AmygdalavsTavily

Different data,
same stack.

Tavily finds content. Amygdala finds who's behind it.

Tavily retrieves web content for RAG pipelines. Amygdala adds an authority layer: who wrote that content, how credible are they, and should your AI trust them? Most teams building serious AI pipelines use both.

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FeatureAmygdalaTavily
What it returnsRanked authority profiles (JSON)Web pages, snippets, URLs
Search typeSemantic authority searchGeneral web search
Authority scoring✓ Built-in authority ranking✗ Not available
Infrastructure100% EU (Hetzner Helsinki, Mistral, Weaviate)Acquired by Nebius (Feb 2026), EU-based
GDPR compliance✓ Full, no US API/index data transfers⚠ Depends on Nebius DPA
MCP support✓ 4 native tools⚠ Community MCP server available
REST API✓ 4 endpoints✓ 4 endpoints (Search, Extract, Map, Crawl)
Free tier$50 starter credits1,000 free credits/month
Pricing$25/1K searches$8/1K basic, $16/1K advanced
1Use Tavily to find relevant web content on your topic
→
2Use Amygdala to verify and rank the authors behind that content
→
3Your LLM gets sources with credibility scores attached

The best AI pipelines don't choose between content retrieval and authority verification — they use both.

What Amygdala adds to your stack

The authority layer Tavily doesn't provide.

Authority layer on top of retrieval

Tavily finds content. Amygdala tells you who the verified authorities behind that content are. Use Tavily for retrieval, Amygdala for source verification and attribution.

Source verification in one call

Before your AI cites a source, verify it. Pass any social handle to Amygdala's match endpoint and know instantly whether they're a ranked authority or just noise. No other search API offers this.

EU-native infrastructure

Amygdala runs on Hetzner (Helsinki, Finland), Mistral AI (Paris), and Weaviate (Amsterdam). For EU teams, this eliminates third-country transfer obligations entirely.

API comparison

Same question. Different answers.

Ask both APIs "who are the top AI safety experts?" and see what you actually get back.

Tavily: web search API
Request
curl -X POST "https://api.tavily.com/search" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "query": "top experts on AI safety",
    "api_key": "tvly-...",
    "max_results": 5
  }'
Response
{
  "query": "top experts on AI safety",
  "results": [
    {
      "title": "The 10 Most Important AI Safety Researchers",
      "url": "https://somesite.com/ai-safety-researchers",
      "content": "A roundup article listing various researchers...",
      "score": 0.82
    },
    {
      "title": "AI Safety Forum — Recent Posts",
      "url": "https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/...",
      "content": "Discussion thread with multiple contributors...",
      "score": 0.74
    }
  ]
}
Result: You got a roundup article URL and a forum thread. You still have to parse prose to identify any actual authorities. No verified identities, no authority ranks, no social profiles.
Amygdala: authority index API
Request
curl "https://api.amygdala.eu/api/v1/index?query=AI+safety&limit=5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer amyg_..."
Response: ranked authorities
{
  "duration": 0.084,
  "results": [
    {
      "sdu": "2941...207",
      "name": "Stuart Russell",
      "rank": 1,
      "country_name": "United States",
      "topic": "AI Safety"
    },
    {
      "sdu": "1839...561",
      "name": "Paul Christiano",
      "rank": 2,
      "country_name": "United States",
      "topic": "AI Safety"
    }
  ]
}
Enrich with /detail
# /detail gives you the full verified profile:
{
  "results": [{
    "name": "Stuart Russell",
    "bio": "Professor at UC Berkeley. Pioneer of AI safety, co-author of the standard AI textbook.",
    "country": "United States",
    "topics": ["AI Safety", "Machine Learning"],
    "socials": {
      "twitter":  { "handle": "@stuartjrussell", "followers": 52400 },
      "linkedin": { "handle": "stuart-russell-ai",  "followers": 18200 }
    },
    "website": "https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~russell/"
  }]
}
Result: Stuart Russell at rank 1, with his bio, verified social media handles, follower counts, and a link to his academic page. Structured, deduplicated, LLM-ready.

Pricing comparison

What one API call gives you.

Tavily
$8/1K basic · $16/1K advanced

1,000 free credits/month. Basic search = 1 credit ($0.008). Advanced search = 2 credits ($0.016).

Per result: a URL, a title, and a text snippet. You still need to identify the author, verify their credibility, find their social profiles, and determine their authority level.

Amygdala
$25/1K searches

$50 in free credits on signup. No credit card required.

Per result: name, authority rank, country, verified social handles with follower counts, bio, peer network, authority score, and signal growth — structured JSON, no post-processing needed.

One search returns up to 25 complete authority profiles. Getting equivalent data from Tavily would require additional scraping and manual cross-referencing.

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When to use which

Use them together.

Use Tavily when you need:
  • Web page retrieval and document search
  • Up-to-date news and current events
  • Content from specific URLs or domains
  • General open-web research in your RAG pipeline
Use Amygdala when you need:
  • Ranked, verified authorities
  • Source credibility scoring for your RAG pipeline
  • Verified social handles and follower counts
  • GDPR-compliant authority data for EU products
  • Authority attribution for AI-generated content
  • Peer network and influence mapping
  • MCP tools for Claude, Cursor, and AI agents

Use Tavily to retrieve documents, Amygdala to verify and rank the authors. Your LLM gets sources with credibility scores attached — and you know you're citing real authorities, not SEO noise.

Learn how to combine them in a RAG pipeline →

Start with $50 in free credits

No credit card required. Full API access from day one.

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