CleverSee Web Search overview
This topic provides an overview of CleverSee Web Search, covering its features, edition comparisons, and how to try the service and integrate the API.
1. Product overview
A unified API allows developers to flexibly integrate the Web Search CN Edition (for domestic content) and the Web Search Global Edition (for global content).
This product offers highly configurable search capabilities. You can customize searches to meet your business needs by applying filters such as time range, industry category, domain, and number of returned results, allowing you to precisely define the search scope. The service is available in two main versions based on information source coverage: a domestic edition that focuses on high-quality Chinese internet content, and a global edition that includes premium international sources. It supports multiple structured output formats, such as short summaries, full text, Markdown, rich text, and enhanced summaries.
The key advantages of CleverSee Web Search include:
Comprehensive content coverage: Access high-quality information sources from the Chinese internet and around the world, including multimodal content, to meet local, global, and image-text search needs.
Native retrieval for AI agents: Delivers structured results and multi-format content that agents, AI chat, and enterprise applications can consume directly, reducing the need for intermediate processing.
High-quality, timely information: Balances semantic relevance, site authority, medium and long-tail query coverage, and content timeliness through advanced query understanding, ranking, and continuous content updates.
Flexible product suite for various scenarios: Offers domestic, international, and multimodal products across multiple performance tiers, letting developers choose the best combination of coverage, quality, latency, and cost for their needs.
Common use cases for CleverSee Web Search include:
AI agents: Provide agents with real-time web access to high-quality Chinese and international information sources to support task planning, information gathering, and autonomous decision-making.
OpenClaw agents: Integrate with the OpenClaw platform to equip general-purpose agents with powerful web search capabilities, covering both domestic and international information sources.
Smart device assistants: Power web search features for terminal devices such as smartphone assistants, in-car smart cockpits, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
DeepResearch: Enable DeepResearch agents to automatically collect, organize, and analyze online information, industry trends, and market intelligence from domestic and international sources.
Intelligent financial applications: Retrieve domestic and international financial news, regulatory announcements, and industry research to support financial Q&A systems and market trend tracking.
2. Product comparison
Web Search CN Edition: Focuses on high-quality public content from the Chinese internet. It is designed for Chinese-language search, daily Q&A, and general business searches to meet local information needs. It currently includes the Express Edition, Intelligent Edition, and Generic Edition.
To learn more about the features, functions, and performance benchmarks of each edition, see Web Search CN.
Feature | Express Edition | Intelligent Edition | Generic Edition |
Product positioning | Ideal for everyday queries, offering fast responses and low cost. | Balances response speed and search quality, making it suitable for most business scenarios. | Uses exclusive Quark information sources, balancing long-tail coverage and authority. Suitable for a wide range of business scenarios. |
Semantic relevance | Excellent | Excellent | Good |
Content timeliness | Good | Good | Good |
Site authority | Good | Good | Excellent |
Medium and long-tail query coverage | Good | Good | Excellent |
Number of returned webpages | Up to 50 | Up to 10 | Up to 10 (expandable to ~50 with an add-on package) |
Search latency (average RT) | 450 ms | 700 ms | 950 ms |
Price (Billing of CleverSee Web Search) | Low | Medium | High |
Web Search Global Edition: Extends beyond domestic sources to include premium overseas content. It is designed for global information retrieval and international business scenarios. It currently includes the Global Edition and GlobalAdvanced Edition.
To learn more about the features, functions, and performance benchmarks of each edition, see Web Search Global.
Feature | Global Edition | GlobalAdvanced Edition |
Product positioning | Coming soon | Deep search of global content with high-quality international sources, offering broader coverage and more comprehensive results. |
Search latency (average RT) | Coming soon | 1764 ms |
Price (Billing of CleverSee Web Search) | Coming soon | High |
3. Product trial
Activate service: If you are a new user, follow the instructions in Activate Service for New Users.
Online trial: Log in to the console and go to the PLAYGROUND to test the different editions of Web Search (CN and Global).
Quota management: You receive a free trial quota upon activation. You can monitor your usage and remaining quota in real time on the Overview page.
4. Integration
API and billing: For API definitions and call examples, see Web Search (Text) API. For billing rules, see Billing of CleverSee Web Search.
Access methods: The service supports four access methods: HTTP, SDK, MCP, and Skill. For detailed instructions, see Access Methods.