# Parallel by [Parallel](/organizations/parallel-ai/) - **ID:** `c3d94963-b4dc-41f3-a4be-ad7fd7beca43` - **JSON API:** /api/v1/catalog/products/c3d94963-b4dc-41f3-a4be-ad7fd7beca43/ - **Slug:** parallel - **Product website:** https://parallel.ai - **Documentation:** https://docs.parallel.ai - **llms.txt:** https://docs.parallel.ai/llms.txt - **Pricing:** https://parallel.ai/pricing - **Organization website:** https://parallel.ai - **Categories:** [Deep Research](/categories/deep-research/), [Search-Grounded LLM API](/categories/search-grounded-llm-api/) ## Description Parallel provides AI integration tools such as CLI, SDK, and MCP servers compatible with AI assistants. The Parallel Search MCP Server provides web search and content extraction to MCP-aware models, with an anonymous free endpoint and authenticated higher-rate access. The Search API page lists a rate limit of 600 requests per minute. ## AI-native score **Tier B — 70/100 · research coverage 77/100.** This grade measures agent-readiness and is not a substitute for your own security or vendor-risk review. See [methodology](/methodology/) for how the grade and coverage are computed. Unresearched decision fields score zero in the grade. | Component | Applies | Raw | Effective weight | Nominal weight | Contribution | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Integration | Yes | 8/10 | 35% | 35% | 28.0 | | Trust | Yes | 3/6 | 30% | 30% | 15.0 | | Portability | Yes | 4/4 | 20% | 20% | 20.0 | | Security | Yes | 2/4 | 15% | 15% | 7.5 | - **Integration signals:** MCP server (+2); API spec, OpenAPI / gRPC / GraphQL (+1); Command-line interface (+1); SDK / developer kit (+1); Agent skill (+1); Native connector (+1); Verified llms.txt (+1) - **Trust signals:** Zero data retention (available, +1); No generative AI training (available, +1); Verified trust center (+1) - **Portability signals:** Open standards (+1); Standard protocol access (+1); No proprietary-SDK lock-in (+1); Self-hostable (+1) - **Security signals:** Compliance certifications (+1); Access controls — RBAC / ABAC (+1) ## Trust & Data Policy - **Trust center:** [Vendor trust center]() - **WebMCP:** – No - **Zero data retention:** ○ Available - **Hard budget caps:** – No - **No generative AI training:** ○ Available - **Open standards:** ✓ Yes - **Standard protocol access:** ✓ Yes - **No proprietary-SDK lock-in:** ✓ Yes - **Self-hostable:** ✓ Yes - **Open source:** – No - **Not yet researched:** Headless signup, Multi-factor authentication, Sandbox environment, Data export, Data import, Documented provider swap ## Confirmed absences These decision fields were researched and confirmed absent — not available based on current evidence, until contrary information supersedes the finding. Each carries the check performed, the page checked, and the date, so you can act on the negative without repeating the research. A label-scoped absence applies only to its label (e.g. no SOC 2 does not mean no certifications). - **A2A servers** — confirmed absent (whole field), checked 2026-10-19. Read the complete Developer Tools Overview, including all integration paths, supported clients, protocol endpoints and authentication methods. It documents Search MCP, CLI and SDK integrations but no Agent2Agent server, A2A endpoint or Agent Card for Parallel Search. Source: https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/developer-quickstart - **Hard budget caps** — confirmed absent (whole field), checked 2026-10-30. Inspected the official Parallel billing FAQ. Its spend-limit answer explicitly states: "Limits are notify-only; they never block requests." Organization and individual-app monthly spend limits send email notifications when reached, so these controls do not enforce a hard cap. Source: https://docs.parallel.ai/resources/faqs.md - **Open source** — confirmed absent (whole field), checked 2026-10-19. Read the licensing terms governing Parallel APIs under sections 1(h), 1(i), 2(b), 2(c)(i)-(iv), 4(a), and 4(e), and independently reread both the canonical URL and the www alias used by the API FAQ. The API implementation license grants access and use, prohibits source-code access and copying/modification/distribution of the Services, and reserves implementation rights. Found no open-source distribution or license for the Search API implementation. Optional SDK and integration source is outside this check. The canonical source URL returns HTTP 200; its www alias redirects to it. Source: https://parallel.ai/customer-terms - **Web-MCP** — confirmed absent (whole field), checked 2026-10-19. Read the complete Developer Tools Overview, including all integration paths, supported clients, protocol endpoints and authentication methods. It documents hosted MCP, CLI and SDK integrations for Search but no in-browser WebMCP tools or document.modelContext integration. Source: https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/developer-quickstart ## Security & Compliance We confirm that cited vendor pages support these certification claims; we do not independently audit