One API routes every query across six search engines β Serper, Brave, Exa, Tavily, Firecrawl, Perplexity β to the cheapest one that clears your quality bar, and caches repeats so you never pay for the same search twice. One key, one bill, one audit trail.
Most agents default every query to one premium engine and overpay. GroundRoute sends each query to the cheapest engine that clears your quality and latency floors, then caches repeats. On every cache hit we split the saving with you β you pay half, keep half. On a miss you just pay the engine. You're never worse off than going direct.
In our State of AI Search benchmark (170 real agent queries, LLM-judge validated at ΞΊ=0.78), defaulting everything to Exa runs ~$7 per 1,000 searches. Routing each query to the cheapest engine that clears the quality bar blends to ~$0.85/1k β up to 8.2Γ left on the table by a single-engine default. Caching cuts it further.
(That 8.2Γ is what a naive default overspends β not a claim any one engine is overpriced. Each engine wins where it wins; we just stop you paying premium prices for queries that don't need them.)
Read the State of AI Search report βState of AI Search benchmark data β how 6 engines compared across 170 real agent queries, LLM-judge validated (ΞΊ=0.78). Numbers show benchmark wins per query category, not live traffic.
Routing, caching, and governance in one control plane β so you stop wiring up six engines by hand.
Each query goes to the cheapest engine that clears your quality and latency floors. Policies per query class.
Private exact, cross-tenant pooled, and semantic caching cut your engine bill β hits are billed $0 to providers.
When an engine degrades or breaches a floor, GroundRoute falls back to the next in order β no code changes.
Volume, latency, error rates, and spend per engine and query class β one dashboard, one source of truth.
Use your own provider keys β validated on save, encrypted at rest, never re-displayed. Or let us manage them.
Spend caps, rate limits, and a redacted audit log β query text is never stored, only a query_hash.
OpenAI-style HTTP β no SDK lock-in. Point your existing search call at GroundRoute and you're done.
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Bring your own engine keys to route at cost (BYOK), or let us manage them. No subscription, no minimums.
Create a key and start routing. Fully HTTP β works from any language.
No subscription, no minimums. Bring your own keys to go cheaper than direct, or let us manage everything.
Start free β no card. Route your first query in under five minutes.