Parallel
by Parallel Web Systems
Web infrastructure for AI agents.
What it does
Parallel provides search, extract, monitor and deep-research APIs that let AI agents reason over web information, priced per request.
Key facts
- Pricing model
- Usage-based
- Starting price
- From $0.001 per request (varies by API/processor) · source
- Free tier
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- Deployment
- API
- Integrations
- MCP
As mentioned on the vendor's site; not tested.
🇪🇺 EU / Swiss readiness
- Status
- 🇪🇺 Partial
- GDPR / DPA
- Lists "GDPR Compliance", SOC 2 Type 2
- Data residency
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- EU AI Act info
- Not publicly stated / not verified
- Source
- https://parallel.ai/
We only record what the vendor states publicly. Always request the DPA and sub-processor list before buying. This is not legal advice.
Hands-on test
Not tested yet. When Verified, this section will show setup time, success on our standard task script, cost per run, screenshots and the retest date.
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