ is right when you do.

SiftQ

Why pick us

You have your own LLM choice (Claude, GPT-4, an open model) and want clean retrieval that hands off to your model.

  • ✓No LLM lock-in
  • ✓Use your own Claude / GPT / Llama
  • ✓Faster retrieval-only path
  • ✓Cheaper at scale
You.com API

Why pick them

You want a turnkey "ask a question, get an answer" API and don't care which LLM is behind it.

  • •One-shot answer endpoint
  • •Built-in LLM
  • •Good for chat UX
Side by side

At a glance.

Preview · numbers below are illustrative pending audited benchmarks

SiftQYou.com API
Retrieval-only modeyesno
Vendor LLM lock-innoneyes
p50 latency · retrieval174ms450ms
Answer generation includednoyes
PricingFree 1,000/mo, $0.003/query.Tiered, $20+/mo, per-query at scale.
You.com API's positioning

You.com bundles search and LLM-generated answers in one API. Strong for assistant-style products.

SiftQ's positioning

SiftQ keeps retrieval and generation separate by design — you bring your own model. Cleaner abstraction, no vendor lock-in on the LLM.

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Try it on your
actual workload.

The truest benchmark is your own queries. SiftQ's free tier gives you 1,000 / month, no credit card.

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