Octen web search API
Shares rank 11 of 12 search APIs by recommenders
Recommended for its low latency in web search, and the team offers demos and free alpha access to developers.
Recommended for its low latency in web search, and the team offers demos and free alpha access to developers.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Low latency
“The low latency is so impressive”
Comment from 21 Jul 2026 in “Octen: We stayed quiet and built the fastest search on Earth” Seen as new web search era
“New era for web search api.”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Octen: We stayed quiet and built the fastest search on Earth” Free demo and alpha access
“Happy to provide a demo and/or give you free access to our alpha version”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “GPT‑5.3‑Codex‑Spark”
Other search APIs people recommend
The four most recommended other search APIs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exa | 33 | 9 | 79% | 10 | — | Approved |
| SerpApi | 16 | 10 | 62% | 8 | — | — |
| Brave Search API | 15 | 3 | 83% | 7 | — | Approved |
| DeepSeek search API | 15 | 7 | 68% | 1 | — | — |
| Octen web search APIThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“New era for web search api.”
“The low latency is so impressive”
“Happy to provide a demo and/or give you free access to our alpha version”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.