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Bing
Named in 30 of 50 AI answers across 1 category in September 2026. Best position: Web search and scraping APIs for AI, 60% answer share, ranked #6, named first in 14%.
60%
Best share Web search and scraping APIs for AI
What Bing is
Bing is an add-on API feature for users of selected Microsoft products, including Azure AI Foundry and Azure AI Search. It provides AI models with real-time web data and supports agents answering user queries with current information.
It can be used as a resource or tool in Azure AI Foundry, or as a Web Knowledge Source in Azure AI Search and Foundry Knowledge. Agents search the web for information needed to answer a query, and outputs include citations to consulted publishers. The custom-search plan lets users choose a subset of public web pages for real-time results.
By category
First edition
| Category | Rank | Answer share | Named first | Models | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web search and scraping APIs for AIAI infra | #6 of 17 | 14% | ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro | new |
What the models said
“With Microsoft's decision to retire Bing Search APIs in August 2025, developers are evaluating web search API alternatives and discovering new platforms built specifically for AI workflows.”
“Traditional search APIs are retiring (for example, Microsoft retired the Bing Search API in August 2025, and Google’s Custom Search JSON API is undergoing a hard shutdown by January 1, 2027).”
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