# Octen web search API

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Octen web search API and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for its low latency in web search, and the team offers demos and free alpha access to developers.

## Why people recommend it

- Low latency (1 comments): "The low latency is so impressive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48998281))
- Seen as new web search era (1 comments): "New era for web search api." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49001256))
- Free demo and alpha access (1 comments): "Happy to provide a demo and/or give you free access to our alpha version" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996078))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Exa](https://hackerapproved.com/p/exa.md): 33 recommend
- [SerpApi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/serpapi.md): 16 recommend
- [Brave Search API](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brave-search-api.md): 15 recommend
- [DeepSeek search API](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deepseek-search-and-fetch.md): 15 recommend
- [Kagi Search API](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kagi-search-api.md): 10 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Octen web search API", https://hackerapproved.com/p/octen/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).