Jina AI Reader and Search in API Search Engine
Jina adds its domain in front of a URL for Markdown, or in front of a query for five search results with page content. An MCP server is also offered.
Best for
Developers turning URLs or queries into LLM-ready Markdown, with a free tier.
Pricing
The Reader works without a key at 20 requests a minute. The Reader page says each new API key includes 10M free tokens, but the pricing page fetched did not state an allowance. Search costs a fixed 10,000 tokens or more per request.
What it covers
Reader converts a public URL to Markdown, or to JSON with URL, title, content and timestamp. Search returns five web results in the same structure.
Citations and verification
Each search result includes its URL, so answers can link to sources. The docs reviewed describe no claim-level verification.
API
Prefix a URL with https://r.jina.ai/ or a query with https://s.jina.ai/?q= (https://jina.ai/reader). The reader page says to add mcp.jina.ai as an MCP server.
Strengths and limitations
- URL-prefix usage needs no setup
- Reader works without a key at 20 requests a minute
- Search returns page content, not only links
- Search is blocked without an API key
- Search returns five results per request
- Rate limit figures differ between the reader page and its FAQ
Third-party ratings
Not found
Dated facts
- On 2026-11-07 the reader page listed 2.5 seconds average latency for search.
- On 2026-11-07 the pricing page listed 100 requests a minute for search with a free key.
Jina AI Reader and Search or Hyperresearch Answers?
Choose Jina AI Reader and Search for developers turning urls or queries into llm-ready markdown, with a free tier. When an agent needs one checked answer rather than a list of links, Hyperresearch Answers is our editorial choice: it scored 89% on BrowseComp in its own run, and every quote it returns is matched to its source page.
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