Sofya is now on NanoGPT: search, fetch, extract, and deep research
We added Sofya to NanoGPT.
You can use Sofya as a web search provider for chat, or use Sofya Research as its own model when you want a longer report with sources and sub-queries.
What Sofya is
Sofya is a web toolkit for AI agents: search, fetch, extract, and research behind one API.
- Search: web search that returns extracted page content, not just snippets.
- Fetch: URL to clean markdown, including webpages, PDFs, DOCX files, and other document formats.
- Extract: AI-powered extraction from a page, useful for pricing tables, specs, contact details, and product information.
- Research: multi-source research that breaks a question into sub-queries, reads sources, and returns a cited report.
How it works in NanoGPT
Sofya as a web search provider. Enable web search and select Sofya. NanoGPT calls Sofya, gets back page content, and injects it into the model's context. This is useful for recent information, fact-checking, and anything where a short snippet is not enough.
Sofya Research as a model. Select sofya-research from the model list or API. It runs Sofya's research endpoint and returns a structured report.
sofya-research
For API use with web search on any model:
gpt-4o:online/sofya
Benchmarks
Sofya publishes SimpleQA results on its homepage. In their June 2026 run:
- Agentic SimpleQA: 97% accuracy, #2 of 8 backends, 1.12 searches per question on average.
- Single-shot retrieval: 87.3%, #4, behind Parallel, Exa, and Claude's built-in WebSearch.
- Latency: snippets at 0.88s p50, basic search at 3.86s p50.
The distinction matters. Their agentic test used a search-and-reformulate loop; single-shot allowed one query only. Claude's built-in WebSearch also is not a standalone API, so it is more of a reference point than a direct replacement for Sofya in most stacks.
Pricing
Sofya charges credits at $0.005 each, with a free tier for eligible GitHub accounts.
| Tool | Sofya cost | NanoGPT price |
|---|---|---|
| Search | 1-3 credits | $0.01575 per search |
| Fetch | 1 credit per URL | $0.00525 per URL |
| Extract | 5 credits | $0.02625 |
| Research | 25 credits | $0.13125 |
NanoGPT prices include our standard 5% pass-through markup on Sofya's credit cost.
When to use it
Use Sofya when the answer depends on current web content and a snippet is not enough context: comparing products, tracking what changed in a release, pulling details from docs, or getting a cited report on a fast-moving topic. For quick one-off lookups, a lighter provider may be enough.
Sofya also publishes a native MCP endpoint, an API docs page, and an AI-readable skill file, which makes it directly usable in agent stacks like Codex, Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, and VS Code.
Try it
In the app: enable web search and select Sofya as the provider.
For research reports: select Sofya Research from the model list.
