The Problem
AI agents that depend on a single search provider fail when that provider has outages, rate limits, or errors. Gemini API returned frequent 429 and 503 errors in May 2026, causing agents using Gemini grounding to hallucinate during outages.
How Scavio Helps
- Zero search failures during single-provider outages
- Automatic routing to cheapest healthy provider
- Health tracking across providers for reliability metrics
- Fallback costs are minimal (only fires during outages)
- Works with any search provider combination
Relevant Platforms
Web search with knowledge graph, PAA, and AI overviews
Quick Start: Python Example
Here is a quick example searching Google for "A production agent chains three providers: Gemini grounding (free, primary) -> Scavio ($0.005/query, secondary) -> cached results (free, tertiary). During a 3-hour Gemini outage, 847 queries route to Scavio ($4.24 total). Zero users see hallucinated responses. Monthly fallback cost averages $12 for 99.9% search availability.":
import requests
API_KEY = "your_scavio_api_key"
response = requests.post(
"https://api.scavio.dev/api/v1/search",
headers={
"x-api-key": API_KEY,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
json={"query": query},
)
data = response.json()
for result in data.get("organic_results", [])[:5]:
print(f"{result['position']}. {result['title']}")
print(f" {result['link']}\n")Built for Agent developers building production systems, platform teams managing search infrastructure for AI products
Scavio handles the search infrastructure — proxies, CAPTCHAs, rate limits, and anti-bot detection — so you can focus on building your api reliability with fallback chains solution. The API returns structured JSON that is ready for processing, analysis, or feeding into AI agents.
Start with the free tier (50 credits on signup, no credit card required) and scale to paid plans when you need higher volume.