the reports. A shared trust or security page can support several certifications. We do not require separate public report links because reports may require login, vendor approval, or a nondisclosure agreement. Ask the vendor for reports and applicable coverage before a procurement decision. These listings expose no per-claim check date; the entry's updated date does not date the supporting evidence. - **Compliance certifications:** System and Organization Controls 2 - **Access controls:** Role-Based Access Control ## Capabilities - **Multi-step research** — Conduct iterative research across multiple sources and synthesize findings with citations. ## Jobs To Be Done - **Research a topic in depth** — Investigate a topic or complex question and receive a detailed report backed by source citations. - **Search the web** — Find web pages relevant to a query. ## Offers **Pricing page:** https://parallel.ai/pricing ### Search API - Turbo: 1 USD per 1,000 requests; payment unknown; commitment unknown - Turbo additional results: 1 USD per 1,000 additional results; payment unknown; commitment unknown - Fast: 1 USD per 1,000 requests; payment unknown; commitment unknown - Fast additional results: 1 USD per 1,000 additional results; payment unknown; commitment unknown - Basic: 5 USD per 1,000 requests; payment unknown; commitment unknown - Basic additional results: 1 USD per 1,000 additional results; payment unknown; commitment unknown - Advanced: 5 USD per 1,000 requests; payment unknown; commitment unknown - Advanced additional results: 1 USD per 1,000 additional results; payment unknown; commitment unknown Turbo: Includes 10 results per request. Turbo additional results: Applies above the 10 results included per request. Fast: Includes 10 results per request. Fast additional results: Applies above the 10 results included per request. Basic: Includes 10 results per request. Basic additional results: Applies above the 10 results included per request. Advanced: Includes 10 results per request. Advanced additional results: Applies above the 10 results included per request. The vendor's pricing table labels the two charges ‘Cost (per 1K requests with 10 results)’ and ‘Cost (per 1K additional results)’. Turbo: $1 and $1; Fast: $1 and $1; Basic: $5 and $1; Advanced: $5 and $1, in that order. Additional results are billed only above the 10 results in the request basis. Source: https://parallel.ai/pricing. Search API returns ranked web URLs and compressed excerpts. Turbo, Fast, Basic, and Advanced modes trade latency and excerpt depth. https://parallel.ai/products/search ## Reviews No approved reviews yet. ## Benchmarks No benchmarks listed. ## Documentation The primary documentation link is at the top of this page. No other documentation links listed. ## API Specs - [Parallel OpenAPI](https://docs.parallel.ai/public-openapi.json) (OpenAPI) ## MCP Servers - [Parallel Search MCP](https://search.parallel.ai/mcp) - [Parallel Task MCP](https://task-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp) ## A2A Servers Confirmed absent based on current evidence — no A2A servers. See Confirmed absences above for method, source, and date. ## Native Connectors - [Gemini](https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/google-gemini-enterprise) — Parallel Web Search ## Command-Line Interfaces - [Parallel CLI](https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/cli) (`parallel-cli`) ## Developer Kits - [Parallel Python SDK](https://github.com/parallel-web/parallel-sdk-python) — Languages: Python - [Parallel TypeScript SDK](https://github.com/parallel-web/parallel-sdk-typescript) — Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript ## Agent Skills - [Parallel Web Search](https://github.com/parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills/blob/main/skills/parallel-web-search/SKILL.md) ## Related products - [Tavily](/organizations/tavily/products/tavily/) by Tavily — Tier B. Same job: Research a topic in depth (Finishes end to end), Search the web (Finishes end to end). - [You.com](/organizations/you-com/products/you-com/) by You.com — Tier B. Same job: Research a topic in depth (not assessed), Search the web (not assessed). - [Perplexity](/organizations/perplexity/products/perplexity/) by Perplexity — Tier B. Same job: Research a topic in depth (not assessed), Search the web (not assessed). - [Firecrawl](/organizations/firecrawl/products/firecrawl/) by Firecrawl — Tier A. Same job: Search the web (not assessed). - [Exa](/organizations/exa/products/exa/) by Exa — Tier B. Same job: Search the web (Finishes end to end). - [Brave Search API](/organizations/brave/products/brave-search-api/) by Brave — Tier B. Same job: Search the web (Finishes end to end). ## Add this badge to your site Own this product? The Open Agent Guide badge shows visitors and crawling agents your verified AI-native grade, stays current as your entry is verified, and links back to this page. It reflects only the verified tier and can't be self-set. 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