Webhound

What it does

Writes code

PartlyIt writes and runs Python against your own research data for analysis and charts, but it is a research engine, not a tool that authors application code from a spec.Run code. The agent writes and executes Python for data analysis, charts, transformations, and file generation—using your actual datasets, not…webhound.ai/news/webhound-agent ↗

Done-for-you service

NoSelf-serve software you run yourself from an agent or the web app; nothing on the site offers people who run research engagements for you.Webhound is your agent’s research engine — made to be called by an agent and left to run. When you want to get hands-on, the same engine runs behind…webhound.ai ↗

How much it does unattended

Runs autonomously

YesThe stated default is an unattended run: an agent starts research by tool call, the engine keeps working to the budget, and results return as JSON.An agent starts research on its own · Wire it into a pipeline or a tool call · Results come back as structured JSON · No human has to sit in the loopwebhound.ai ↗

Multi-agent

PartlyChains run several research and extraction steps in sequence, each consuming the previous step's output, which is orchestration of stages rather than several agents coordinating concurrently on one task.Describe a sequence of steps — "research the best CRMs, then extract 30 of them with pricing, then write a buying recommendation" — and the system…webhound.ai/news/webhound-agent ↗

Agent permissions

PartlyThe dollar budget is a hard ceiling set before the run and pipelines need plan approval, but the vendor documents no per-capability permission controls over what the agent may touch.You approve the full plan before anything starts, and you can stop the pipeline at any point.webhound.ai/news/webhound-agent ↗

Which models it runs on

Claude

NoThe Hound harness is stated as built with DeepSeek V4 Pro and GPT-5.4 and is not a selectable model; Claude appears only as an MCP client that calls Webhound, not as an inference option.Hound 1.0 is Webhound’s research harness, built with DeepSeek V4 Pro and GPT-5.4. Set a dollar budget and it spends that effort on the investigation.…webhound.ai ↗

GPT

YesGPT-5.4 is named by the vendor as one of the two models the Hound 1.0 research harness is built with, though buyers cannot select it themselves.Hound 1.0 is Webhound’s research harness, built with DeepSeek V4 Pro and GPT-5.4.webhound.ai ↗

Open models

NoA DeepSeek model sits inside the harness, but the vendor states Hound is not a selectable model or mode, so a buyer cannot choose or supply open-weight models.Webhound now exposes Hound, a research harness built with DeepSeek V4 Pro and GPT-5.4 across planning, execution, verification, and assembly. Hound…webhound.ai/news/session-minimums ↗

Model choice

NoThe vendor chooses the models: Hound is explicitly not a selectable model or mode, and the older Flash/Pro model picker was retired, leaving only the dollar budget as a dial.Hound is not a selectable model or mode and does not resolve to a single provider backend. You choose the question and dollar budget; the budget…webhound.ai/news/session-minimums ↗

Where you use it

In your editor

PartlyIt reaches editors only as an MCP tool inside a client such as Cursor or Claude Code; the vendor documents no native IDE extension of its own.Webhound runs as a tool call inside Claude Code, Codex, Manus, and any MCP client. Kick off a research job, keep working, and read structured results…webhound.ai ↗

On the command line

PartlyThere is no Webhound CLI; the terminal surface is borrowed from CLI agents such as Claude Code and Codex that call it over MCP.Webhound runs as a tool call inside Claude Code, Codex, Manus, and any MCP client.webhound.ai ↗

In a browser

YesA hosted web workspace is a first-class surface, with a chat agent home page, nested folders, session steering and published results alongside the API.Read and verify in a rich UI · Steer a run mid-flight · Publish and share results · Explore claim traces by handwebhound.ai ↗

Not established: In your pipeline

Whose machine it runs on

Self-hosted

NoEverything runs in the vendor's cloud: the documented integration is a hosted REST endpoint with a Webhound API key, and no self-hosted or bring-your-own-infrastructure option appears anywhere on the site.Full programmatic access to research, extraction, publications, and workspace management — https://api.webhound.ai/api/v2 · 58 endpoints · Bearer…webhound.ai/docs/api ↗

Not established: Open source

What it costs to run

How it meters

YesPurely consumption-priced: you prepay credits and spend a per-run dollar budget, with per-operation and per-token rates published rather than a seat or subscription fee.Prepaid Credits: Add credits to your account before using Webhound · Real-time Deduction: Costs are deducted as operations are performed · No…webhound.ai/news/pay-as-you-go ↗

Free tier

PartlyYou can start without talking to sales, but the free path is a one-off $5 grant on signup rather than a standing free tier you can keep using.New accounts include one $5 Report or Dataset.webhound.ai/pricing ↗

API access

YesA documented public REST API with bearer keys covers research, extraction, pipelines, files, publications and account credits, and it is presented as the default way to drive the product.All requests require an API key in the Authorization header: Authorization: Bearer wh_your_api_key_here. Get your API key from the Account page. Keys…webhound.ai/docs/api ↗

MCP server

YesMCP is the vendor's stated default interface, letting any MCP client start a run and read back structured results without a person in the loop.MCP & API — the default … An agent starts research on its own … Results come back as structured JSONwebhound.ai ↗

Bring your own key

PartlyYou save your own third-party API keys and the agent calls them mid-run; inference keys are not a thing here because the models are not selectable.Yes. Save an API key once and the agent generates and runs the calls at session time — your keys stay private to your workspace.webhound.ai ↗

Buying it for a team

Seat model

NoThere are no seats to buy at all: the vendor sells prepaid research budget per run, so cost scales with work done rather than with headcount.Set a dollar budget and it spends that effort on the investigation. No subscription, no seats.webhound.ai ↗

Audit log

PartlyThe API exposes a per-session work log and account spending history, which records what the agent and your credits did, but nothing described covers administrative actions by an organisation's users.GET /sessions/:sessionId/tasks Work log … GET /account/usage Spending historywebhound.ai/docs/api ↗

Not established: A company can buy it, Pooled budget, Admin controls, Single sign-on

What happens to your code

Getting out

PartlyOutputs leave cleanly in ordinary formats and via an export endpoint, but the vendor states nothing about whether unused prepaid credits expire or can be refunded.Cited long-form analysis. Every claim links to the page and the tool call behind it. Export to Word or HTML. … You define the columns; rows come back…webhound.ai ↗

Certifications

PartlyGDPR and UK GDPR legal bases and data-subject rights are set out in the privacy notice, but no SOC 2, ISO 27001 or other certification is claimed anywhere on the site.The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal…webhound.ai/privacy ↗

Not established: Opt out of training, Data residency