Tavily

Tavily

Search MCP billed in credits, with a published pay-as-you-go rate.

Tavily's MCP server calls the Tavily API. The credits page lists pay as you go at $0.008 per credit, and a basic search costs 1 credit. A Project plan is listed at $30 per month for 4,000 credits.

Clients

• Claude
• Cursor
• ChatGPT

Text names only. A client is listed when the vendor documents it or when a standard MCP config is the install path. Confirm the snippet before you rely on it.

Our opinion as of Oct 17, 2026

87/100

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• Open source

  25/25

  The MCP server's code is public under the MIT license at https://github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp. Scored as of Oct 17, 2026.

  github.com/tavily-ai/tavily-mcp

• Last update date

  25/25

  Public update on Oct 15, 2026, within 30 days of this opinion. Scored as of Oct 17, 2026.

• Security disclosure

  12/25

  The Enterprise section of the marketing pricing page mentions enterprise-grade security. A security.txt, trust center, or vulnerability disclosure policy: none found as of Oct 17 2026. Scored as of Oct 17, 2026.

• Pricing transparency

  25/25

  A public page lists a starting price and the unit you pay for. Scored as of Oct 17, 2026.

Before you plug it in

• Tavily's MCP documentation names Cursor, Claude Desktop, and an OpenAI client example.
• The public repository tavily-ai/tavily-mcp was last pushed on Oct 15, 2026.
• The card price is the pay-as-you-go basic-search rate, not the $30 Project plan.

Pay as you go is $0.008 per credit. A basic search is 1 credit, so 1,000 basic searches are $8. Advanced search is 2 credits. The Project plan on the same page is $30 per month for 4,000 credits.

Snapshot compiled Oct 17, 2026. Public update Oct 15, 2026.